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FORT MYERS — The Naples High and South Fort Myers football teams both got what they wanted out of Friday's non-district game, though the Golden Eagles got a little more.

With an opportunity to seal a come-from-behind victory over rival Palmetto Ridge on the line, Gulf Coast High School football coach Pete Fominaya posed a question to the members of his offensive line with just over two minutes left and the Sharks facing a decisive 4th-and-2 deep in Bears territory.

FORT MYERS — The first test of whether Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball fans will again come out in full force began to be answered during Friday night’s Dunk City After Dark.

Season has returned.

Hurricane Patricia zoomed from tropical storm to record-beater in 30 hours flat like a jet-fueled sports car.

Cattle rancher Reneé Toussaint Strickland says she first participated in a business in Cuba about eight years ago, working with Naples businessman John Parke Wright. She and her husband Jim Strickland helped by reaching out to Florida ranchers who could supply cows for the island nation.

Participate in a live chat with Naples Daily News journalists and area gridiron fans during Week 9 of high school football action in Southwest Florida. 

A tumultuous stock market might have taken its toll on Naples area home sales in September.

WASHINGTON — Congressman Curt Clawson wants a Floridian and an “outsider” candidate not promoted from within the existing Republican leadership to be the next Speaker of the House and said Friday has split with his Freedom Caucus on backing Rep. Paul Ryan.