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Fighting for a Home

An arrest report details the final hours of a 2-month-old boy whose parents now face murder charges.

Looking for fun things to do this weekend?

Sakura Buffet in North Naples, one of the newest entries into the local restaurant scene, is legit with something for everyone.

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Greg Norman was the world's No. 1 golfer for 331 weeks. Now he has the current No. 1 in his Franklin Templeton Shootout. The field was announced in a press release Thursday morning prior to Norman's press conference.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to create a massive $250 million fund that he can use to lure companies to the Sunshine State.

Hayrides and steaming hot apple cider may not be as coveted in Southwest Florida as they are up North, but we make up for that with a Halloween calendar that’s filled to the caldron brim with ghastly sights and haunting good times. Oh yeah, and candy, too.

Town of Everglades (later Everglades City) celebrates the opening of the Tamiami Trail on April 26, 1928. Identified in the photograph are Barron Collier, directly behind the Seminole Indian man, and Dr. Fons A. Hathaway, Chairman of the State Road Department, is to the right of the man shaking hands with the Seminole Indian. Photo courtesy of the State Archives of Florida.

Hope Duplechain fled New Orleans one day before Hurricane Katrina hit. After a harrowing drive through Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, Duplechain and her four children arrived in Naples to meet up with her mother, Elva Purnell of Naples.