Collier County News

According to Brian Stock, CEO of Stock Development, 59 new home contracts were signed in April worth $31.8 million.

Taylor Morrison's West Florida Division recently celebrated the beginning of construction of its newest South Florida golf course with a ceremonial golf shot along a future fairway, as well as the more traditional shovel ceremony.

Every time Mike Kozenieski works with any of the big, top 10 contractors, they always ask him the same question: How's the labor there? Kozenieski, president of Sea Breeze Electric of Port Charlotte, said there is an across-the-board shortage of skilled workers - carpenters, electricians, HVAC, masons, and plumbers - and it is going to take a long ... (more)

A 9-month-old Florida panther has been rescued after a man spotted the injured kitten on his way to work.

Lexey Swall/Staff Brandi Chastain, center, a former U.S. Women's National Team soccer player who helped lead her team to win two FIFA World Cups, gives the keynote address during the Winged Foot Scholar Athlete award ceremony Thursday evening at the Waldorf Astoria in Naples.

Vegetation begins to blossom on a stretch of land in the Picayune Strand that used to be a canal.

GOLDEN GATE, Fla.- A Collier County congregation has been slapped with a hefty violation after loads of garbage was dumped on it's property.

William DeShazer/Staff A two day old premature infant rests under close surveillance at Golisano Children's Hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Wednesday April 10, 2013.

TALLAHASSEE _ The unemployment rate in Florida dropped to 7.2 percent in April, down from 7. 5 percent a month earlier, giving Gov.

David Albers/Staff - Florida Gov. Rick Scott visits with employees of the Pelican Wire Company after a press conference to kick off his Building Up Florida Manufacturing Victory tour on Monday, May 13, 2013, in Naples.

FILE PHOTO John Darlington, of Naples, holds a copy of Wendy Hudakoc's missing person flier at the corner of Airport Road and U.S. 41 East.

A man implicated in the disappearance of two Golden Gate teens last weekend has waived extradition from Kentucky - a decision that should expedite the process of bringing him to justice in Collier County.

That was the news announced Thursday by Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey as FDLE released the 2012 annual uniform crime report at the Southwest Florida Police Chiefs Association meeting in Fort Myers.

David Albers/Staff Southwest Florida reaction to a record start for Florida's tourism industry.

Deputies with the Collier County Sheriff's Office responded to a complaint last week regarding a dispute between 37-year-old Deborah Burns and her boyfriend, Willie Butler.

Within 24 hours of opening its doors, Flynt's Sexy Gifts" at Goodlette Corners Plaza in Naples is already getting noticed.

A nine-month old Florida Panther kitten was rescued by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Monday after it was found injured in Collier County.

Corey Perrine/Staff Graduates toss their caps in the courtyard following commencement exercises Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at St.

Don't have a green thumb, there is help for those who can't grow a weed at local gardening centers and landscape showrooms.

A 9-month-old Florida panther has been rescued after a man spotted the injured kitten on his way to work.