Naples Area News and Events

If you're relocating to Collier County in the near future, you'll want to bookmark this page. We update our site daily with news and events from the Naples area, so you're sure to stay plugged in to everything that's going on in your new community.

3/9/2010 6:14 PM

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 239-477-1000 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050. ...Read More

Marco beach tilling to protect loggerhead sea turtles

3/10/2010 11:21 AM

Beach tilling from Hilton Beach Resort to Cape Marco scheduled March 24 to help conserve loggerhead sea turtles...Read More

Court Chesser: Swamp buggy champion appeals battery conviction

3/10/2010 10:31 AM

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 Wednesday....Read More

Relay for Life: Changing the channel on cancer

3/10/2010 10:23 AM

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. ...Read More

2 Ave Maria students take 3rd in baseball arbitration

3/10/2010 10:18 AM

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 Orleans....Read More

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

3/10/2010 9:34 AM

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

Taxi cab confessions: Naples cabbie jailed after rider throws up

3/10/2010 9:20 AM

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 car....Read More

Unemployment rises in Lee, Collier counties in January

3/10/2010 9:16 AM

Unemployment rose in Lee and Collier counties in January....Read More

Prescribed burn planned today in Golden Gate Estates

3/10/2010 7:43 AM

Smoke and fire are expected today in Golden Gate Estates -- but it’s planned....Read More

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

3/9/2010 9:50 PM

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 seat. ...Read More