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Though they won’t vote for her, Islanders support Gina Downs’ campaign

A fundraiser for Collier County Commission candidate Gina Downs was held on Marco Island today.
Downs, who is seeking retiring Collier County Commissioner Frank Halas’ seat, attended the fundraiser hosted by Hideaway Beach. [...]

Police Beat: March 10, 2010

To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 774-4434, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 477-1000 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050. [...]

Attempted murder insanity trial comes to halt, postponed a day

The trial of a 29-year-old Naples man accused of attempted murder and using an insanity defense came to a halt today, when jurors were excused for a day after a crucial defense expert couldn’t [...]

Courthouse protester sues Daily News employees, alleges ‘tabloid style tactics’

A Collier County woman has sued two Naples News Media Group employees, accusing them of libel following a story published earlier this year. Diane C. DeConti, of 124 Santa Clara Drive, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Collier Circuit Court, alleging Chris Doyle, president and publisher of the Naples News Media Group, and Daily News reporter Aisling Swift libeled [...]

Weekend events (March 12-14, 2010)

It’s a big weekend headed our way across Southwest Florida, from Naples’ annual St. Patrick’s Day parade to a charity race and walk that will bring more than 8,500 participants to Estero to the 52nd Shrimp Festival on Fort Myers Beach – and these are the big events, as dozens more run through [...]

Crist: Law delaying unemployment tax increase will help create jobs

Upwards of 474,000 Florida businesses and 6.1 million people were spared an unemployment tax increase by a bill recently signed into law, Gov. Charlie Crist said in Fort Myers [...]

The accidental model: Naples resident one of four finalists in online modeling competition

Susan Watts, a 43-year-old London native and Naples resident since 2001, is one of four finalists in an online modeling competition to be the “face” of a New York-based cosmetic [...]

Loggerhead sea turtles proposed for endangered listing

The most common sea turtle to nest on Southwest Florida beaches would move from threatened to endangered status under a proposal unveiled today by federal [...]

Moraya Bay beach open to the public — for now

Cones and sticks that had marked off a section of Vanderbilt Beach as private were gone Wednesday, a day after Collier County commissioners vowed to go to court over public beach [...]

Student suspect pointed out in Three Oaks Middle School thefts

A Three Oaks Middle School student was given a chance to return several stolen iPods and cell phones but failed to do so, leading to some parents wanting to press [...]

Marco beach tilling to protect loggerhead sea turtles

Beach tilling from Hilton Beach Resort to Cape Marco scheduled March 24 to help conserve loggerhead sea [...]

Court Chesser: Swamp buggy champion appeals battery conviction

Dressed in a gray suit and pleated skirt and joined by her father and boyfriend, embattled Swamp Buggy racer Amy Lynn Chesser, 27, viewed oral arguments in her felony battery appeal from a gallery seat during a session of the 2nd District Court of Appeal on [...]

Relay for Life: Changing the channel on cancer

The American Cancer Society’s Marco Island Chapter will hold its signature community event, Relay for Life, on Saturday. Cancer survivors, caregivers, and the greater Marco community will gather as part of the world’s largest movement to end the disease. [...]

2 Ave Maria students take 3rd in baseball arbitration

Two students from Ave Maria School of Law, Matt Arvin and Sean Flynn, recently tied for third place in the National Baseball Arbitration Competition, hosted by Tulane University Law School in New [...]

USDA increases 2009-2010 Florida orange estimate by 2 million boxes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has increased the forecast for the 2009-10 citrus crop in Florida by 2 million boxes. [...]

Taxi cab confessions: Naples cabbie jailed after rider throws up

A cab driver found himself under arrest Wednesday morning, after Naples Police say he pushed a fare to the ground when her friend vomited in his [...]

Prescribed burn planned today in Golden Gate Estates

Smoke and fire are expected today in Golden Gate Estates — but it’s [...]

Family of 17-month-old who died after being left in SUV speaks

Reginald McKinnon, 37, returned to his Ford Explorer in the parking lot of Century Link, 1520 Lee Street in downtown Fort Myers, on Monday afternoon to discover Payton McKinnon unresponsive in her car [...]

Local vendor preference, booting ilegally parked vehicles voted on by Collier commissioners

Collier County commissioners focused Tuesday on engineering contracts, boat launching ramps, home foreclosures and a bid protest to a water treatment plant [...]

Insanity defense trial: Victim describes seeing her damaged face for first time

Crying and whimpering, a woman told jurors Tuesday how a brutal beating in 2006 ended in her remaining in a coma for 20 days, leaving her with permanent scars and changing her life forever. “When I went to the bathroom that first time, I did not know what happened to me when I saw my face that first time,” 41-year-old Norma Mendoza testified through a Spanish [...]