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      UPDATE: Boyfriend guilty of killing missing Cape Coral man sentenced to life
      • Cape Coral
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        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Early morning storms along the coast
        Trent Aric
        Fort Myers Metro South
        Report: FBI finds hundreds of child exploitation files in Fort Myers man’s home
        Kaitlin Knapp
        Cape Coral
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        Bella Line
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Florida Highway Patrol says pedestrian died in I-75 crash
        Emily Young
        Downtown Fort Myers
        UPDATE: Boyfriend guilty of killing missing Cape Coral man sentenced to life
        Kaitlin Knapp
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Family, friends remember Barry Schmalbach as his killer is sentenced to life
        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Collier County

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        Fort Myers Shores

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        Golden Gate

        Collier County deputies investigate after shots are fired

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Punta Gorda

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        North Fort Myers

        Lee County commissioner wants review after cat euthanized hours after arrival

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        Cape Coral

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        Sarah Lindenberg
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        Immokalee

        Florida farmers adopt agriculture tech to combat rising costs from cuts, tariffs

        Austin Schargorodski
      • Naples Design District gets major makeover with new mixed-use project featuring shops, dining, offices, housing & more, groundbreaking set for May 30.

        Naples

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        Black Bear in Florida

        Naples

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        Mahmoud Bennett
        NORTH PORT IMAGINE SCHOOL

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        Cape Coral

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        Bella Line
        Deadly San Carlos Park house fire

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

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      • FWC to host a series of public meetings on a proposed bear hunt in Florida

        Collier County

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        Port Charlotte

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        Pine Island / Matlacha

        Pine Island music program needs community help after Hurricane Ian

        Bella Line
      • Marco Island bike rules

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        Port Charlotte

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        Punta Gorda

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        Pine Island / Matlacha

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        Naples

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