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      • Cape Coral
        UPDATE: No gas leak found at Cape Coral High School, students go back to class
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Staying sunny and warm in Southwest Florida
        Trent Aric
        Hurricane
        TRACKING THE TROPICS: Lorenzo maintains strength while moving through Atlantic
        Katie Walls
        Cape Coral
        Police investigating shooting in Southwest Cape Coral; no injuries reported
        Bella Line
        Bonita Springs
        Mark Sievers back in court fighting death sentence for wife's murder
        Bella Line
        Punta Gorda
        Florida International Airshow returns despite government shutdown
        Eric Lovelace
        Lehigh Acres
        Lazy Springs announces permanent closure following sale
        WFTX Digital Team
        Fort Myers Beach
        Proposed Meli’s Ice Cream building marks progress in FMB’s Times Square rebuild
        Austin Schargorodski
        Fort Myers Metro South
        ‘This is disgusting’: Lee County man accused of leaving dogs to die in cages
        Victoria Quevedo

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        • 'She had healing hands:' Hundreds honor the memory of a Lee County EMT

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      • DeSantis nears property tax proposal, floats special session amid rising calls for reform

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        DeSantis nears property tax proposal, floats special session

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      • Estero

        San Carlos Fire Department opens new Station 55 to serve growing community

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        Covering Florida

        New Florida law targets gift card scammers, makes certain thefts felonies

        Eric Lovelace
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        Clewiston

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      • Construction begins on Lehigh Acres pedestrian bridge

        Lehigh Acres

        Construction begins on Lehigh Acres pedestrian bridge

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        Cape Coral

        Five fake real estate transactions caught in 48 hours in Southwest Florida

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach VFW post faces closure after 57 years

        Miyoshi Price
        Tropics

        Hurricane

        TRACKING THE TROPICS: Monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic

        Katie Walls
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        Sunshine Crimes

        THE MYSTERY OF LAUREN DUMOLO: Cape Coral Police still searching for answers

        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Naples

        St. Matthew's House plans art exhibit highlighting homelessness

        WFTX Digital Team
        LeeWay Tollways

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        LeeWay waives fees after technical glitch impacts some customers

        WFTX Digital Team
        Road Closure

        Local News

        TRAFFIC ALERT: Charlotte County warns of construction in Englewood

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      • Hurricane Ian

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        Fort Myers Police arrest man in Hurricane Ian scam

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        Bonita Springs

        Bonita Springs firefighters say pug died in overnight fire

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Elections Local

        Madison Cawthorn announces run for Florida's 19th district

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      • Road Closure

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        Overturned semi-truck causes road closures, Collier County deputies say

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        Handcuffs

        Port Charlotte

        Florida Highway Patrol arrests driver after chase in Charlotte County

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lee County deputies search for driver who they say hit a child

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Hendry County Sheriff's Office

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        Goverment shutdown Florida impacts

        Covering Florida

        Federal shutdown puts 95,000 Florida workers at risk as leaders clash over blame

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        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Naples

        Naples Police ask public’s help to ID woman accused of soliciting teen for sex

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        Neighbors call Cape Coral home 'rat house,' demand action on deteriorating property

        Cape Coral

        Neighbors call Cape Coral home 'rat house,' demand action on property

        Bella Line
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        Immokalee

        Immokalee's major infrastructure project bringing safer streets to community

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Lehigh Acres

        Lehigh Acres man arrested on child sexual abuse material, drug charges

        WFTX Digital Team
        New law offers treatment instead of jail for some defendants

        Charlotte County

        New law offers treatment instead of jail for some defendants

        Jada Williams
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        WFTX Digital Team
        Hacker

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        Golden Gate

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        Hurricane

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        Naples

        Lawsuit claims GE concealed engine defects tied to fatal Naples plane crash

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        Treasure Coast Shipwreck

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        Don Loggins

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        Another Club Blu murder suspect pleads no contest, sentenced to 15 years

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        Cape Coral Police say man violently punched cats

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