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Teen driver hits unmarked CCSO car

An 18-year-old sustained minor injuries after he crashed into an unmarked Collier County Sheriff's Office patrol car stopped in traffic on Livingston Road just south of Vanderbilt Beach Road Wednesday evening, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

 

Lee District eyes land for Bonita High School

A piece of land east of Interstate 75 and south of Bonita Beach Road is being eyed as a possible site for a new high school in Bonita Springs.

 

Betty Ford's daughter discusses being enabler

Susan Ford Bales can reflect on being an enabler for her mother's addiction and how the entire Ford family emerged with greater compassion.

 

Crash blocking all I-75 NB lanes at MM 108

Florida Highway Patrol is reporting an accident blocking all northbound lanes of traffic on I-75 at mile marker 108, just north of the Pine Ridge Road exit.

 

Teresa Sievers' Estero medical office to close

NBC2 has learned the former office of Dr. Teresa Sievers in Estero will soon be closing its doors.

 

DeLorean dealership marks 'Back to the Future'

On the date Marty McFly of “Back to the Future” was supposed to have landed in 2015, Andres Lazzizzera stood in a Bonita Springs DeLorean car dealership and reminisced about his own childhood.Wednesday — unofficially dubbed “Back to the Future Day,” in honor of the movie — Lazzizzera used his lunch break from work to visit the dealership to closely examine the car.

 

Collier giving away tickets to off-road ATV park

Collier County will buy off-roaders free tickets to nearby ATV parks this year, while a committee continues a yearslong search for land to build an off-road park here.

 

Group pays Naples $25,000 to run pier webcam

A nonprofit will run a webcam at the Naples Pier for people to view online after the attraction reopens next month, a decision agreed to by Naples City Council on Wednesday with the condition the nonprofit donate $25,000 toward the expensive New Year’s Eve fireworks.

 

Commentary: Fracking around the world

As locals slug it out over fracking — "regulate it," "no, ban it" — it's helpful to step back and look at context. What's happening with energy elsewhere? What's happening outside of Florida?

 

FSW partners with Y, offers exercise classes

Brian Banos watched as students perform yoga stretches in the courtyard of Florida Southwestern College in East Naples.

 

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