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      • DeSoto County
        Family of beaten inmate calls for harsher punishment for DeSoto County officers
        Allie Kaiser
        Weather
        FORECAST: Sunny and warm Christmas for Southwest Florida
        Trent Aric
        Fort Myers Beach
        Fort Myers Beach regains flood discount bringing potential insurance savings
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Naples
        UPDATE: FBI now leading investigation into missing Fort Myers boaters
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Arcadia
        Bodycam shows former DeSoto County corrections supervisor beat inmates
        Hunter Walterman
        Golden Gate
        Couple demands justice after claiming dog shot by neighbor in Golden Gate
        Eric Lovelace
        Downtown Fort Myers
        STUDY: Prices rise for people vacationing or staycationing in Southwest Florida
        Miyoshi Price
        Lee County
        Lee County Sheriff's Office arrests sex offender connected to teen paddleboarder
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        Arcadia
        Arcadia churches team up to repair hurricane-damaged homes
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        • 'Fix the Bridge' sign sparks questions for those driving past it in Fort Myers

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        Immokalee receives $10.8 million grant to upgrade wastewater treatment plant

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        Immokalee receives $10.8 million grant to upgrade wastewater treatment plant

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      • Cape Coral High School

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        SWFL schools boost security after non-credible threats reported

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        North Port/Englewood

        North Port prepares to break ground on new fire station after years of delay

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        Port Charlotte

        Charlotte County sinks proposed $27M Manchester Waterway cut-through project

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      • Federal shutdown

        Investigates

        Are Florida lawmakers still getting paid while federal workers go unpaid?

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        Naples

        Costco gets approval for new Collier County store as neighbors threaten to sue

        Mahmoud Bennett
        Florida lawmakers revive “free kill” repeal after DeSantis veto

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        Florida lawmakers revive 'free kill' repeal after DeSantis veto

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        Immokalee barber turns childhood haircut trauma into business

        Immokalee

        Immokalee barber turns childhood haircut trauma into business

        Victoria Quevedo
        Adamo leaving jail

        Covering Florida

        Babysitter charged with poisoning infant with antifreeze in Okeechobee

        Emma Romano
      • 'You risk getting hit by a car': Parents call for change at chaotic crosswalk

        Cape Coral

        Parents call for change at chaotic Mariner High School crosswalk

        Bella Line
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        Collier County

        Florida officials didn't disclose funding request for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

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        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral TikToker found hiding in car floorboard during arrest, police say

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      • Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach now offering free beach wheelchair for visitors and residents

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        Cape Coral

        Dutch Bros Coffee set to open in Cape Coral

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        Fort Myers Metro South

        Fort Myers man charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Club Blu mugshots

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Nearly a decade later, Club Blu shooting suspect begins trial in Fort Myers

        Emily Young
        El Jobean Fishing Pier

        Port Charlotte

        Charlotte County gets closer to rebuilding El Jobean Pier

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        Cape Coral

        Cape High dismisses students after possible gas leak; 2 staff taken to hospital

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lehigh Acres

        Lazy Springs announces permanent closure following sale

        WFTX Digital Team

        Punta Gorda

        Florida International Airshow returns despite government shutdown

        Eric Lovelace
        Ave Maria

        Collier County

        NCH plans 150-bed hospital in Ave Maria to serve growing eastern Collier County

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Proposed Meli’s Ice Cream building marks progress in FMB’s Times Square rebuild

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        Lee County man charged with animal cruelty after leaving dogs to die in cages

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        ‘This is disgusting’: Lee County man accused of leaving dogs to die in cages

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        A Bonita Springs man was back in court fighting his death sentence for wife's murder, in a murder-for-hire case

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        Mark Sievers back in court fighting death sentence for wife's murder

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        Seeing hazy skies? There's a prescribed burn in Charlotte County.

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        Celebration of life for Mike Greenwell scheduled to be at JetBlue Park

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        Mark Sievers returns to Lee Co. seeking appeal in wife’s murder-for-hire case

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        'She had healing hands:' Hundreds honor the memory of a Lee County EMT

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District reflects on 75 years of history

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      • Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers celebrates 25 years of Riverside Community Center

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        Fort Myers officers investigate shooting that injured two, police say

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        Collier County Sheriff's Office

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        Collier County deputies investigate after finding dead man in canal

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      • North Port/Englewood

        North Port Police investigate shots fired at Kirk Park

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        Port Charlotte

        UPDATE: Charlotte County deputies arrest shooting suspect

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        Arcadia

        'BIGGER THAN US:' Arcadia gallery offers new home to Southwest Florida artists

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        North Fort Myers

        'Down to earth': Lee Co. leaders reflect on life and legacy of Mike Greenwell

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        Immokalee

        Immokalee teen fighting for farm worker mental health resources

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        Charlotte County

        False carjacking claim prompts Babcock Ranch school lockdown, deputies say

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        Punta Gorda

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        Lee County deputies charge man after incident at First Baptist Church

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