A white Nissan doing 99 mph on Alligator Alley attracted the attention of a state trooper Friday night, who says he found more than 2½ pounds of cocaine in the trunk and marijuana in the driver’s sock.

Former "In Living Color" cast member, movie star and stand-up comic Tommy Davidson rocked the house at Marco Island's Off the Hook comedy club Friday night.

I don't know that I'll every be fully seduced by the "Jersey Boys," which plays through Feb. 19 at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. I do know that it's the slickest, glossiest and best-packaged piece of entertainment you're likely to see outside of The Great White Way.

A group of religious leaders will present the Interfaith Educational Series on Marco Island.

WASHINGTON — Really, you'd think with all their money, vaunted organization skills and control-freak machinery, Mitt Romney's people could get someone to translate for us when he talks off the cuff.

A look at the good, the bad and the questionable

Doug Finlay, Naples City Council ... Friday's editorial about the state legislature was on the mark

“I commit to you, that I will fight hard every day,” Mack told a crowd of more than 50 supporters gathered at Coconut Point mall between Pagelli’s and Hemingway’s Island Grill restaurants. “I’ll fight for th

A former Marco Island police officer's battle to get his job back hit a snag in late January when a judge found him guilty of careless driving for speeding without his lights and siren and crashing into a woman's car when he still worked for the police department.

Legislation that would clear the path for a pair of state water pollution rules supported by business, agriculture and utility interests won approval Friday from the Florida House. Some environmental groups, though, say the rules are too weak and prefer tougher federal standards.

Pop sensation Justin Bieber is in Miami-Dade and hundreds of teenage girls camped outside The Hit Factory recording studio in North Miami Beach.

An East Naples man is accused of attacking his wife and trying to suffocate her with a pillow. James Clark, 31, of the 2000 block of Monroe Avenue, was arrested Thursday by Collier deputies at home.

Two East Naples men are accused of selling crack cocaine to undercover deputies on numerous occasions. Jakhari Durden, 22, and Jonathon Wright, 19, of the 3100 block of U.S. 41 East were arrested Thursday by Collier deputies at home.

Kudos to our City Council for its inaugural venture into a live Town Hall Forum at its regular meeting of Jan. 23 (re: Marco Eagle, “Fairness and Communication”, Cheryl Ferrara, Jan. 27). For We the People of Marco Island, is there, finally, a hint of genuine democratic representation and broad constituency considerations slowly permeating our elected representatives’ official behaviors and public decision-making processes? I doubt it as found in this Town Hall Forum. Neither surprise nor deviation appeared in attendance as our Councilors confronted citizen inquiries and comments with their less-than-impressive and time-worn locutions and declamations. Such public persona scripts seemingly comprise the solemn “modus operandi” we have witnessed by the majority of our City Council members since 1997’s cityhood.

When we built our home on the dream location her back in 1978, we became accustomed to heading up to the big box hardware and garden places in Naples for things not available on Marco. During the past months we have had occasions to use local merchants for these things and we are very pleased. The service, attitude ... outstanding. The variety of items stocked is substantial.

The Naples Daily News editorial column headline said “It’s better to protect than have to restore,” referring to the mangrove restoration project near Marco Island. This statement really makes sense. For two years I begged to have the existing tide leveling culverts, in the same area they want to install new culverts, cleaned and opened by the entities responsible for this maintenance. Another woman, Connie Fulmer from Goodland, did the same more than 10 years before me. No one would listen, take action or even admit that they exist to this day.

Any substantive, worthwhile change takes hard work and common vision. But the way forward is pretty simple: a citizen-run, candidate selection process built on the 3 principles of voter education and involvement, accountability, and removing special-interest money from the process. Using these, we can restore citizen control to a non-responsive government.

At the Town Hall meeting Monday, Jan 23, all of the current City Councilors were invited by Bruce Novark to participate in this grassroots process called GOooh. This is a process that invites each of them and every voter to fill out a Citizen Candidate Selection questionnaire, engage in dialogue with the voters on the important issues facing our community and then compete for re-election with other qualified candidates. Amazingly, City Council Chairman Gibson said that he feels the GOooh process is just another special interest.

Chad Oliver has relinquished the morning co-anchor chair at ABC 7. But there's no need to fear; he's not leaving our viewing area. Oliver has moved across the hall (metaphorically) at Waterman. He can now be seen on NBC 2's political beat. Quite an honor since this is a presidential election year

Beasley Broadcast Group Inc. saw its profits rise more than 26 percent last year.