Florida Python Challenge champion: Taylor Stanberry captured 60 invasive Burmese pythons to claim this year’s grand prize in Naples — find out what drove her to victory.
Fun-funded student life: The Isabella Eghrari Memorial Scholarship, with its $500 Fun Money award, encourages Immokalee postsecondary students to relax and explore new experiences, supporting over 130 scholars — find out how to apply.
Southeast’s best drinking water: Bonita Springs Utilities earned the 2025 Best Tasting Drinking Water award in a regional blind taste test — find out how.
Southwest Florida’s Elite 11: The Naples Daily News spotlights the region’s top high school volleyball players to watch in 2025, featuring First Baptist Academy’s Peyton Garrick, Trinity McCormick, Adriana Garcia and Laila Stewart alongside standouts like Medney Garraux and Olivia Znotens — check out who made the list.
Estero’s cutting-edge cancer center: Naples oncologist Dr. John Frangioni and village officials have proposed a 43,000-square-foot facility offering targeted alpha therapy and real-time tumor imaging for patients worldwide — find out what’s planned.
Other Naples headlines this week
- Road resurfacing begins August 18
- Golf event raised $50K for Collier veterans
- Naples-based Catalyst OrthoScience launches fracture shoulder system
- Beach buggies endanger nesting sea turtles
- East Naples expands with new community developments
- The archives unveil Southwest Florida’s pineapple boom
