Collier County News

Some of the programming is free and open to the public this weekend. Lectures do require participants to register online at www.libertyrising2013.com - Southwest Florida will be crawling with Libertarians this weekend when the state party converges on Naples for its annual convention.

North Naples neighbors are fighting for a fire station they say is a matter of life and death.

Brent Young was found not guilty in a Collier County courtroom after a three-day trial during which his defense attorney questioned the woman's motives, referring several times to her application for a U Visa after the fire.

The Collier County Sheriff's Office reports that 44-year-old Jacqueline Walters Danforth was arrested early Sunday and later released on $1,000 bail.

NAPLES, Fla.,- The Salvation Army is answering the call for help. A lieutenant out of Collier County is being deployed to Moore Oklahoma.

It's a big year for Florida; so many reasons to celebrate. The year 2013 marks the 500th Anniversary of the discovery of Florida, the 85th Anniversary of the Tamiami Trail and the 90th Anniversary of Collier County - all of which are noteworthy in their own right.

Cape Coral City Council had numerous questions Monday about whether to allow the installation of artificial turf in private yards and on commercial grounds.

Off the coast of Collier County, miles from civilization, you'll find a small sand bar.

This week we learned a Miami man caught and killed the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida .

For what seems like two full years out of every four, politics dominates the media-speeches and rhetoric, profiles and promises.

WINK News has exclusively obtained the final Florida Highway Patrol report on an accident that killed a Collier County mother and her two young daughters.

Joseph P. Fernandez, CPA, Naples: The fact that Hertz decided to relocate its headquarters in Lee County versus Collier County should not make a difference to their employees who ultimately decide to relocate with them.

For Pastor Leon Williams it's a headache, a very costly headache. His Unity Faith Missionary Baptist Church faces hefty fines if piles of trash from boxes to dirty clothes aren't cleaned up.

The 44-year-old was allegedly driving under the influence in Naples Florida, on Sunday, when local police stopped her.

An East Naples man faces a DUI charge after he tried to pick up a car Sunday from a friend who also had been arrested for DUI.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of seven Baha'i leaders in Iran, the Baha'is of Collier County and Naples City gathered for a commemoration and devotional gathering on Saturday, May 11th at the South ... (more)

Barbara Walters ' daughter, Jacqueline Danforth, has been arrested near Naples, Fla.

The emergency services delivery system within Collier County is painfully wending its way through a long overdue, much needed period of transition, accompanied by unfortunate but understandable - and perhaps unavoidable - turmoil.

Chairman Jim Hughes, left, and members Dan Sansevieri and Ben Hilbun participate in the discussion.

About 8:30 p.m., Clonicia Cherisol, 65, was driving a 2002 Toyota Highlander when it struck a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Joseph Anthony Negron, 50, at the intersection of U.S. 41 East and Rattlesnake Hammock Road in East Naples, FHP reports show.