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      • Weather
        FORECAST: Record breaking cold arriving with winter blast
        Andrew Shipley
        Local News
        Fort Myers Police say one injured in shooting on Palm Avenue
        WFTX Digital Team
        Lehigh Acres
        Lee County deputies investigate death in Lehigh Acres
        WFTX Digital Team
        4 Things To Do
        4 Things to Do in Southwest Florida this Weekend Nov 7 – Nov 9
        Vanessa Busch
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Fort Myers offers nearly $2M in Hurricane Ian recovery funds with June deadline
        Miyoshi Price
        Fort Myers Metro South
        'It gives you hope:' Hundreds walk to end Alzheimer's in Southwest Florida
        Hunter Walterman

        More News In Your Neighborhood

         
        • PHOTOS: Cape Coral celebrates Veteran's Day parade

          WFTX Digital Team

        • Sarasota Memorial breaks ground on North Port's first hospital

          Hunter Walterman

        • Crash on Burnt Store Road sends two to the hospital

        • Rebuilt and ready to make waves, The Whale returns to FMB three years after Ian

          Austin Schargorodski

      • If you give a child a book

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

        Demings: 'I Want to Make Florida the Safest State in America'

        Covering Florida

        Jerry Demings: 'I want to make florida the safest state in America'

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        Consumer

        AI ads are making fake products look more real than ever

        Mallory Sofastaii
      • National News

        • Tariffs Supreme Court

          Trump says Americans will get payments of 'at least $2,000' from tariff revenue

          Gage Jackson
        • SNAP

          Trump admin tells states to 'undo any steps taken' to provide full SNAP benefits

          Scripps News Group
        • Government Shutdown Food Aid

          Some states got SNAP benefits overnight — here’s why others haven’t

          AP via Scripps News Group

        Scripps News
      • 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
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        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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        Punta Gorda

        Charlotte County deputy who shot and killed Deep Creek man has retired

        Alex Orenczuk
      • Local News

        GOT PLANS? | Food, music, boats and Boo at the Zoo

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        Local News

        Lee County deputies charge man after incident at First Baptist Church

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Local News

        UPDATE: Deputies say investigation in Babcock Ranch was 'false report'

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Florida Highway Patrol

        Local News

        Arcadia woman pushing stroller killed in US-17 crash, FHP says

        WFTX Digital Team
        Cape Coral's Bike Night returns

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral's Bike Night returns with new parking options

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Naples

        Collier County crews respond to fire at Ritz-Carlton in Naples

        WFTX Digital Team
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