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Sisters started working at same place by chance

SARASOTA, Fla.  — Two orphaned sisters separated decades ago in Korea have been reunited after miraculously getting hired on the same floor of a southwest Florida hospital.

 

1 dead, 2 injured in small plane crash

SEVILLE, Fla. — One person has died and two others were injured when a small plane crashed in central Florida.

 

Going Grape: Find right wine for Democrat debate

If there were a varietal that would wear a pantsuit, riesling would be it.

 

NewsMakers: Affordable Housing

Collier County is facing a crisis in providing homes affordable to front-line workers. Local and national experts discuss what is being, and can be, done.

 

Webcam could soon beam Naples landmark to world

Naples Backyard History is offering to help pay for New Year's Eve fireworks in exchange for a webcam on the Naples Pier.

 

Brent Batten: Interesting take on housing

Low interest rates set by the Federal Reserve Board, counterintuitively, work against low and moderate wage earners trying to buy, or even rent, a home. 

 

FL parks building bigger Halloween celebrations

Halloween celebrations at Central Florida’s major attractions are gearing up earlier and becoming more elaborate to scare up a share of the $7 billion spent for the holiday nationwide.

 

Fatal crash blocks traffic north of Immokalee

One person has died in a crash on State Road 29 north of Immokalee, the Florida Highway Patrol and Collier County Sheriff's Office reported.

 

Wedding crashers celebrate good times

The trio stood off to the side, watching the slew of wedding crashers dance on a softly light circular platform to a disc jockey taking requests.

 

Court case could impact 400 Death Row inmates

For Florida’s nearly 400 Death Row inmates, Tuesday could be a major moment in their path toward lethal injection — or a chance to live.

 

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