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      • Arcadia
        DeSoto County's only hospital considers sale amid financial uncertainty
        Hunter Walterman
        Weather
        FORECAST: Scattered sea breeze storms early in the afternoon
        Andrew Shipley
        Fort Myers Beach
        Fort Myers Beach needs to replace more than 10% of island’s fire hydrants
        Anvar Ruziev
        Naples
        Haitian TPS holders in Collier County fear return as status set to expire
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Lee County
        Lee County to vote on $3.6 million Matlacha bridge repairs after Hurricane Ian
        Bella Line
        Port Charlotte
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        Alex Orenczuk
        Investigates
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        Adam Walser
        Local News
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        Amy Wegmann
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        • Fort Myers Beach property owners face potential 26% tax increase

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        Florida Highway Patrol say crash at Three Oaks Parkway killed motorcyclist

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        Collier County deputies say bicyclist seriously injured in overnight crash

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      • National News

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        • WNBA-Portland Basketball

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      • A white van drove through the front of the gym, leaving scattered glass, debris and a van-sized hole in the front window.

        Bonita Springs

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        Eric Lovelace
        Naples Community Church demolition

        Naples

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        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Firing squads, hangings could be coming to Florida's death row under new law

        Ryan Kruger
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        Punta Gorda

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        Alex Orenczuk
        FGCU receives historic $22 million donation to transform healthcare education

        Fort Myers Metro South

        FGCU's record $22 million donation will go towards healthcare education

        Bella Line
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        Cape Coral

        Lip gloss and prints identify 'Kia Boys' in Cape car theft

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Local News

        One injured in Fowler Street crash, FMPD says

        WFTX Digital Team

        Local News

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        Amy Wegmann
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        Covering Florida

        Florida woman arrested after chasing teen on e-bike with SUV

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers man arrested for making Molotov cocktails

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach to vote on mosquito control district merger

        Anvar Ruziev
        CEOs of YMCA Collier County & Physicians regional pose with FC Naples players in front of sign.

        FC Naples

        'My heart just pounds': FC Naples hosts kids soccer camp with 50 kids

        Eric Lovelace
      • 9 Year old shark bite victim's family

        Port Charlotte

        9-year-old girl recovering after shark attack in Boca Grande

        Alex Orenczuk
        Saluscare Cape Coral

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral mental health facility lease ended; hundreds of patients seek help

        Miyoshi Price
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        Sanibel

        Some Sanibel homes that took on Ian’s surge now getting raised 11 feet

        Austin Schargorodski
      • Naples Shy Wolf Santuary

        Naples

        Healing with wolves: Florida veterans find connection at Naples animal sanctuary

        Mahmoud Bennett
        Cats rescued by deputies

        Marco Island

        Couple arrested for animal cruelty after 57 cats rescued from Marco Island home

        WFTX Digital Team

        4 Things To Do

        4 Things to Do in Southwest Florida this Weekend June 13 – June 15

        Vanessa Busch
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        Local News

        EXTRA TIME EP: 16: Fierce rivals come to town

        Ryan Kruger
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        Cape Coral

        Cape Airbnb neighbors say guilty verdict not enough in compliance fight

        Bella Line
        Smashed guardrails leading to the canal

        Cape Coral

        Police: Driver who caused deadly Cape Coral canal crash may have been impaired

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Ghost homes in Cape Coral and Fort Myers

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral, Fort Myers top list for vacant "ghost homes" in new study

        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Florida Panthers

        Panthers look to increase momentum ahead of Game 4

        John Barron
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        National News

        Scripps wins Service to America Award for Hurricanes Helene and Milton coverage

        Scripps News Group
      • SIlver Airways

        National News

        Silver Airways, Florida-based airline, shuts down all operations

        Scripps News Group
        Money

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        Hurricane season brings warning: $9.3 billion in storm-related fraud

        Ryan Kruger
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        North Port/Englewood

        North Port Police crack down on criminal activity in Yorkshire area

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Suspect in deadly shooting near Oasis Boat Ramp charged with jailhouse assault

        Miyoshi Price
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Witnesses stop suspected drunk driver from fleeing Fort Myers crash: report

        Ella Rhoades
        Tolls could be going up in Cape Coral as commissioners work to fix a $13 million deficit

        Cape Coral

        Lee Co commissioners consider toll hikes to address $13 million budget shortfall

        Bella Line
      • 9-year-old Leah was attacked by a shark on Boca Grande Wednesday afternoon

        Local News

        Girl, 9, out of surgery after Boca Grande shark bite; family says hand saved

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        Father, son die in Cape Coral crash

        Cape Coral

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Local News

        Fort Myers Police say man threw boiling water on victim, trying to stab them

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lehigh Acres

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        Ella Rhoades
        New David Lawrence Center site

        Naples

        Collier Co. approves $56 million mental health facility despite local concerns

        Mahmoud Bennett
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        North Port/Englewood

        North Port delays decision on identifying land for affordable housing

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Port Charlotte

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Downtown Fort Myers

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        Miyoshi Price
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        Glades County

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        Austin Schargorodski
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        Punta Gorda

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        Alex Orenczuk
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        Fort Myers Metro South

        FPL brings hurricane meal kits to the doorsteps of Fort Myers seniors

        Austin Schargorodski
        Damaged homes from Hurricane Ian still line Matlacha's entrance as new hurricane season approaches

        Pine Island / Matlacha

        Damaged homes from Hurricane Ian still line Matlacha's entrance

        Bella Line
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