Gina Tomlinson

Collier County Sheriff’s Office wants the public’s help to identify a man who investigators say had a suspicious encounter with a teenage girl in Golden Gate Thursday morning. According to the CCSO Facebook post, around 8:20 a.m., a girl was walking to school along 20th Pl SW toward 50th Terrace SW when a man she […]

A boost for Southwest Florida is coming. A new theater will help to create jobs, entertainment and promote an industry hit hard by the pandemic. Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples is expanding at a time when most theaters are only recently reopening. It’s new campus will bring more than $20 million a year to the area. […]

A security guard was attacked by a teen while on the job. He told us it won’t keep him from doing what he loves. Keith Brown is 84 years old, and he says the people at Moorings Beach Park in Naples are the reason he’s enjoyed working security there for 25 years. He was attacked […]

A community and loved ones honored a young man who was taken too soon — a talented lacrosse player, a beloved son, a brother and an individual loved by many others. Joey DiPascale, 18, was killed in a crash in Tallahassee recently. He was attending FSU to study sports management. He leaves behind his parents […]

Children’s Advocacy Center of Collier County explained Monday there is an uptick of child neglect and abuse, and the center says it stems from the pandemic. Food pantries are busy feeding more families in need, and for many, managing stress or anxiety this past year has proved difficult. The center says the pandemic could be […]

FEMA will provide financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses. Applications are set to open April 12. “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming grief to many families. At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters. We are dedicated to helping ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the […]

The Collier County Sheriff’s Department posted a video to its official Twitter account of one of its personnel, community service deputy Brandi Ahrens, recording a very close sighting of a Florida panther. CCSO Community Service Deputy Brandi Ahrens had a close encounter of the panther kind this morning. https://t.co/8xutAaf7g4 pic.twitter.com/LHflDRhLKT — CollierCountySheriff (@CollierSheriff) April 9, […]

A 26-year-old Naples man was arrested for abusing two cats. According to an arrest report, Luis Herin became a suspect of an investigation after a friend of his girlfriend took the couple’s cat to the Naples Cat Alliance to get it checked out because of suspected abuse. The friend, who is listed as a witness, […]

Marco Island Police Department confirmed Wednesday a woman who was injured in a recent shooting was hit by a projectile from a “pellet-style” gun. Tuesday, March 30, police responded to the report of a shooting in the area of 2nd Avenue and Marco Lake Drive, where a woman had been shot in the hand and taken to […]

FEMA will provide financial assistance for COVID-19-related funeral expenses. Applications are set to open April 12. “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming grief to many families. At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters. We are dedicated to helping ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the […]