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      • Fort Myers Metro South
        OFF THE ICE: Everblades hockey players go on strike a day after Christmas
        Miyoshi Price
        Weather
        FORECAST: Sunny and warm weekend; big cool down next week
        Andrew Shipley
        Fort Myers Beach
        Fort Myers Beach council member Jim Atterholt to retire at end of year
        Austin Schargorodski
        DeSoto County
        Family of beaten inmate calls for harsher punishment for DeSoto County officers
        Allie Kaiser
        Golden Gate
        Couple demands justice after claiming dog shot by neighbor in Golden Gate
        Eric Lovelace
        Fort Myers Beach
        Fort Myers Beach regains flood discount bringing potential insurance savings
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Naples
        UPDATE: FBI now leading investigation into missing Fort Myers boaters
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Lee County
        New Florida law cracks down on animal abuse, publicly names offenders
        Austin Schargorodski
        Lehigh Acres
        Christmas fire in Lehigh Acres kills family dog
        Emily Young
        Lee County
        Lee County Sheriff's Office arrests sex offender connected to teen paddleboarder
        WFTX Digital Team
        Arcadia
        Bodycam shows former DeSoto County corrections supervisor beat inmates
        Hunter Walterman
        Immokalee
        New mobile food pantry to serve Southwest Florida's underserved communities
        Victoria Quevedo

        More News In Your Neighborhood

         
        • Charlotte County deputies arrest teen in sexual battery investigation

          Austin Schargorodski

        • Cape Coral shelter animals get Christmas gifts from volunteers

          Allie Kaiser

        • Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres serves free Christmas meals to neighbors in need

          Victoria Quevedo

        • STUDY: Prices rise for people vacationing or staycationing in Southwest Florida

          Miyoshi Price

      • If you give a child a book

        Got $12? Click now to help a kiddo' in your community in Southwest Florida

        Immokalee Christmas toy giveaway brings joy to dozens of children

        Immokalee

        Immokalee Christmas toy giveaway brings joy to dozens of children

        Victoria Quevedo

        Arcadia

        Arcadia churches team up to repair hurricane-damaged homes

        Hunter Walterman
      • National News

        • Nigeria kidnapped students released

          Hundreds of schoolchildren taken captive in Nigeria have now been released

          Jagruti Dave
        • APTOPIX Extreme Weather California

          Winter storms across the US delay travel with life-threatening floods and snow

          Simon Kaufman
        • Hornets Spurs Basketball

          NCAA allows Baylor to add ex-NBA draftee, a rarity in college hoops

          Justin Boggs

        Scripps News
      • Arcades, Miscue Lounge under investigation

        Lee County

        More than $36,000 seized from two Fort Myers arcades, Miscue Lounge

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Local News

        One person injured in Bokeelia truck fire, crews say

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        Covering Florida

        New Florida bill would require teachers to take an oath

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Cape Coral High School

        Local News

        SWFL schools boost security after non-credible threats reported

        WFTX Digital Team

        North Port/Englewood

        North Port prepares to break ground on new fire station after years of delay

        Hunter Walterman
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        Port Charlotte

        Charlotte County sinks proposed $27M Manchester Waterway cut-through project

        Alex Orenczuk
      • Federal shutdown

        Investigates

        Are Florida lawmakers still getting paid while federal workers go unpaid?

        Dave Bohman
        Costco East Naples

        Naples

        Costco gets approval for new Collier County store as neighbors threaten to sue

        Mahmoud Bennett
        Florida lawmakers revive “free kill” repeal after DeSantis veto

        Covering Florida

        Florida lawmakers revive 'free kill' repeal after DeSantis veto

        Forrest Saunders
      • Tropical Satellite Imagery

        Hurricane

        Development in the Caribbean Sea possible

        Katie Walls
        Immokalee barber turns childhood haircut trauma into business

        Immokalee

        Immokalee barber turns childhood haircut trauma into business

        Victoria Quevedo
        Adamo leaving jail

        Covering Florida

        Babysitter charged with poisoning infant with antifreeze in Okeechobee

        Emma Romano
      • 'You risk getting hit by a car': Parents call for change at chaotic crosswalk

        Cape Coral

        Parents call for change at chaotic Mariner High School crosswalk

        Bella Line
        Trump Immigration

        Collier County

        Florida officials didn't disclose funding request for 'Alligator Alcatraz'

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        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral TikToker found hiding in car floorboard during arrest, police say

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach now offering free beach wheelchair for visitors and residents

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

        Dutch Bros Coffee set to open in Cape Coral

        WFTX Digital Team
        Aaron Williams

        Fort Myers Metro South

        Fort Myers man charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Club Blu mugshots

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Nearly a decade later, Club Blu shooting suspect begins trial in Fort Myers

        Emily Young
        El Jobean Fishing Pier

        Port Charlotte

        Charlotte County gets closer to rebuilding El Jobean Pier

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

        Cape High dismisses students after possible gas leak; 2 staff taken to hospital

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lehigh Acres

        Lazy Springs announces permanent closure following sale

        WFTX Digital Team

        Punta Gorda

        Florida International Airshow returns despite government shutdown

        Eric Lovelace
        Ave Maria

        Collier County

        NCH plans 150-bed hospital in Ave Maria to serve growing eastern Collier County

        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Proposed Meli’s Ice Cream building marks progress in FMB’s Times Square rebuild

        Austin Schargorodski
        Lee County man charged with animal cruelty after leaving dogs to die in cages

        Fort Myers Metro South

        ‘This is disgusting’: Lee County man accused of leaving dogs to die in cages

        Victoria Quevedo
        A Bonita Springs man was back in court fighting his death sentence for wife's murder, in a murder-for-hire case

        Bonita Springs

        Mark Sievers back in court fighting death sentence for wife's murder

        Bella Line
      • Hazy skies from prescribed burn

        Charlotte County

        Seeing hazy skies? There's a prescribed burn in Charlotte County.

        WFTX Digital Team
        Mike Greenwell

        Lee County

        Celebration of life for Mike Greenwell scheduled to be at JetBlue Park

        Kaitlin Knapp
        Cape Coral police scene

        Cape Coral

        Police investigating shooting in Southwest Cape Coral; no injuries reported

        Bella Line
      • Mark Sievers

        Local News

        Mark Sievers returns to Lee Co. seeking appeal in wife’s murder-for-hire case

        Ryan Kruger

        Fort Myers Metro South

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

        Hunter Walterman

        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach Mosquito Control District reflects on 75 years of history

        Hunter Walterman
      • Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers celebrates 25 years of Riverside Community Center

        Hunter Walterman
        FMPD

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers officers investigate shooting that injured two, police say

        WFTX Digital Team
        Collier County Sheriff's Office

        Local News

        Collier County deputies investigate after finding dead man in canal

        WFTX Digital Team
      • North Port/Englewood

        North Port Police investigate shots fired at Kirk Park

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Port Charlotte

        UPDATE: Charlotte County deputies arrest shooting suspect

        Hunter Walterman

        Arcadia

        'BIGGER THAN US:' Arcadia gallery offers new home to Southwest Florida artists

        Hunter Walterman
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        North Fort Myers

        'Down to earth': Lee Co. leaders reflect on life and legacy of Mike Greenwell

        Austin Schargorodski
        Immokalee teen fighting for farm worker mental health resources

        Immokalee

        Immokalee teen fighting for farm worker mental health resources

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Charlotte County

        False carjacking claim prompts Babcock Ranch school lockdown, deputies say

        WFTX Digital Team
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