After a price adjustment, Collier County will move ahead with the purchase of nearly 2,250 acres near Lake Trafford in Immokalee. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously agreed to pay $20.77 million for the land. The decision came after the sellers accepted a lesser offer, saving a few million dollars of taxpayer money. At a board […]
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Naples man, 63, killed Friday in SUV-bicycle crash along Immokalee Road, FHP says
A 63-year-old Naples bicyclist died after a driver collided with him Friday in North Naples, state police say. The man was riding a bicycle west along a sidewalk approaching a driveway access at Logan Landing shopping plaza about 1:50 p.m., Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release Friday. About the same time, a 32-year-old […]
Collier judge OKs release of victim’s medical records in fatal Immokalee iPhone robbery
A Collier County judge approved Thursday the release of medical records related to the victim of a fatal shooting. Collier Circuit Judge Elizabeth Krier granted the motion filed Oct. 24, 2023, by Assistant State Attorney Sabsina Karimi in the second-degree murder case against John Ignacio Abrigo, 17, of Immokalee. According to the motion, the state […]
Victim airlifted after shooting behind Immokalee business, Collier sheriff says
A victim was airlifted after authorities say a teenager shot him near an Immokalee business. The minor is charged with aggravated battery; carrying a concealed firearm; and unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor. Collier County deputies responded to the 300 block of Boston Avenue, behind La Soriana, 190 S. 3rd St., around 5:30 […]
Immokalee man, 13 adult passengers taken to hospitals after van crash on I-75 in Punta Gorda
Fourteen people were taken to hospitals after their van was involved in a crash on Interstate 75. The wreck happened just before 6 a.m. at mile marker 155, in Punta Gorda, near the county line with Lee County, according to a Florida Highway Patrol incident report. Troopers said the van was traveling on the outside […]