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      • Cape Coral
        REPORT: 911 caller saw Cape Councilwoman driving wrong way before DUI arrest
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        Weather
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        Katie Walls
        Arcadia
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        Cape Coral
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        Arcadia
        DeSoto Co. commissioners approve compost facility after threat of legal action
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        Punta Gorda
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        Alex Orenczuk
        Lee County
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        Victoria Quevedo
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        Lehigh Acres

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        New law offers treatment instead of jail for some defendants

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        Golden Gate

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        Hurricane

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        Treasure Coast Shipwreck

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        Scripps News Group
        Don Loggins

        Downtown Fort Myers

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

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        Cape Coral

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      • North Port/Englewood

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        Charlotte County

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        President Trump Library proposal

        Covering Florida

        Trump Presidential Library planned for downtown Miami, legal fight looms

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        Lee County

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        Hurricane

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