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      • Weather
        FORECAST: Record breaking cold arriving with winter blast
        Andrew Shipley
        Local News
        Fort Myers Police say one injured in shooting on Palm Avenue
        WFTX Digital Team
        Lehigh Acres
        Lee County deputies investigate death in Lehigh Acres
        WFTX Digital Team
        National Politics
        Trump says Americans will get payments of 'at least $2,000' from tariff revenue
        Gage Jackson
        4 Things To Do
        4 Things to Do in Southwest Florida this Weekend Nov 7 – Nov 9
        Vanessa Busch
        Fort Myers Metro South
        'It gives you hope:' Hundreds walk to end Alzheimer's in Southwest Florida
        Hunter Walterman
        Cape Coral
        PHOTOS: Cape Coral celebrates Veteran's Day parade
        WFTX Digital Team
        Scripps News Life
        Trump admin tells states to 'undo any steps taken' to provide full SNAP benefits
        Scripps News Group
        Lehigh Acres
        Judge orders Lehigh parents charged with attempted suicide pact to stay in jail
        Bella Line

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          Miyoshi Price

        • Sarasota Memorial breaks ground on North Port's first hospital

          Hunter Walterman

        • Crash on Burnt Store Road sends two to the hospital

        • Rebuilt and ready to make waves, The Whale returns to FMB three years after Ian

          Austin Schargorodski

      • If you give a child a book

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

        Demings: 'I Want to Make Florida the Safest State in America'

        Covering Florida

        Jerry Demings: 'I want to make florida the safest state in America'

        Forrest Saunders
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        Consumer

        AI ads are making fake products look more real than ever

        Mallory Sofastaii
      • National News

        • Government Shutdown Food Aid

          Some states got SNAP benefits overnight — here’s why others haven’t

          AP via Scripps News Group
        • Congress Shutdown

          A shutdown deal without a health care guarantee — would Democrats take it?

          AP via Scripps News Group
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          Your Thanksgiving meal could be cheaper — but there’s a catch

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      • Road Closure

        Local News

        Overturned semi-truck causes road closures, Collier County deputies say

        WFTX Digital Team
        Handcuffs

        Port Charlotte

        Florida Highway Patrol arrests driver after chase in Charlotte County

        WFTX Digital Team
        Police

        Local News

        Lee County deputies search for driver who they say hit a child

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Hendry County Sheriff's Office

        Clewiston

        Hendry County deputies respond to crash into canal in Clewiston

        WFTX Digital Team
        Goverment shutdown Florida impacts

        Covering Florida

        Federal shutdown puts 95,000 Florida workers at risk as leaders clash over blame

        Forrest Saunders
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Miles of dune grass planted on Fort Myers Beach to strengthen shoreline

        Austin Schargorodski
      • Naples city council

        Naples

        Naples City Council backs down on airport resolution after legal threat

        Mahmoud Bennett
        Suspect police are looking to identify

        Naples

        Naples Police ask public’s help to ID woman accused of soliciting teen for sex

        WFTX Digital Team
        Neighbors call Cape Coral home 'rat house,' demand action on deteriorating property

        Cape Coral

        Neighbors call Cape Coral home 'rat house,' demand action on property

        Bella Line
      • Immokalee's major infrastructure project bringing safer streets to community

        Immokalee

        Immokalee's major infrastructure project bringing safer streets to community

        Victoria Quevedo
        Shane Stahl

        Lehigh Acres

        Lehigh Acres man arrested on child sexual abuse material, drug charges

        WFTX Digital Team
        New law offers treatment instead of jail for some defendants

        Charlotte County

        New law offers treatment instead of jail for some defendants

        Jada Williams
      • Clewiston

        Deputies serve search warrant at Clewiston City Hall over ‘concerning practices’

        WFTX Digital Team
        Hacker

        Local News

        FBI warns of 'phantom hacker' scam that has stolen $542 million from seniors

        Ryan Kruger

        Golden Gate

        Deputies: Golden Gate man lured girl into vacant unit, charged with child crimes

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Local News

        FWC says officers found missing woman in remote Collier County Forest

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Covering Florida

        ‘Alligator Alcatraz': Color-coded uniforms and strict rules

        Associated Press
        Tropics Latest

        Hurricane

        Post-Tropical Cyclone Imelda leaves Bermuda, dangerous surf continues

        Katie Walls
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        Naples

        Lawsuit claims GE concealed engine defects tied to fatal Naples plane crash

        WFTX Digital Team
        Treasure Coast Shipwreck

        Scripps News Life

        Salvage crew recovers over $1 million in gold, silver coins from 1715 shipwreck

        Scripps News Group
        Don Loggins

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Another Club Blu murder suspect pleads no contest, sentenced to 15 years

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Cat injured in alleged beating

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral Police say man violently punched cats

        WFTX Digital Team
        City of Fort Myers

        Lee County

        Foreign 'unauthorized individuals' interrupt Fort Myers Zoom meeting

        WFTX Digital Team
        Police

        Labelle

        Florida Highway Patrol on scene of fatal crash on FL-78

        WFTX Digital Team
      • North Port/Englewood

        'BITE THE BULLET:' North Port increases water and sewage fees

        Hunter Walterman

        Charlotte County

        Motorcyclist dies following overnight Port Charlotte crash

        WFTX Digital Team
        President Trump Library proposal

        Covering Florida

        Trump Presidential Library planned for downtown Miami, legal fight looms

        Forrest Saunders
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        Lee County

        Florida Gaming Control Commission seizes 109 slot machines in Fort Myers

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Naples

        AI technology tracks residents’ health at new Naples assisted living community

        Mahmoud Bennett

        Hurricane

        Quietest Gulf, Caribbean hurricane season since 1991

        Katie Walls
      • Cape Coral housing committee considers allowing backyard apartments to address affordable housing concerns

        Cape Coral

        Small backyard apartments for affordable housing could be coming to Cape Coral

        Bella Line
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        Clewiston

        Some school zone speed cameras suddenly taken down in Clewiston, here’s why

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Sports

        SOLD: Tampa Bay Rays sold to Florida based ownership group

        Frances Lin
      • Charlotte County Sheriff's Office

        Charlotte County

        Charlotte County deputy accidentally discharges firearm at range, shoots leg

        WFTX Digital Team
        Jewish Congregation of Venice

        Sarasota County

        Threat at Jewish Congregation of Venice deemed a hoax, police say

        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach

        Some people in Fort Myers Beach should boil their water, town says

        WFTX Digital Team
      • MCCOLLUM HALL MURALS

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Locals invited to McCollum Hall listening session, Tuesday night

        Emily Young
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Iona-McGregor firefighters work through the night on fire at business

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lehigh Acres

        VIDEO: Lee County deputies arrest suspect after dangerous street takeover

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        Covering Florida

        Sheriff says Florida teen faked shooting, kidnapping story

        WFTX Digital Team
        Housing

        Local News

        Florida homeowners sitting on $427,000 backyard goldmines, new study reveals

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        Cape Coral

        Neighbors grieve Cape Coral woman hit and killed in crash while walking her dog

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