Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Nearly five years after a fracas at a Naples Ritz-Carlton involving the guitar player for the rock band Rush, another celebrity is said to have been involved in a melee at a local Ritz-Carlton, this time Kevin Connolly from the HBO series “Entourage.”

Be patient. Be informed. Those are the final bits of advice as voters who chose to wait until the last minute head to the polls today.

America’s longest, most expensive, most polled, most scrutinized, most studied presidential campaign comes to an end Tuesday with unexpected candidates on the ballot.

A Collier County sheriff’s deputy driving near the intersection of U.S. 41 and Johns Street in East Naples struck a bicyclist Monday night.

Most people were thinking about how they would be voting the next day. But a dedicated group of activists, waving signs and handing out literature, put another issue in front of passing motorists Monday at the intersection of U.S. 41 and Golden Gate Parkway: The potential lease of Alligator Alley.

If the polls were open to only Collier County high school students today, Barack Obama would be elected president. And to make those constituents happy he’d have to address the economy first.

Voters who waited until Tuesday to cast their ballots can get a shot in the arm as they leave certain polling precinct locations.

Democrats and Republicans were scarce Monday in the cafeteria at Estates Elementary School. This day-before-Election Day town hall meeting was for the birds.

A lot of relief is coming to the Lee County foreclosure mess. In July, Congress passed House Bill 3221, the Housing Recovery Act. It dishes out .9 billion in federal money to help buy and fix foreclosed and abandoned homes.

On the eve of Election Day, millions had already cast their vote for president – some did it in person at elections offices and others sent their ballots by mail. But many more will be voting on Tuesday. We found out everything you need to know before you head to the polls.

Students at the Christ Lutheran Elementary School in Cape Coral had the chance to vote a day early. The school held a mock election for students in Kindergarten through fifth grade.

A woman says a stray dog appeared out of nowhere and rescued her from a man holding her at knifepoint with her 2-year-old son nearby.

Instead of showing you where government is wasting your money, we wanted to recognize the effort one agency is making to save money. So far the department has saved more than 0,000 – and they’re still saving.