Collier County News

NAPLES, Fla.- A whale of a tale for a fisherman in Southwest Florida. Some misdirection brought a Naples man face to face with the largest fish species known in existence.

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VFW Post 7721 third year trustee John E. Lee will attend Memorial Day services at Naples Memorial Gardens, in North Naples.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News Firefighters from Golden Gate Fire Control and Rescue District prepare to enter an uninhabited home that houses a mock meth lab as part of a first-responders training exercise in Golden Gate on May 22.

In nature, as in life, it's always breathtaking when fledglings take flight. The Goodland Arts Alliance, our area's fledgling cultural non-profit, has just taken its first flight 'over the bridge' . For the month of May artist members of the GAA are exhibiting at the Norris Center in Naples.

A bicyclist was hit on Estero Boulevard at Estrellita Drive Thursday morning, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

Some of the programming is free and open to the public this weekend. Lectures do require participants to register online at www.libertyrising2013.com - Southwest Florida will be crawling with Libertarians this weekend when the state party converges on Naples for its annual convention.

North Naples neighbors are fighting for a fire station they say is a matter of life and death.

Brent Young was found not guilty in a Collier County courtroom after a three-day trial during which his defense attorney questioned the woman's motives, referring several times to her application for a U Visa after the fire.

The Collier County Sheriff's Office reports that 44-year-old Jacqueline Walters Danforth was arrested early Sunday and later released on $1,000 bail.

NAPLES, Fla.,- The Salvation Army is answering the call for help. A lieutenant out of Collier County is being deployed to Moore Oklahoma.

It's a big year for Florida; so many reasons to celebrate. The year 2013 marks the 500th Anniversary of the discovery of Florida, the 85th Anniversary of the Tamiami Trail and the 90th Anniversary of Collier County - all of which are noteworthy in their own right.

Cape Coral City Council had numerous questions Monday about whether to allow the installation of artificial turf in private yards and on commercial grounds.

Off the coast of Collier County, miles from civilization, you'll find a small sand bar.

This week we learned a Miami man caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida .

For what seems like two full years out of every four, politics dominates the media-speeches and rhetoric, profiles and promises.

WINK News has exclusively obtained the final Florida Highway Patrol report on an accident that killed a Collier County mother and her two young daughters.

Joseph P. Fernandez, CPA, Naples: The fact that Hertz decided to relocate its headquarters in Lee County versus Collier County should not make a difference to their employees who ultimately decide to relocate with them.

For Pastor Leon Williams it's a headache, a very costly headache. His Unity Faith Missionary Baptist Church faces hefty fines if piles of trash from boxes to dirty clothes aren't cleaned up.

The 44-year-old was allegedly driving under the influence in Naples Florida, on Sunday, when local police stopped her.