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      • Collier County
        Pilot survives plane crash in water near Everglades; passenger dies
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Breezy Sunday ahead of overnight cold front
        Andrew Shipley
        North Port/Englewood
        Governor DeSantis signs death warrant in 2008 murder case
        WFTX Digital Team
        Port Charlotte
        Shots fired after fight outside Port Charlotte pub; no injuries reported
        WFTX Digital Team
        Naples
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        North Port/Englewood
        North Port High student seriously injured, six others arrested in altercation
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        Florida lawmakers consider 'hands free' cell phone law

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        Arcadia

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        Lee County

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      • Class action lawsuit challenges appeals process for controversial school bus camera tickets

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        Lawsuit: appeals process for school bus camera tickets violates state law

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        Lee Health prepares for potential measles cases as outbreak spreads

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        New restaurants fuel comeback at Punta Gorda’s Fisherman’s Village

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        DNA testing may shed light on Black segregated graves in Naples

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

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        Naples man charged for killing 11-week-old Chihuahua

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        Measles outbreak confirmed in Collier County; official count incomplete

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        Bimini Square development officially opens in downtown Cape Coral

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        Cape Coral

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

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        Lehigh Acres

        Three charged with violent robbery scheme that lured victim to Lehigh Acres home

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        Collier County

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        Eric Lovelace
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        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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