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      • Port Charlotte
        'WE WILL FIND YOU': Sheriff warns teenaged suspects in Port Charlotte shooting
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Tropical Downpours to dampen 4th of July plans
        Andrew Shipley
        Fort Myers Metro South
        'She was just lovable': Family mourns teen killed in North Fort Myers crash
        Anvar Ruziev
        Local News
        Multiple SWFL cities cancel or postpone July 4th celebrations due to weather
        Ryan Kruger
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        What's open and closed for the Fourth of July holiday?
        AP via Scripps News Group
        Downtown Fort Myers
        One person injured in overnight shooting at Lee County bar parking lot
        Andrew Shipley

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          Miyoshi Price

        • Disaster prep supplies now tax free year-round under new Florida law

          Austin Schargorodski

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        Naples

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        Fort Myers police say DUI driver crashed into taco stand area, injuring 9

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        Fort Myers Metro South

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        One injured in shooting in Fort Myers apartment complex

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        Punta Gorda

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        Marco Island’s $11.5M water meter upgrade could mean higher bills for some

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        Driver dies after Jeep crashes into canal in Punta Gorda

        Sarah Lindenberg
        Digital danger? Hendry County Sheriff warns people of online threats amid environmental advocacy

        Hendry County

        Hendry County Sheriff warns people of online threats amid environmental advocacy

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        Lehigh Acres

        Dog found abandoned in Lehigh Acres dies; rescuer calls it heartbreaking neglect

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        Lehigh Acres

        'Perfect mosquito environment': Lee County faces aggressive insect season

        Ella Rhoades
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        New Florida law creates Spectrum Alert for missing kids with autism

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        Covering Florida

        Trump pardons 2 divers who freed 19 sharks off the coast of Florida

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        Fort Myers Beach

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        Naples

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        Charlotte County

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        New Florida law aims to protect firefighters' physical and mental health

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        Cape Coral

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