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      • Collier County
        Pilot survives plane crash in water near Everglades City; passenger dies
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Springlike week ahead!
        Katie Walls
        Cape Coral
        SLOW DOWN: Should Cape Coral lower neighborhood speed limits from 30 to 25 mph?
        Bella Line
        Golden Gate
        Golden Gate Estates neighbors react to planned cell tower on Everglades Blvd N.
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Bonita Springs
        Bonita Springs literacy council responds to English-only driving exam rule
        Eric Lovelace
        Naples
        Naples Mayor pleads no contest to DUI charge, will serve 12 months probation
        WFTX Digital Team
        Fort Myers Metro South
        Dangerous Ride: Lee County Deputies chase, arrest teen e-motorbike drivers
        WFTX Digital Team
        Immokalee
        'DREAM COME TRUE': Immokalee kids see the beach for the first time
        Victoria Quevedo
        Bonita Springs
        Hurricane-damaged FGCU water, environment research hub reopens on Bonita Beach
        Austin Schargorodski

        More News In Your Neighborhood

         
        • Design phase drags on for Sanibel Causeway Islands Park improvements

          Austin Schargorodski

        • Fort Myers Beach 'optimistic' Fourth of July fireworks show will happen

          WFTX Digital Team

        • Marco Island flag display raises funds for community

          Eric Lovelace

        • Estero twins win bronze at US Figure Skating Championships

          Eric Lovelace

      • If you give a child a book

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

        FMPD

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers Walmart evacuated as police investigate anonymous bomb threat

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Naples

        Foster parent shortage in Florida leaves vulnerable children waiting for homes

        Miyoshi Price
      • National News

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          Both sides are far apart on negotiations to end the shutdown, White House says

          Nathaniel Reed
        • Marimar Martinez

          New findings dispute DHS's justification in shooting of Chicago woman

          Kadia Tubman
        • Geraldo Lunas Campos

          Photos and 911 calls deepen mystery of immigrant's sudden death in ICE custody

          Patrick Terpstra

        Scripps News
      • Stabbing on Polk Street

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers Police: Man stabbed in the neck during domestic disturbance

        WFTX Digital Team

        Bonita Springs

        Bonita Springs couple helps Nigerian school after student escapes kidnappers

        Eric Lovelace

        Naples

        Naples restaurant provides free Thanksgiving meals to fight loneliness

        Hunter Walterman
      • Teresa Monroe has been identified by family as the woman killed in the crash

        Lehigh Acres

        Family identifies woman killed in Lehigh hit-and-run crash

        Kaitlin Knapp
        STARS Complex shooting

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers Police investigating shooting at STARS Complex

        WFTX Digital Team
        Crash near North River Road

        Sarasota County

        Troopers working to identify driver killed in fiery crash on I-75 near Venice

        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Punta Gorda

        THANKFUL: Punta Gorda firefighters praised for efforts to save pet monkey

        Alex Orenczuk
        Scotty's Bierwerks closing for good on Friday

        Cape Coral

        Scotty's Bierwerks announces closure of Cape Coral brewery

        WFTX Digital Team
        TURKEY TROT

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Southwest Florida runners lace up for Turkey Trot, supporting local charities

        Miyoshi Price
      • Florida Sen. Rick Scott

        Naples

        Sen. Rick Scott’s Naples home targeted in another swatting attempt

        Kaitlin Knapp

        Local News

        GOT PLANS? | Tree lightings, benefit concerts and art festivals

        Amy Wegmann

        Cape Coral

        Several Southwest Florida cities see biggest home price dip in the country

        Hunter Walterman
      • FHP high-speed chase

        Fort Myers Metro South

        High-speed chase in Fort Myers leads to DUI arrest

        Kaitlin Knapp
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        San Carlos Park

        Lee County deputies investigating home robbery in San Carlos Park

        WFTX Digital Team

        Collier County

        County warns of trespassing at Northeast Utility Facility

        Eric Lovelace
      • People waiting for bags

        Downtown Fort Myers

        RSW travelers experience minimal delays on Thanksgiving travel day

        Allie Kaiser
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        Punta Gorda

        73-year-old hit and killed by a pickup truck outside Punta Gorda, troopers say

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Marco Island

        Juvenile beat up, robbed in Marco Island; three suspects on the run

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Insurance claims

        Local News

        Risk of 'Hurricane Tax' lower for people in Florida. Here's why

        Ryan Kruger
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        Naples

        "Celebrating our farmers": Collier County hosts annual Farm-City BBQ

        WFTX Digital Team
        Family businesses provide free Thanksgiving turkeys in Cape Coral

        Cape Coral

        'Don't give up': Cape Coral businesses fill community fridge for needy families

        Bella Line
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        Naples

        Bicyclist killed in crash on Tamiami Trail and Peters Avenue in Collier County

        WFTX Digital Team
        Crash on Vanderbilt Beach Road

        Collier County

        17-year-old girl killed in crash in Collier County

        WFTX Digital Team
        Jaxson

        North Port/Englewood

        'A happy boy': Family identifies child fatally hit by a car in Englewood

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Fort Myers Metro South

        Report: Man charged with hitting Fort Myers officers tried to take their gun

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Fort Myers Metro South

        Estero man killed in crash on Tamiami Trail, troopers say

        Miyoshi Price
        Coyote on ledge

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Crowd gathers to watch coyote stuck on Fort Myers hotel ledge

        Hunter Walterman
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        North Port/Englewood

        UPDATE: 3-year-old boy hit by car at Englewood Walmart dies at hospital

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Covering Florida

        DeSantis unveils crackdown on puppy mills, but AKC warns against overreach

        Forrest Saunders
        Clearwater Police and the U.S. Coast Guard are searching for four missing boaters who failed to return from a fishing trip on Monday.

        Covering Florida

        U.S. Coast Guard finds 4 missing boaters alive after their boat capsized

        Kiley Vaughan
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        Covering Florida

        Justice Department investigates SeaWorld for disability discrimination

        Frances Lin
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        Cape Coral

        Governor DeSantis pushes for stricter regulations for dog breeders

        Allie Kaiser
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        North Port/Englewood

        'Shock to all of us': Englewood man charged in Upstate New York double homicide

        Alex Orenczuk
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        Sanibel

        Sanibel’s iconic Dairy Queen building getting new life as a diner after Ian

        Austin Schargorodski
        Marco island pickleball

        Naples

        Marco Island pickleball expansion plan divides neighbors over noise

        Mahmoud Bennett
        Fort Myers tip off EVP

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers Tip Off Tournament kicks off with some college basketball superstars

        Miyoshi Price
      • Cape Coral Boathouse restaurant gets new potential design following devastating fire last year

        Cape Coral

        New Cape Coral Boathouse renderings show its potential new look

        Bella Line
        Antonio Felix

        Port Charlotte

        Deputies: Man bought gun for teen, later used in deadly Port Charlotte shooting

        WFTX Digital Team
        Federal Enforcement North Carolina

        Covering Florida

        DHS admits targeting undocumented migrants regardless of criminal history

        Ethan Stein
      • Coyote on hotel ledge

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Coyote leaps to safety after being trapped on Fort Myers hotel ledge

        WFTX Digital Team

        Estero

        'Home away from home': Corkscrew Country Store closes after 30 years

        Eric Lovelace
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        Hendry County

        12-year-old driving UTV in Immokalee dies in crash: FHP

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