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La Trattoria, 878 5th Avenue South, prior to partial collapse Sunday evenung.

Seven people hospitalized after Naples pizzeria partially collapses

Seven people were hospitalized Sunday evening after a building containing a Naples pizzeria partially collapsed.Shortly before 7 p.m., Naples Police, Naples Fire-Rescue and Collier County EMS, responded to the Italian pizzeria and restaurant’s 878 5th Avenue South building.

First Responders Raise Awareness To Prevent Leaving Children in Cars

In recognition of National Heatstroke Prevention Day, the Safe Kids Coalition of Southwest Florida partnered with first responders in Collier County to…

Environmentalists fear if the Town of Big Cypress is approved near the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, the master-planned community will doom the endangered Florida panther

Environmentalists: Florida panther will hurtle toward extinction if Town of Big Cypress is allowed

Opponents of the Town of Big Cypress say it will doom the Florida panther by bringing more people into the animals' domain, creating more traffic to hit and kill more panthers

Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes Resist Insecticide

Two types of common mosquito are insecticide-resistant.

Bus to Publix waited and waited, no riders showed - six times - for inaugural supermarket runs in Immokalee

The county and Collier Community Foundation stepped in for dedicated bus rides to a far-away grocer after one grocery in Immokalee closed.

Florida Midterm Election 411

Where to vote, conversations with candidates, amendment breakdowns, and real-time results; here is a list to help you navigate the mid term elections.If…

Report finds Poverty, Lack of Opportunity Plague Florida Women

When it comes to the welfare of Florida women, the Sunshine State gets a D+.A new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research found more women…

Bonita Springs residents were hoping to get a resolution last week for a 14-mile linear park project that would connect the city to Florida’s statewide network of multi-use trails. But opposition to the project from some residents and pending studies must be resolved first. Residents of The Vines, a community split by railroad tracks to be used as the trail, urged that the trail ends at Estero Parkway, shown here.

Bonita Council OKs vote for bond for rail trail purchase as final piece of project

Bonita Springs has become the final government to approve its share of the $60 million purchase of Seminole Gulf Railway right-of-way for an 11.4-mile bike trail that would extend from Estero into Collier County.

COVID-19 Morning Report

State health officials reported 2,628 new COVID-19 cases, Thursday, bringing Florida's total to 709,144 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 131 new coronavirus-related deaths, Oct. 1, increasing the statewide death toll to 14,619 fatalities.Of the 5,333,017 COVID-19 tests that have been reported in Florida so far, the overall positivity rate stands at 13.3% and the latest single-day positivity rate dropped to 4.62%.

Baby turtle on Keewaydin Island during 2024 nesting season.

Conservancy of Southwest Florida wraps sea turtle nesting season; storms had big effect on outcome

Turtle nest numbers were steady on Collier County's Keewaydin Island, but several storms disrupted hatchling success by almost half.

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