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      • North Port/Englewood
        WATCH: North Port Police car flips during high-speed chase
        Hunter Walterman
        Weather
        FORECAST: Cloudy couple of day on the way as we wait for big changes next week
        Trent Aric
        Scripps News Life
        FAA reducing air traffic by 10% in certain markets during government shutdown
        AP via Scripps News Group
        Lehigh Acres
        UPDATE: Lee County deputies say Almelia Street family made suicide-pact
        WFTX Digital Team
        Cape Coral
        Lee Co. commissioner seeks law enforcement's help for Burnt Store Road safety
        WFTX Digital Team
        Naples
        Florida man walks the four corners of the U.S. for mental health awareness
        Eric Lovelace
        Naples
        Collier Co. commissioner backtracks after considering Marco Island position
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Downtown Fort Myers
        New Fort Myers housing prioritizes displaced people from Southward Village
        Miyoshi Price
        Bonita Springs
        District could spare Fort Myers Beach Elementary from demolition
        Austin Schargorodski

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        • Outdoor burn ban in effect for the City of North Port

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        • Melissa Lockhart keeps District 5 seat after Tuesday's election

          WFTX Digital Team

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        Estero

        FGCU students honor Charlie Kirk with memorial service, and new campus chapter

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach neighbors fighting to return home nearly three years after Ian

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        Lehigh Acres

        Lee County parents indicted for capital murder in death of 12-year-old son

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        Austin Schargorodski
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        Lee County

        Army deserter turned Estero double murder suspect found guilty on all counts

        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Sarasota County

        Parents arrested for child neglect of 5-year-old Sarasota girl: police

        Leilyn Torres
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        FWC fires employee over social media post about Charlie Kirk shooting

        Frances Lin
        Texas-Handguns

        Covering Florida

        Florida AG tells law enforcement to stop enforcing open carry ban after ruling

        Forrest Saunders
      • STI rises swfl

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        September is Sexual Health Awareness Month; Fort Myers clinic talks prevention

        Miyoshi Price
        State Road 31 bridge closes again without warning, leaving East Lee County drivers stuck in traffic

        North Fort Myers

        State Road 31 bridge closes again, leaving East Lee Co drivers stuck in traffic

        Bella Line
        Firefighters across Collier County rushed to a house fire in Golden Gate that sparked on Monday afternoon.

        Golden Gate

        Crews bring in extra water resources to fight Golden Gate house fire

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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Club Blu mass shooting suspect plans to change plea on Friday

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        Lee County

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        FDOT shuts down State Road 31 bridge for emergency repairs

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        Marco Island

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        Naples

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        Fort Myers Beach

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        North Fort Myers

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        Lehigh Acres

        Lee County deputies investigate Sunday shooting in Lehigh Acres

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      • Florida Highway Patrol

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        FHP says motorcyclist died after crashing into tree on Three Oaks Parkway

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Naples

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        Lehigh Acres neighbors use bricks to fill massive potholes on local roads

        Lehigh Acres

        Lehigh neighbors fill potholes with bricks as county considers road repairs

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        Hurricane

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        Downtown Fort Myers

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        Bonita Springs

        Lee County firefighter struck on I-75 transferred to Georgia rehab center

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        CHAMPION: Fort Myers teen wins national taekwondo championship

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        Fort Myers Beach

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      • North Port/Englewood

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        Port Charlotte

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        Cape Coral

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