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        UPDATE: Lanes reopen on Alligator Alley after fire forces closure
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Cold start to the day, monitoring smoke as well
        Trent Aric
        Lee County
        Manatee rescued near Orange Harbor amid Lee County deaths
        Allie Kaiser
        North Fort Myers
        Infant dies at Deana Country Kid's Daycare; no sign of foul play, sheriff says
        WFTX Digital Team
        North Port/Englewood
        ‘My Heart Bleeds’: SWFL Ukrainians mark 4 years of war
        Hunter Walterman
        Cape Coral
        Cape Coral man charged with DUI manslaughter
        Bella Line
        Charlotte County
        Punta Gorda restaurant manager accused of child porn possession
        WFTX Digital Team
        Immokalee
        SNIP Collier expanding services to Immokalee with new clinic, medical facility
        Victoria Quevedo
        Fort Myers Metro South
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        Emily Young

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        Lee County Sheriff's Office receives 450 LifeVacs from local donors

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        Lee County Sheriff's Office receives 450 LifeVacs from local donors

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        Collier County’s largest behavioral health center takes shape ahead of schedule

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        WATCH as students protest Trump administration policies at Lee County schools

        Lee County

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        North Port/Englewood

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        Haven Act for domestic violence protection passes Florida Senate

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        Bimini Square development officially opens in downtown Cape Coral

        Cape Coral

        Bimini Square development officially opens in downtown Cape Coral

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

        Students stage walk out at Ida S. Baker High School in Cape Coral to protest ICE

        Sarah Lindenberg
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        Cape Coral

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        Immokalee

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        Lehigh Acres

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        Collier County

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        Eric Lovelace
        Blue-Green Algae

        Lee County

        Harmful blue-green algae found in canal off Caloosahatchee River

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        Dive teams search retention pond in Fort Myers

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        Lee County

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        Lee County

        Employee at Lemuel Teal Middle School in Lehigh Acres arrested, suspended

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        Cape Coral developers withdraw Redfish Pointe development plans

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        Lee County approves $5 million road resurfacing project for part of Lehigh Acres

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        Sanibel

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        Naples

        Three new members elected to Naples City Council

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        Collier County

        Measles cases reported in Ave Maria as Florida Dept. of Health withholds numbers

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