Goodland News

Goodland Baptist Mission, 1990, by Arthur Leuthe. FAST FACTS The Goodland Baptist Mission was established in the 1960s and held services at Tommie Barfield Elementary.

Two bicycles were reported stolen from Mackle Park, 1361 Andalusia Terrace. The bikes went missing some time between 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., June 17.

Fingerprints bring no leads, CCSO seeks assistance in identifying human remains found in May by fishermen By KELLY FARRELL 4:18 p.m., Thursday, June 25, 2009 MARCO ISLAND - Working with few leads, Collier County Sheriff's Office investigators seek assistance from a forensic artist to help identify the man whose remains were found by two fishermen ...

" Return customers and increased interest outside the United States have gradually increased sales activity for Hoist Liftruck's Neptune Series marina forklift, the company reported in a recent statement.

A box truck full of bait led Collier County deputies on an hour-long chase through southern Collier County Thursday morning.

Investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a man found dead in mangroves near the Goodland bridge on Saturday.

Collier County authorities are hoping an autopsy can help solve a mystery surrounding the human remains found in Goodland.

COLLIER COUNTY: Collier County Sheriff's deputies are conducting a death investigation after fishermen found human remains in Goodland.

Forty-three women from the Washington Redskins' cheerleading squad are on Marco Island this week for a photo shoot for an upcoming swimsuit calendar.

In 1969, the S.S. Jolley Bridge replaced the Goodland Swing Bridge as the main entrance way to Marco Island.

Collier County commissioners recently approved most of the staff-generated offerings put before them, some without discussion.

The state attorney's office has decided to not pursue charges filed against six men and one woman arrested in connection with killing 21 birds in late April in Naples.

NAPLES - Trespassing charges have been dropped against four U.S. Navy officers accused of wantonly shooting and killing 21 protected birds in southwest Florida.

Seven people are facing possible state and federal charges after authorities say they wantonly fired at and killed 15 federally protected birds near Goodland on Tuesday.

Was a protected habitat destroyed by Key Marco community leaders and their landscape contractor? By KELLY FARRELL Thursday, April 23, 2009 Submitted City Code Enforcement The Indian Mound, among the oldest Indian settlements in North America, located in Key Marco as it looks today.

The deputies drew their weapons and aimed up at a tree. It was Oct. 3, 1977, Tom Smith's first day as a Collier County sheriff's deputy, and he was dispatched to a fatal car wreck near the intersection of U.S. 41 East and County Road 92, near Goodland.

Former Goodland Civic Association president and current board member, Earl "Tom" Cowles, says the county's boat park, which is now under construction, does not fit the needs of the quiet village, which lacks proper green space and meeting space more than boat parking space.

Marco's dying mangroves are becoming a serious environmental concern as they are often considered as vital to the area's ecological health as kidneys are to human health.

Juan Carlos Ruiz, 26, whose exact address in Golden Gate was not released, was arrested Sunday at 12215 Collier Blvd.

"The natives here appear to eat a huge abundance of fish, clams and oysters and not much else." That was a sage observation, translated from Spanish, by Juan Ponce de Leon when he and other conquistadors ...