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      • Cape Coral
        Cape Coral officer injured in crash, driver charged with not having license
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        Weather
        FORECAST: Isolated storms inland today, rain chances climb up tomorrow
        Trent Aric
        Cape Coral
        Firefighters say two homes destroyed in Bokeelia fire, Tuesday morning
        WFTX Digital Team
        Entertainment
        Robert Redford, storyteller who shaped Hollywood, dead at 89
        Justin Boggs
        Hurricane
        TRACKING THE TROPICS: Depression or storm to develop by late week
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        Estero
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        Eric Lovelace
        Lehigh Acres
        Lee County parents indicted for capital murder in death of 12-year-old son
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        Punta Gorda

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        North Fort Myers

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        Florida troopers respond to semi-truck crash with injuries on I-75

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        Local News

        FMPD responds to motorcycle crash at Veronica Shoemaker & Winkler Ave

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

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        Lee County deputies report injuries in 2-vehicle crash on Alico Road

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      • Hendry County Sheriff's Office

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        LaBelle High School student arrested after messages about school shooting

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lee County

        Lee County clerk cuts $750,000 from budget while maintaining services

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        Naples

        Naples City Council may sue Florida over law restricting disaster powers

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        Sanibel

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        Captiva

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        Cape Coral

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        Arcadia

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        Hurricane Charley

        Port Charlotte

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        Glades County

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        Florida Python Challenge removes record 294 invasive pythons from Everglades

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        Water main break

        Collier County

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        Upper Captiva Fire

        Captiva

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        Alligator Alcatraz

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        North Port/Englewood

        Sarasota Memorial Hospital expands plans for North Port's first hospital

        Hunter Walterman
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