Brigid O'Malley

• Festival recalls warfare and ways of tribes, pioneers Published 02/19/2006 at 12:14 a.m.

  Travis Cox was waiting for the battle. And traveling back in time to 1857 was the way to see one Saturday afternoon at Collier-Seminole State Park in eastern Collier County. “I’ve seen the Indians walking around,” the 9-year-old from Fort ...

• Parents given a place to remember Published 02/19/2006 at 12:12 a.m.

  It’s a place where mothers and fathers can come to remember their losses. It’s in a quiet spot in a Collier County cemetery and is one of about a dozen across the country. Alison Fey brought flowers for her unborn ...

• Vice president planning Naples visit in March Published 02/18/2006 at midnight

  Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to visit Naples visit next month, the first Southwest Florida stopover for him since October 2004.

• Deputy disciplined for time card infraction Published 02/13/2006 at midnight

  An anonymous letter led to the surveillance. The surveillance led to a Collier County sheriff's deputy's suspension.

• Crime declines in Naples, Collier County Published 02/12/2006 at 12:20 a.m.

  For the 15th straight year, Collier County logged a decrease in reported crime, with burglaries, thefts and sex assaults on the decline. Reported crime for 2005 showed a 2.4 percent decrease compared with the 2004 numbers, according to statistics released ...

• Park Shore couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide Published 02/09/2006 at 12:29 a.m.

  Two Park Shore residents were found dead inside their home in what investigators say is a murder-suicide in the quiet, well-manicured Naples neighborhood Wednesday. With crime scene tape wrapping the front yard of a home at 655 Fountainhead Way and ...

• Southwest Florida is attracting smugglers of people Published 02/09/2006 at 12:22 a.m.

  Some call them patriots. Others call them businessmen looking to make some big money. Collier County sheriff’s deputies simply call them criminals. And with tightened border security around Florida, this brand of smuggling people, the illegal transporting usually by boat ...

• Man charged with impregnating girl, 11, arrested Updated 02/08/2006 at 10:55 a.m.

  Authorities on Tuesday evening found and arrested the 59-year-old Golden Gate man charged with impregnating an 11-year-old girl who had been on the lam. Jimmy Smith was arrested in Oconee County, S.C., on Tuesday.

• Jail deputy fired after relationship with inmate Published 02/06/2006 at midnight

  A Collier County sheriff's jail deputy was fired in January after she developed an inappropriate relationship with an inmate who had telephoned her at home 16 times and the two had conversations laced with sexual innuendo, internal affairs reports say.

• Rain drenches first-day fairgoers Published 02/04/2006 at midnight

  With a heavy downpour pounding the Collier County fairgrounds on Friday night, Jose Lazaro sought shelter near a hot dog stand. "It's pouring, man," the 16-year-old from Immokalee told his friend via cell phone as he juggled his dinner, a ...

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