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      • National News
        UPS plane crashes after takeoff from Louisville airport, three people on board
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: More clouds expected tomorrow, staying warm
        Katie Walls
        Fort Myers Beach
        Fort Myers Beach voters recall town council members
        WFTX Digital Team
        Lehigh Acres
        UPDATE: Lee County deputies say Almelia Street family made suicide-pact
        WFTX Digital Team
        Lehigh Acres
        Three dead in murder-suicide on Calhoun Street in Lehigh Acres, LCSO says
        Alex Orenczuk
        Lee County
        Lee County teachers face continued suspension over misconduct claims
        Bella Line
        Marco Island
        Marco Island City Manager Mike McNees resigns after six years of service
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Pine Island / Matlacha
        Leaning house demolished in Matlacha three years after Hurricane Ian
        Bella Line
        Lee County
        Local group seeks items as they prepare to help Jamaicans post-Melissa
        Emily Young

        More News In Your Neighborhood

         
        • Fort Myers restaurant owner launches Hurricane Melissa relief drive for Jamaica

          Miyoshi Price

        • Labelle man sentenced to life in prison for child molestation

          WFTX Digital Team

        • Crews say no injuries after two boats catch fire in Lehigh Acres

          WFTX Digital Team

        • Firefighters respond to fire on Useppa Island in Lee County, Tuesday

          WFTX Digital Team

      • If you give a child a book

        Got $12? Click now to help a kiddo' in your community in Southwest Florida

        Sarasota County Sherriff's Office (SCSO)

        Sarasota County

        Investigation launched after deputy-involved shooting in Sarasota: SCSO

        WFTS Digital Staff
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        North Fort Myers

        North Fort Myers crews say two transported in mobile home fire

        WFTX Digital Team
      • National News

        • Election 2025 Governor Virginia

          Abigail Spanberger projected to win Virginia gubernatorial race

          Scripps News Group
        • APTOPIX Louisville UPS Plane Crash

          At least 3 dead, 11 injured in UPS plane crash in Louisville

          Scripps News Group
        • APTOPIX Trump

          What Tuesday’s elections could mean for Trump, the GOP and Democrats’ future

          Jacob Gardenswartz

        Scripps News
      • Club Blu mugshots

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Nearly a decade later, Club Blu shooting suspect begins trial in Fort Myers

        Emily Young
        El Jobean Fishing Pier

        Port Charlotte

        Charlotte County gets closer to rebuilding El Jobean Pier

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

        Cape High dismisses students after possible gas leak; 2 staff taken to hospital

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lehigh Acres

        Lazy Springs announces permanent closure following sale

        WFTX Digital Team

        Punta Gorda

        Florida International Airshow returns despite government shutdown

        Eric Lovelace
        Ave Maria

        Collier County

        NCH plans 150-bed hospital in Ave Maria to serve growing eastern Collier County

        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Proposed Meli’s Ice Cream building marks progress in FMB’s Times Square rebuild

        Austin Schargorodski
        Lee County man charged with animal cruelty after leaving dogs to die in cages

        Fort Myers Metro South

        ‘This is disgusting’: Lee County man accused of leaving dogs to die in cages

        Victoria Quevedo
        A Bonita Springs man was back in court fighting his death sentence for wife's murder, in a murder-for-hire case

        Bonita Springs

        Mark Sievers back in court fighting death sentence for wife's murder

        Bella Line
      • Hazy skies from prescribed burn

        Charlotte County

        Seeing hazy skies? There's a prescribed burn in Charlotte County.

        WFTX Digital Team
        Mike Greenwell

        Lee County

        Celebration of life for Mike Greenwell scheduled to be at JetBlue Park

        Kaitlin Knapp
        Cape Coral police scene

        Cape Coral

        Police investigating shooting in Southwest Cape Coral; no injuries reported

        Bella Line
      • Mark Sievers

        Local News

        Mark Sievers returns to Lee Co. seeking appeal in wife’s murder-for-hire case

        Ryan Kruger

        Fort Myers Metro South

        'She had healing hands:' Hundreds honor the memory of a Lee County EMT

        Hunter Walterman

        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District reflects on 75 years of history

        Hunter Walterman
      • Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers celebrates 25 years of Riverside Community Center

        Hunter Walterman
        FMPD

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers officers investigate shooting that injured two, police say

        WFTX Digital Team
        Collier County Sheriff's Office

        Local News

        Collier County deputies investigate after finding dead man in canal

        WFTX Digital Team
      • North Port/Englewood

        North Port Police investigate shots fired at Kirk Park

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Port Charlotte

        UPDATE: Charlotte County deputies arrest shooting suspect

        Hunter Walterman

        Arcadia

        'BIGGER THAN US:' Arcadia gallery offers new home to Southwest Florida artists

        Hunter Walterman
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        North Fort Myers

        'Down to earth': Lee Co. leaders reflect on life and legacy of Mike Greenwell

        Austin Schargorodski
        Immokalee teen fighting for farm worker mental health resources

        Immokalee

        Immokalee teen fighting for farm worker mental health resources

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Charlotte County

        False carjacking claim prompts Babcock Ranch school lockdown, deputies say

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Punta Gorda

        Charlotte County deputy who shot and killed Deep Creek man has retired

        Alex Orenczuk

        Local News

        GOT PLANS? | Food, music, boats and Boo at the Zoo

        Amy Wegmann
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        Local News

        Lee County deputies charge man after incident at First Baptist Church

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Local News

        UPDATE: Deputies say investigation in Babcock Ranch was 'false report'

        WFTX Digital Team
        Florida Highway Patrol

        Local News

        Arcadia woman pushing stroller killed in US-17 crash, FHP says

        WFTX Digital Team
        Cape Coral's Bike Night returns

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral's Bike Night returns with new parking options

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Naples

        Collier County crews respond to fire at Ritz-Carlton in Naples

        WFTX Digital Team
        Gene Ray and his wife Carol

        Investigates

        Family demands answers after dementia patient found in walk-in freezer at ALF

        Adam Walser
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        North Fort Myers

        A year later, we checked in with NFM businesses torn apart by a Milton tornado

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Punta Gorda

        A year after Hurricane Milton, recovery shines across coastal Charlotte County

        Alex Orenczuk
        Cape Coral voters may get the chance to decide on council and mayor salary increases in 2026

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral voters may get the chance to decide on council salary increases

        Bella Line
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        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral police bust two more arcades for illegal gambling, seize $176K

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Teachers get on-site childcare at Harns Marsh Middle School

        Lehigh Acres

        Harns Marsh Middle School now offers on-site childcare for teachers in Lehigh

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Local News

        EXTRA TIME EP: 33: FC Naples waits out delay, looks ahead to Snowbird Derby

        Ryan Kruger
        FILE - Former Boston Red Sox pluaer Mike Greenwell sets to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Red Sox-New York Mets spring training baseball game in Fort Myers, Fla., Tuesday March 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

        Local News

        Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell dies after thyroid cancer battle

        WFTX Digital Team
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        North Port/Englewood

        Police say couple left minor on I-75 in North Port

        WFTX Digital Team
        LOTTERY CHANGES

        Local News

        Florida leads nation in lottery scam losses, study finds

        Ryan Kruger

        North Port/Englewood

        North Port weighs new direction on emergency operations center to save money

        Hunter Walterman
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