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Technology cyber attack impacts banks, hospitals and businesses
A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, disrupted hospitals, banks, businesses and government offices on Friday. North Collier Hospital said the only impact they had was to their voice detection system, meaning people had to type their notes versus verbal dictation, but other than that, there were no issues.
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Lehigh Acres man sentenced to over 30 years in prison for armed home invasion in 2020
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — A Lehigh Acres man will spend over 30 years in prison for a 2020 armed home invasion after Collier County detectives turned up DNA evidence linking him to the crime. In April, a Collier County jury found Andres Tremols-Tapanes, 37, guilty of the robbery and...
SW FL hospitals, airports coping with tech outage. Is medical care delayed? What about flights?
Southwest Florida felt the impact Friday from a worldwide outage that grounded some aspects of daily life to a halt. As of Friday morning, hospitals were working to get operations back to normal. Travelers at Southwest Florida International Airport were dealing with some delays and flight cancellations. Lee Health, the...
Beef bandit stuffed tenderloins in shirt, stole $1K of meat: Affidavit
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested after stealing more than $1,000 worth of meat from three grocery stores during an organized retail theft, according to an affidavit. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office was alerted by a Costco Loss Prevention officer of a man leaving the store...
Collier County's airport manager shares ideas on improving 3 airports. Who is he?
Meet Bryant Garrett. He's in charge of Collier County government's three public airports: Marco Island Executive Airport, Immokalee Regional Airport and Everglades Airpark. Together, the airports are estimated to have an annual economic impact of more than $300 million.He's new to Collier County but not to Florida, and certainly not to airplanes. Garrett,...
Priest arrested in Collier County for child pornography faces more charges
AVE MARIA, Fla. — A priest arrested in Collier County on child pornography charges is now facing two counts of sexual assault. Investigators in Texas allege that the Rev. Anthony Odiong used his position within the Catholic Church to manipulate and sexually assault women between 2007 and 2023. Odiong,...
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