Collier County News

Someone burning trash in their yard and leaving that fire unattended started a brush fire that scorched 50 acres in Collier County.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- The Fire Chief of the East Naples Golden Gate fire department said the fire started by a resident who was burning trash on the property.

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The commission tossed a complaint filed by a top Republican Party of Florida official that alleged that Crist misused his office in December 2010 when he appointed a partner in the Morgan & Morgan law firm to a panel that nominates judges for appointment.

"It's a huge problem," said Jorge Aguilera, deputy chief of medical services at the North Naples fire department.

Corey Perrine/Staff Superintendent Kamela Patton listens during a Collier County School Board meeting Tuesday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Administrative Center in Naples.

WINK News has new information about a frightening social media trend that's sexually exploiting children in Collier County.

We are getting word of a crash involving a bicyclist and vehicle at the intersection of Livingston Road and Immokalee Road.

A long-held office tower in Pelican Bay has changed hands, marking one of the largest commercial sales of its kind in Naples this year.

Collier County deputies received a report of an injured person around 2:45 a.m. at a home on the 1600 block of Eighth Avenue North in Immokalee.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- "Stealing identities is a bad idea. There's an epidemic of it.

"The water going out should be two to three times cleaner," said Scott Brady, project manager.

From January through June, their spending grew 11.4 percent compared with a year earlier, to more than $1.13 billion, according to a report by Tampa-based Research Data Services Inc. "This is in fact a record level for us, no matter which way you look," said Walter Klages, the research firm's president, at a Collier Tourist Development Council ... (more)

The Naples Daily News Editorial Board interviews Roy Terry. He is a candidate for the Collier School Board District 5 seat.

Researchers are concerned that more than a dozen Southwest Florida beaches are infested with bacteria.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - When you think wolves, you often think Alaska and Minnesota.

A mother is questioning how her son died after he was found in a pond a few blocks from their home in Island Walk.

New information from the Collier County Sheriff's Office who confirm the victim's identity as 16-year-old Christian Castaldo of Golden Gate.

Our rain chances will start to free fall later today, but we'll still have some spotty downpours to track through our Sunday morning, particularly for areas close to the coast.

Researchers are concerned that more than a dozen Southwest Florida beaches are infested with bacteria.