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      • Sarasota County
        No survivors: SCSO says multiple victims after shooting at Sarasota home
        Annette Gutierrez
        Weather
        FORECAST: Warm and sunny days ahead!
        Trent Aric
        Fort Myers Metro South
        Bullet barely misses woman during Headpinz parking lot shooting
        WFTX Digital Team
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Charter captains push back against Florida farm bills over free speech concerns
        Alex Orenczuk
        Lee County
        Active crime scene in Fort Myers; one suspect caught
        WFTX Digital Team
        Lehigh Acres
        Hundreds in Lehigh Acres under boil water notice after water main break
        Collier County
        Ave Maria University reports 53 measles cases since semester began
        WFTX Digital Team
        Local News
        FL clergy unite against death penalty as state prepares for three executions
        Ryan Kruger
        National News
        FBI releases images and video of masked individual in search for Nancy Guthrie
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        • Florida bill could eliminate permits for projects under $7,500 after a storm

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      • If you give a child a book

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        Federal judge hearing arguments over Florida's new law restricting citizen-led ballot initiatives

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        • Teen Suicides

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        • Trump

          Lutnick confirms 2012 boat visit with Epstein amid Senate questioning

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      • Lee County approves $5M road resurfacing project for Central Lehigh

        Lehigh Acres

        Lee County approves $5 million road resurfacing project for part of Lehigh Acres

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Kayaker dies after incident near Sanibel Causeway

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        Here's which restaurants could take over the Fort Myers Bahama Breeze location

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      • K9 Remy

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        Sanibel

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        Sanibel

        Sanibel tables plan to lethally remove coyotes to protect sea turtle nests

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Cape Coral

        Crash impacts traffic on Cape Coral Parkway near the bridge

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        Naples

        Three new members elected to Naples City Council

        WFTX Digital Team
        Measles Ave Maria

        Collier County

        Measles cases reported in Ave Maria as Florida Dept. of Health withholds numbers

        Mahmoud Bennett
      • 60 acre brush fire under investigation, officials warn of illegal burns during burn ban

        North Port/Englewood

        Illegal burns, drought raise risk after 60-acre fire near North Port

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        Expert: Develop AI literacy to spot fake content online

        Ryan Kruger
        MORE THAN A CRAFT STORE: Immokalee native opens craft store to bring creative opportunities to community

        Immokalee

        Immokalee native opens craft store to bring creative expression

        Victoria Quevedo
      • Ian Inman

        Sarasota County

        North Port man charged with sexual battery of teen; there could be more victims

        WFTX Digital Team
        frozen bluberries at blueberry bunch farm

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        Freeze forces Hendry County blueberry farmers into high-stakes waiting game

        Emily Young
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        North Naples

        Dog the Bounty Hunter's stepson charged with deadly shooting

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Lee County Sheriff's Office

        Lee County

        Woman arrested after hit-and-run, charged with abusing dogs in Lehigh Acres

        WFTX Digital Team
        Apartment fire in Fort Myers

        Fort Myers Metro South

        One person injured in Fort Myers apartment fire

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        Lee County

        Cape Coral man sentenced for threatening to assassinate the president

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      • Marco Island

        Cold weather kills dozens of fish at Marco Island lagoon

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        Teen charged with murdering 15-year-old Kayla Rincon Miller will go to trial in April

        Cape Coral

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        Florida health officials monitoring measles in Ave Maria

        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Sanibel

        Sanibel eyes lethal removal to curb coyote threat to sea turtle nests

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        'They could wake up': Concerns raised over Florida iguana drop-off order

        Allie Kaiser
      • NOT YOUR TYPICAL FOOD FIGHT: Arcadia restaurants compete in annual fundraiser

        Arcadia

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        Victoria Quevedo
        North Port brush fire

        North Port/Englewood

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        CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MCCOLLUM HALL

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      • Bring back the heat

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        BRING BACK THE HEAT: Southwest Florida wakes up to frigid temperatures

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Beach day or winter trip? Cold snap affects business and vacations on FMB

        Austin Schargorodski
        Cape Coral

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        Citywide irrigation system offline in Cape Coral after main break

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      • Snow in Sarasota

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        SNOW IN NAPLES? And in Cape Coral and Port Charlotte too

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        Glades County Excuses Absences

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        Glades County School District will excuse absences due to cold snap

        WFTX Digital Team
        Snow in East Lehigh

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        SNOW IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: Flurries fell early Sunday

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      • Cape Coral

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        Estero

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        SWFL FREEZE: Here's what to expect

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        North Port/Englewood

        New look for a growing city: North Port leaders to decide on new logo

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