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        Final two suspects in Port Charlotte Facebook Marketplace shooting in custody
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
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        Andrew Shipley
        Fort Myers Metro South
        'She was just lovable': Family mourns teen killed in North Fort Myers crash
        Anvar Ruziev
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        Multiple SWFL cities cancel or postpone July 4th celebrations due to weather
        Ryan Kruger
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        Sports
        Joey Chestnut reclaims hot dog eating championship at 4th of July event
        Scripps News Group
        Marco Island
        Our Daily Bread to open new home on Marco Island this summer after renovation
        Mahmoud Bennett
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        One person injured in overnight shooting at Lee County bar parking lot
        Andrew Shipley
        National News
        Multiple dead amid wave of flash flooding in Texas
        AP via Scripps News Group

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        San Carlos Park

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