Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Right now, 3,500 donated bibles are sitting in boxes in a Collier county storage unit. But one man is pushing to change that.

The mild short lived cold fronts followed with warmer weather continues to be the order of the day for Southwest Florida anglers as I prepare this article.

At “Florida Cool” heating and air conditioning, when the temperatures fall, business picks up.

Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in a marijuana grow house bust.

Collier County deputies are once again asking for volunteer help in the search for six-year-old Adji Desir.

Punta Gorda Police arrested three on multiple burglary and drug charges.

A professor at FGCU has been suspended for six months as a result of sexual harassment allegations.

A US Airways plane has crashed into the Hudson River alongside New York City, sending passengers fleeing for safety in the frigid waters.

Mary Seaton Breese’s gift was honored Thursday during a ceremony, in which her name was placed on the Tree of Knowledge in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Administrative Center, 5775 Osceola Trail.
The Education Foundation has received legacy pledges before but Breese’s pledge is the largest pledge the organization has received to date.
“We are very excited that Mary made a gift to give something to the teachers in Collier County,” said Susan McManus, president of The Education Foundation of Collier County.

According to a news release, the Community Blood Center, an affiliate of the NCH Healthcare System, is celebrating January being National Volunteer Blood Donor Month by partnering with local businesses who are offering fun venues, great donor gifts and raffle prizes for participating blood donors. The Community Blood Center’s goal is to encourage more people to give blood and make lifesaving a habit.

The grades are out. Four Naples City Council members on Thursday received their first report card since being elected to public office. The grades, given by the Greater Naples Better Government Committee, reflect whether council members fulfilled their campaign promises.

Crews are cleaning up a sewer line break this afternoon along Collier Boulevard in front of the Holiday Manor neighborhood south of U.S. 41 East, county officials said.

Crews are cleaning up a sewer line break this afternoon along Collier Boulevard in front of the Holiday Manor neighborhood south of U.S. 41 East, county officials said.

Crews are cleaning up a sewer line break this afternoon along Collier Boulevard in front of the Holiday Manor neighborhood south of U.S. 41 East, county officials said.

Physicians Regional Medical Center at Pine Ridge has received state permission to perform elective cardiac stenting for patients with blocked arteries, an approval that comes three years after the hospital began seeking the license. The state Agency for Health Care Administration notified the 83-bed hospital on Napa Boulevard in North Naples last week, said Geoffrey Moebius, chief executive officer of the hospital.