Naples FL

Benderson Development, the east Manatee County real estate company, is adding Publix stores to two of its Southwest Florida projects. One of the stores will be in Naples and one in Venice. A timeline for when construction will start and when the stores will open was not immediately available. In...

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — A Bonita Springs man was arrested Saturday after Deputies say he used his pickup truck to block a delivery truck from leaving his property and pulled a handgun during a dispute over a Costco order. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report, deputies...

SANIBEL, Fla. — A bald eagle found grounded in Cape Coral is recovering at a Sanibel wildlife hospital after being diagnosed with a broken wing and lead poisoning. According to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. (CROW), a volunteer responded to a call about the downed eagle and brought the bird to...

NAPLES, Fla. — The first set of rankings for the class of 2029 won't be released until this upcoming summer, but Sunday night provided a prime opportunity to get an early look at that cycle as close to 80 of the nation's top ninth graders got together for the annual FBU Freshman All-American Bowl.

Here is your forecast for Monday, December 22nd, 2025. Good morning, Southwest Florida! We are waking up warm on this first full day of winter. Temperatures are in the upper 50s in Charlotte and DeSoto counties and low to mid 60s south in Lee and Collier counties. No fog or rain to deal with this morning as our skies...

NAPLES, FL — Heyday Cookshop is under construction at 4691 Tamiami Trl N, Naples, FL 34103, with partner Louie Mele telling Business Debut the team is aiming for a March or early April opening. The restaurant will be led by chef / partner Kayla Pfeiffer, a James Beard Award semifinalist who is partners with Mele at...

A former executive of Oakes Farms has yet to file an answer to a lawsuit accusing him of stealing millions of dollars from the local company to support a lavish lifestyle. Steven Veneziano Jr. has twice asked for an extension to respond. Originally filed in Collier Circuit Court on Oct. 31 , the civil case has been...

The mayor of Naples continues to face drunken driving charges hanging over her head more than 16 months later. Mayor Teresa Heitmann's attorney Derek Verderamo has filed a motion to suppress evidence, specifically the statements she made when Naples police officers pulled her over. Heitmann was arrested on August 28,...

FORT MYERS, FL – Authorities on Monday, Dec. 22, were set to return to the waters off the coast of Naples, Florida, and resume an expansive search effort for an attorney and his nephew three days after the pair went missing. The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the search for Randall Spivey, 57, and Brandon Billmaier, 33....

The city has been on Florida's impaired waterways list since 2019 due to high nitrogen levels. Engineers found the proposed $60 million dredging project too conceptual and its methods unproven in seawater. Previous estimates for dredging the city's canals were as high as $200 million. Marco Island will not pursue...