http://www.yourstreet.com/news/naples-fl YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Two former real estate investors have pleaded guilty to federal charges that they set up straw deals to obtain inflated mortgages on more than 100 Indianapolis houses. Forty-four-year-old Robert A. Penn of Naples, Fla., and 45-year-old Kevin M. Lafavers of LaGrange,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749454/ky-man-pleads-guilty-to-ind-mortgage-fraud Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:50:08 -0700 Police in Haiti have detained a man wanted for questioning in the slaying of his wife and their five children in Florida. Mesac Damas' wife and their five children, ages 9 years to 11 months, were found slain Sept. 20 inside their apartment in Naples, Florida.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730356/man-linked-to-slain-family-of-6-arrested-in-haiti Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:24:08 -0700 NAPLES, Fla. - Five young children and their mother were found dead in a Florida apartment, and authorities were searching Sunday for the woman's husband, who had left the country. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6727754/5-children,-woman-found-dead Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:28:08 -0700 NAPLES, Fla. — Five young children and their mother were found dead in a Florida apartment, and authorities were searching Sunday for the woman’s husband, who had left the country. Mesac Damas, 33, boarded a flight to Haiti from Miami International ... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6730501/5-kids,-woman-slain-in-fla-family-murder Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:11:08 -0700 NAPLES, Fla. — Authorities are bracing for the possibility of large protests outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Collier County that will begin offering abortions. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6723383/protests-at-planned-parenthood-in-naples-expected Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:05:08 -0700 What’s in store for casino gambling and offshore drilling? Will a crime-tracking computer system ever be funded by the state? Should public schools have barred live coverage of President Barack Obama’s speech? Florida Rep. Matt Hudson, R-Naples, whose District... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716567/transcript-video-one-on-one-gambling-in-bonita,-immokalee-offshore-oi Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:30:08 -0700 NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Another Florida panther has been struck and killed by a car. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6708732/panther-struck,-killed-on-i-75 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:56:08 -0700 HEADLINE: Glen Bigness joins Premier Plus Realty YOUR NEWS RELEASE: Glen Bigness, Realtor joins the ranks of Premier Plus Realty in Naples. The office is located at 749 12th Ave S Naples FL 34102 in Olde Naples near the City Docks. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6694151/it-s-your-business-business-news-releases-monday,-sept-7,-2009 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:39:08 -0700 Good news for health care and business — specifically economic diversification and development — in Naples and Collier County. A Minnesota-based nonprofit recovery program called Hazelden is coming to the community. That means one of the nation’s premier... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6633279/editorial-hazelden-s-benefits-for-area-go-beyond-those-it-will-help Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:24:08 -0700 The school was supposed to kick off the football season Friday in Naples. Collier County school officials have canceled, though, because of Tampa Catholic's high number of swine flu cases. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6627787/flu-fears-cancel-tampa-catholic-s-football-game Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:23:08 -0700 NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Two people were killed when their car ran off a Collier County road and hit a tree. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that 29-year-old Justin Bond was driving early Friday morning with 35-year-old Lori Davila as his http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6592447/2-killed-in-collier-county-crash Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:59:38 -0700 Sparks Health System to sell to Florida fi rm Sparks Health System in Fort Smith said Friday that its board of directors approved a non-binding agreement to sell the business to a Naples, Fla.-based hospital operator, Health Management Associates Inc. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6554404/news-in-brief Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:16:08 -0700 Lennar Robert Lee has been named a new home consultant at the Vistas at Heritage Bay, a Lennar town home community off Immokalee Road in North Naples. Lee attended the University of Florida and earned a degree in finance from Florida Gulf Coast University. He has... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6511198/a-roundup-of-real-estate-personnel-items Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:00:08 -0700 Congratulations to Southwest Florida Circuit Judge Romero Mañalich of Naples. He recognized a case for what it was — a test for a new state law banning gang promotion and recruitment on the Internet. Mañalich understood that there is more at stake than the guilt... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6498532/editorial-gangs-and-the-internet-judge-s-probing-questions-just-what- Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:15:08 -0700 A North Naples man was arrested Monday night after Collier County sheriff’s deputies say he robbed two men who flew to Florida to buy a car from him. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6486207/north-naples-man-arrested,-accused-of-robbing-men-wanting-to-buy-car Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:12:08 -0700 Florida Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, says he is a busy man and his time is valuable. That is how he justifies charging taxpayers $7,800 for private airfare to and from Naples, where he lives and has a successful securities law practice, and Tallahassee, where he has... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6471297/editorial-grady-should-reconsider-how-it-looks-from-below Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:02:08 -0700 Two Florida men are facing federal charges in the May 25 kidnapping of a Columbia woman, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a press release. "Rusty Ballard," 36, and Scott Ogden, 19, both of Naples, Fla., have been charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6403576/fla-men-charged-in-columbia-kidnapping Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:19:08 -0700 NAPLES, Fla -- Florida officials have arrested a woman for allegedly practicing dentistry in a garage she converted into an office with a drill set and black reclining chair. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6400596/fla-woman-practiced-dentistry-in-garage Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:24:08 -0700 NAPLES, Fla. — Police say a Naples woman was arrested for hitting her boyfriend and his grandmother with a telephone. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6373057/naples-woman-arrested-for-hitting-elderly-woman Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:01:08 -0700 A rare ghost orchid growing on an ancient bald cypress tree at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, Florida is in bloom for the third consecutive summer, this time with ten buds that will likely produce blooms visible from the Audubon sanctuary’s... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6309897/rare-ghost-orchid-is-in-bloom-at-corkscrew-swamp-sanctuary Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:56:08 -0700