Collier County News

Collier County deputies are looking for a man who fled a hospital where he was being treated for mental health issues.

WINK News is uncovering alarming new details about a Collier County man accused of molesting a little girl at church.

Marco Island Planning Board chairman Monte Lazarus, with microphone in hand, explains his board now has a rendering of Rose Marina's plans.

Police say they're investigating another violent home invasion. It's eerily similar to three others that have happened in the last month in Collier County.

Neighbors told officials Mary Carter Smith she has not been seen for several days; and they were concerned for her welfare.

Samuel Tucker of Tallahassee portrays a member of the Second Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops from the Civil War.

Michel Fortier/Staff Paige Howard, 6, left, and McKellan Welzbacher, 7, right, listen intently sight word assignment where they listen and then try to spell the word Thursday at Sea Gate Elementary School in Naples .

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- Hundreds of people from all over the state of Florida came out to a hearing with the United States Environmental Protection Agency about oil drilling in Golden Gate Estates.

David MacKenzie, Naples Special Olympics Collier County would like to invite the Collier County Community to come and enjoy a day of fun and sun with the family at our 2014 Area Summer Games on Saturday March 22 Already subscribe to Naples Daily News? Unlimited access to Naples Daily News on the web, your smartphone and tablet is included with your ... (more)

A group of Collier County parents are furious over the "Bring Your Own Device" program and Tuesday night, they brought their argument to the school board.

Biologist Ian Bartoszek holds an 11-foot radio tagged male python named Elvis. Obviously, Elvis has not left the building.

For a man on the run from charges that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, Thomas Terlecky has surprisingly little to fear from the law.

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In recent commentaries I have emphasized the pressing need to begin developing, within Collier County, an all hazards first responder approach to the provision of emergency services.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- In a report recently released by the Federal Trade Commission, the Naples area ranks as the third worst in the country when it came to identity theft last year.

With our hospital located in the heart of East Naples and our walk-in clinic on Marco Island, it is safe to say that Physicians Regional Healthcare System takes the needs of our local patient population very seriously.

In January, the Board of Collier County Commissioners voted to better response times for emergency services.

DAVID ALBERS/STAFF - Mesac Damas sits non-responsive during a pretrial hearing in Judge Ramiro Manalich's courtroom at the Collier County Courthouse on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Naples.

If the gated homes of La Peninsula get a special assessment to fund their sea wall repairs, then taxpayers need to finance repairs for every sea wall within Collier County - even if the cost is in the billions, Commissioner Tom Henning says.

A panther who was found injured in Collier County in May 2013 roams the White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee, Fla., this past October.