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        Hunter Walterman
        Weather
        FORECAST: Unsettled weather continues as we wrap up the week
        Katie Walls
        Hurricane
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        WFTX Digital Team
        Cape Coral
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        Dispensary burglary

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        DUI crash

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        Clewiston

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        Cape Coral

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