Collier County News

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.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- The man accused of killing his wife and five children in 2009 before fleeing to Haiti, has been found incompetent to stand trial by two doctors.

Tomorrow, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hear from the public regarding the Sunniland Oil Field in Collier County, Florida.

A Former Collier County deputy accused of molesting a teenage boy in 2010 will not serve jail time for the allegations.

Today: Young Artists Gala The 11th Annual Young Artists Awards Gala is at the Broadway Palm.

Corey Perrine/Staff A worker sets up a voting booth in an early voting election in 2012 at the Collier County Public Library - Headquarters Branch in Naples.

The Collier County Agricultural Fair & Exposition, Inc. has contributed to our community by providing support or fundraising opportunities for the following organizations: Collier County Sheriff's Junior Deputy Program, Catholic Charities, 4-H Foundation, Open Youth of Collier County, Boy Scouts, Kiwanis Club, Naples Bears, Immokalee High School ... (more)

Hendel and Penniman, of Naples, and Trecker, of Pelican Bay, are founding members of the Collier Citizens Council, an alliance of community leaders from throughout Collier County.

So many developers tout how their homes open up spaciously to a lanai and outdoor area.

For example, according to a study done by the National Council on Aging, 70 percent of senior center participants are women and half of them live alone.

Carolina Hidalgo/Staff Ellen Hemrick, of the NAACP Collier County Branch and Occupy Naples, speaks to a group of about 75 people who gathered to express support for Medicaid expansion, equality, job creation, gun control and abortion rights outside Naples City Hall on March 3, 2014.

Karen Elizabeth Miller-Maness was found dead at her home on Argyle Drive in Fort Myers on Friday.

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A Texas oil company's request for official permission to drill a wastewater disposal well deep into the Big Cypress watershed is the latest flashpoint in South Florida's enviro-wars.

The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced that several Collier County high school seniors have qualified as finalists for 2014.

A St. James City man was arrested accused of killing a dog he adopted from Lee County Domestic Animal Services.

Last Sunday's column by Jeff Lytle struck a note with me for two reasons: I like to keep current on local traffic and transportation issues, and there is an apparent lack of understanding of crash causation.

Visual clutter is becoming a problem along Collier County roadways. So much so that it's spurred attention of the county commissioners.