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  • Local News
    Neighbors tell Fox 4 they spotted a bear in a Fort Myers cemetery
    WFTX Digital Team
    Weather
    FORECAST: Increasing storm coverage next few days
    Andrew Shipley
    Port Charlotte
    "A man of the people": New pope's brother reacts from Port Charlotte
    WFTX Digital Team
    Naples
    DNA testing underway in fatal Florida bear attack as residents share concerns
    Mahmoud Bennett
    Cape Coral
    'Don't doubt yourself': 10-year-old Cape Coral boy escapes attempted kidnapping
    Bella Line
    Lehigh Acres
    SLOW DOWN! New Florida bill targets excessive speeders with jail time, fines
    Ella Rhoades
    Fort Myers Beach
    Could this be the end of Fort Myers Beach Elementary?
    Anvar Ruziev
    Downtown Fort Myers
    Man arrested in Fort Myers after scamming elderly victim out of $30,000
    Miyoshi Price
    Local News
    Code enforcement gives Fort Myers apartment 60 days to fix elevators
    Stephen Pimpo

    More News In Your Neighborhood

     
    • Rethinking the Road: Mobility study lays out a walkable future for LaBelle

      Austin Schargorodski

    • Deputies investigating report of suspicious vehicle near Tropic Isles Elementary

      WFTX Digital Team

    • Both man and child hit in crash, FHP says

      WFTX Digital Team

    • Car crashes into home and catches fire, Cape Coral Fire says

      WFTX Digital Team

  • If you give a child a book

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

    The FBI calls it one of the biggest online threats facing kids today.

    Covering Florida

    FBI warns of sadistic new online threat that landed Tampa teen in prison

    Katie LaGrone

    FC Naples Extra Time

    EXTRA TIME EP 11: Go behind the scenes with two of the FC Naples front office

    Ryan Kruger
  • National News

    • Trump Librarian of Congress

      President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

      AP via Scripps News Group
    • Obit-Souter

      Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter dead at age 85

      Justin Boggs
    • House Treasury

      US and China to discuss tariffs in Switzerland amid trade tensions

      Justin Boggs

    Scripps News
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    Buckingham

    Fire season ramping up in Southwest Florida

    Andrew Shipley

    Charlotte County

    Punta Gorda Police arrest charter boat captain Brock Horner

    Sarah Lindenberg
    Boil water notice

    Charlotte County

    Charlotte County rescinds boil water notice for parts of Port Charlotte

    WFTX Digital Team
  • Captain Brock Wagner

    Punta Gorda

    BOAT RAGE BACKLASH: Wrong Brock, a different charter captain catches heat

    Alex Orenczuk
    Tariff Explainer

    Covering Florida

    Could Trump's tariffs derail Florida’s permanent tax cuts?

    Forrest Saunders
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    Labelle

    UPGRADES: LaBelle Fire Dept. adding ladder truck and storm-hardened station

    Austin Schargorodski
  • Fort Myers city attorney Grant Alley

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Fort Myers City Council will discuss firing its City Attorney on Monday

    Miyoshi Price
    Cape staff recommends denying Redfish Pointe rezoning, but the fight isn't over for local activists

    Cape Coral

    Cape Coral staff recommends denying Redfish Pointe rezoning

    Bella Line
    Jury selection begins in the trial against a North Fort Myers man accused of assaulting and killing a toddler

    North Fort Myers

    Man found guilty of killing, sexually abusing 2-year-old North Fort Myers girl

    Kaitlin Knapp
  • Charlotte County Sheriff's Office hosts First Responder Dive Team Challenge

    Punta Gorda

    Charlotte County Sheriff's Office hosts First Responder Dive Team Challenge

    Dominga Murray

    Local News

    Students in Southwest Florida go home with 'Blessings in a Backpack'

    Dominga Murray

    Local News

    GOT PLANS? | Craft Beer, Cultural Celebrations & The cutest Easter egg hunts

    Amy Wegmann
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    Local News

    Local authorities share condolences after Florida deputy is killed

    WFTX Digital Team
    Electric pole

    Bonita Springs

    Crash causes outage in Bonita Springs, BSFD says

    WFTX Digital Team
    If You Give a Child a Book

    Local News

    'If You Give a Child a Book' campaign underway

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Fort Myers Beach

    Fort Myers Beach Margaritaville security guard goes viral for rock interception

    Anvar Ruziev
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    Punta Gorda

    CAUGHT ON CAM: Punta Gorda boat rage video goes viral

    Alex Orenczuk
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    Labelle

    PUSHBACK: LaBelle neighbor fights apartment complex planned in her backyard

    Austin Schargorodski
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    Immokalee

    SEWER TECH: Immokalee has new way to stop nasty overflows

    Ella Rhoades
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    Downtown Fort Myers

    SLOWING SPEEDERS: Fort Myers is considering speed cameras near school zones

    Miyoshi Price

    FC Naples Extra Time

    EXTRA TIME: FC Naples remains in first place

    Ryan Kruger
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    4 Things To Do

    4 Things to Do in Southwest Florida this Weekend April 3 – April 6

    Vanessa Busch
    This man's skull was found on a dirt road in 2007 in Fort Myers

    Sunshine Crimes

    Bringing faces to the forgotten: A man's mission to identify the unknown in SWFL

    Kaitlin Knapp
    phone scam

    Lee County

    MILLIONS OF DOLLARS: Scams on the rise in Lee County, sheriff's office says

    Kaitlin Knapp
  • Hurricane Ian

    Hurricane

    HEADS UP: Above-normal number of hurricanes expected in Colorado State forecast

    Andrew Shipley
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    North Port/Englewood

    North Port sexual assault, carjacking suspect bonded out of jail days before

    Kaitlin Knapp
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    Local News

    It's your money: Some auto insurance rates dropping

    Ryan Kruger
  • Cape Coral City Council Public Comment

    Cape Coral

    Outrage and frustration after Jaycee Park controversy

    Stephen Pimpo
    Ultimate Ninja Warriors

    Local News

    Ultimate Ninja Academy opens Saturday in Fort Myers

    Dominga Murray
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    Sanibel

    Sanibel honors 50 Years of emergency services while preparing for the future

    Anvar Ruziev
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    Cape Coral

    Cape Coral City Council votes to reduce Yellow Fever Creek Preserve by 14 acres

    Sarah Lindenberg
    MAKING CITRUS GREAT AGAIN

    Labelle

    SAVING CITRUS: Florida citrus industry could get a $200 Million dollar boost

    Victoria Quevedo
    lee co mosquito control resistance

    Lehigh Acres

    Lee County Mosquito Control research prepares them for resistant bugs

    Ella Rhoades
  • Priscilla Hallihan

    Labelle

    Detectives say more arrests could be coming in murder of mother in LaBelle

    Austin Schargorodski
    Cape Coral's only beach could be getting an expansion, and tourist dollars could fund it

    Cape Coral

    "Get it done": Who could pay for an expansion at Cape Coral's only beach?

    Bella Line
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    Collier County

    National Weather Service Confirms lightning strike the cause of 250 acre fire

    WFTX Digital Team
  • US 41 IMPROVEMENTS

    North Port/Englewood

    FDOT looking to make potential changes on US 41

    Victoria Quevedo
     Florida-Special Election

    Local News

    Florida special elections: Republicans retain their hold on two US House seats

    Scripps News Group
    Captain Susan Harrelle

    Labelle

    Second teen arrested in investigation of deadly LaBelle shooting of mother

    Austin Schargorodski
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    Buckingham

    30 YEAR FIGHT: Community helps save 130 acres in Buckingham for conservation

    Ella Rhoades
    Couple arrested for child neglect in Port Charlotte

    Charlotte County

    Couple arrested after baby admitted to hospital with multiple skull fractures

    Sarah Lindenberg
    Construction on Del Prado raises concerns over noise and flooding for residents

    Cape Coral

    Construction on Del Prado raises concerns over noise and flooding for residents

    Bella Line
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