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Entrepreneurs with six high-tech French startups got a strong pitch Monday for why it makes sense for them to do business from Collier County — and Florida.

In aisle 12, the USA Freedom Kids were packed on a shopping cart, strolling down the candy-filled lane as a camera followed their every move.

Naples City Council members on Monday used a recent survey of residents to argue there is support for the city’s plan for Baker Park.

Firefighters are responding to a house fire in Immokalee where a room is up in flames.

Collier County soon might be represented by one senator in the state Legislature, which is one of several changes expected to be discussed when lawmakers meet in Tallahassee this week for a special session to redraw district maps.

David Perez is recovering at Lee Memorial Hospital where he took his first steps Monday after Saturday's shooting. 

Attorney Jonathan G. Sieg has joined the Pavese Law Firm and will be practicing in the areas of real estate and community association law.

Troopers are responding to a crash along Interstate 75 at mile marker 106. 

Fort Myers Police are investigating a shooting Monday at the intersection of Simpson Street and Glenn Drive. Officers who responded to the scene at 11:21 a.m. found a man laying near the road with a gunshot wound. He was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital as a trauma alert.

A new network of artificial reefs off Collier County's coastline already is making a splash with fish and the anglers and divers who chase them.