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With construction of its new south Lee County office nearing completion, Fort Myers-based R+L Global Logistics is holding an open house Saturday for people interested in a logistics career.

Rep. Paul Ryan is formally declaring his candidacy for speaker of the House after getting unified support from across the Republican conference.

The Village School, a private school in Naples now educating students in preschool through eighth grade, held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for its new facility, one that will allow the school to accommodate high school students starting in the fall of 2016.

Two well-known chief executives in Southwest Florida who recently announced plans to leave their positions discuss how the area has changed in their time here and what's in store for the future. 

Greg Norman was the world's No. 1 golfer for 331 weeks. Now he has the current No. 1 in his Franklin Templeton Shootout, and he's made quite a challenge to him.

Oh, it’s creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky. And altogether ooky. When people come to visit – they definitely scream. In daylight, the Collier County Fairgrounds might not resemble “The Addams Family” manse. But at night … at night … at least for the next two weekends, there’s terror and trembling, scares and spooks and more. Uncle Fester has nothing on the frightening figures that inhabit the Haunted Gross House.

There won't be gladiator fights, executions or mythological dramas playing at the Colosseum in Naples, but there are other fun spectacles. Visitors could walk in on a dance party one night and a dinner show the next, with Neil Diamond, Rod Steward or Elvis look-alikes performing on stage.

Despite stock market shocks early in September, Southwest Florida existing single-family homes continued to elevate at double-digit rates throughout the year.

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq and Syria carried out a large-scale attack on Syria's Omar oil field as part of its mission to target the Islamic State group's ability to generate money, a coalition spokesman said Thursday.