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        UPS plane crashes after takeoff from Louisville airport
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        Weather
        FORECAST: Staying warm and breezy, slight changes arrive tomorrow
        Trent Aric
        Lehigh Acres
        UPDATE: Lee County deputies say Almelia Street family made suicide-pact
        WFTX Digital Team
        Lehigh Acres
        Three dead in murder-suicide on Calhoun Street in Lehigh Acres, LCSO says
        Alex Orenczuk
        Lee County
        Lee County teachers face continued suspension over misconduct claims
        Bella Line
        Marco Island
        Marco Island City Manager Mike McNees resigns after six years of service
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Pine Island / Matlacha
        Leaning house demolished in Matlacha three years after Hurricane Ian
        Bella Line
        Lee County
        Local group seeks items as they prepare to help Jamaicans post-Melissa
        Emily Young
        Downtown Fort Myers
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        Miyoshi Price

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        Naples

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        Treasure Coast Shipwreck

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      • Don Loggins

        Downtown Fort Myers

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        WFTX Digital Team
        City of Fort Myers

        Lee County

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        WFTX Digital Team
      • Police

        Labelle

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        WFTX Digital Team

        North Port/Englewood

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        Hunter Walterman

        Charlotte County

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Covering Florida

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        Lee County

        Florida Gaming Control Commission seizes 109 slot machines in Fort Myers

        WFTX Digital Team
        GardenView

        Naples

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      • Hurricane

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        Investigates

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        Fort Myers Beach

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        Lee County

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        Cape Coral

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        Naples

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