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      • Weather
        FORECAST: Very cold start to Veterans Day
        Trent Aric
        Lehigh Acres
        UPDATE: Sheriff says a man stalked and killed his ex-girlfriend in Lehigh Acres
        WFTX Digital Team
        Local News
        FIND A SHELTER: Stay warm amidst record-breaking chills in Southwest Florida
        WFTX Digital Team
        National Politics
        Senate passes bill that would reopen government, setting up a vote in the House
        Scripps News Group
        Pine Island / Matlacha
        SWFL Crimestoppers: Thief targets Matlacha businesses during string of crimes
        Allie Kaiser
        Marco Island
        Possible grenade found in condo building storage locker, Marco Island Police say
        WFTX Digital Team
        Naples
        Florida bill could vastly expand smoking, vaping bans beyond local rules
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Local church feeds community during government shutdown crisis
        Miyoshi Price
        Lee County
        RSW passengers face delays as government shutdown impacts air traffic control
        Eric Lovelace

        More News In Your Neighborhood

         
        • Charlotte County deputies respond to crash Monday morning

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        • Mobile home destroyed by fire, according to Bonita Springs firefighters

          WFTX Digital Team

        • Bonita Springs celebrates second annual Pride Festival

          Victoria Quevedo

        • Fort Myers offers nearly $2M in Hurricane Ian recovery funds with June deadline

          Miyoshi Price

      • If you give a child a book

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

        Wildfire-Florida-Panhandle

        Local News

        Why brushfire season may start earlier this year

        Katie Walls
        Court weighs in on firing of FWC employee

        Covering Florida

        Free speech or misconduct? Court weighs FWC firing over Charlie Kirk post

        Forrest Saunders
      • National News

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          From pancakes to pizza: Your guide to Veterans Day free meals

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          Artificial food dyes on the chopping block: A health win or pricey change?

          Holly Firfer
        • Private jet

          The shutdown is causing havoc for private air travel now, too

          Patrick Terpstra

        Scripps News
      • Local News

        GOT PLANS? | Music festivals, craft shows, key lime pie and Oktoberfest

        Amy Wegmann

        Covering Florida

        Florida prisons could soon block contraband cell phone signals after FCC vote

        Eric Lovelace
        Florida homes

        Covering Florida

        These are the 2 new insurance carriers in Florida

        Aja Dorsainvil
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        Cape Coral

        Water main break shuts down road, submerges car in Cape Coral

        WFTX Digital Team
        This courtroom sketch shows Secret Service special agent Jason Harris testifying during the trial of Ryan Routh, who is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course near West Palm Beach, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Fla.

        Covering Florida

        Sniper testifies Ryan Routh used military-style tactics

        Ethan Stein
        Amusement Park Death

        Covering Florida

        Man dies from blunt impact injuries after riding coaster at Epic Universe in Fl

        Associated Press
      • Students and faculty were taken to four hospitals after a fight at Lake Worth High School on Sept. 18, 2025.

        Covering Florida

        32 people taken to 4 hospitals after high school fight in Florida

        Scott Sutton
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        Port Charlotte

        Charlotte County to revisit injunction over Boca Grande parking rules

        Alex Orenczuk
        Covid Vaccine

        Investigates

        'It’ a mess!' COVID vaccine access remains spotty and confusing in FL

        Katie LaGrone
      • Jimmy Kimmel

        Covering Florida

        Florida leaders react after ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show

        Forrest Saunders
         Immokalee Foundation helps student build career path to utility work

        Immokalee

        Immokalee Foundation helps student build career path to utility work

        Victoria Quevedo
        Proposed Costco in East Naples

        Naples

        Neighbors threaten lawsuit as Costco clears hurdle for new East Naples location

        Mahmoud Bennett
      • Boathouse in Cape Coral

        Cape Coral

        Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill demolished nearly year after a fire

        Andy Cunningham
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        Local News

        EXTRA TIME EP: 30: FC Naples extends unbeaten streak to 10

        Ryan Kruger
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        Lee County

        Lee health officials issue water advisory for Bowditch Park

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Handcuffs

        Lee County

        14-year-old Three Oaks Middle School student arrested for school threat

        WFTX Digital Team
        Jacaranda murder suspect

        Lee County

        Mother stabbed to death in Cape Coral; son charged with second-degree murder

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Charlotte County

        Charlotte County road reopens after sinkhole repair

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach property owners face deadline for temporary permit extensions

        WFTX Digital Team

        Cape Coral

        Fed cut generates optimism for Southwest Florida real estate

        Hunter Walterman
        Cape Coral Boathouse restaurant faces Saturday deadline after October fire

        Cape Coral

        Demolition of the Boathouse restaurant begins Thursday morning

        WFTX Digital Team
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        North Port/Englewood

        Stump Pass Beach State Park reopens nearly a year after hurricanes

        Alex Orenczuk
        Lee County Mosquito Control helicopters spraying to target mosquitos

        Lehigh Acres

        Lee County Mosquito Control helicopters spraying to target mosquitos

        Victoria Quevedo
        Salah Chelih

        Bonita Springs

        BREAKING UPDATE: Deputies arrest Bonita Springs murder suspect

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers launches $100K storm grants to help downtown businesses fight floods

        Miyoshi Price
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        Naples

        Naples airport advocates prepare to sue city over airport control

        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Covering Florida

        Pushback builds against lawmaker’s call to Abolish HOAs in Florida

        Forrest Saunders
      • Motorcyclist killed in crash

        Bonita Springs

        Motorcyclist killed in Bonita Springs crash

        WFTX Digital Team

        Hurricane

        Hurricane Gabrielle threatens Azores Thursday; hurricane watches in place

        Katie Walls
        Rent

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        Gen Z renters view renting as smarter financial choice than buying homes

        Ryan Kruger
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        Cape Coral

        Collier County deputies arrest Cape Coral murder suspect

        WFTX Digital Team
        DeSantis

        Covering Florida

        Governor Ron DeSantis to speak in Apalachicola, today

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Covering Florida

        Florida police officer shot and killed; deputies say suspect fired 24 rounds

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

        School bus rear-ended in Lee County, district says all students safely evacuated

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Local News

        Lee County Sheriff's Office seeks help finding missing, endangered woman

        WFTX Digital Team

        North Port/Englewood

        Speed cameras could be coming to North Port schools

        Hunter Walterman
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        Captiva

        Captiva beach renourishment project delayed, costs could reach $31 million

        Anvar Ruziev
        A Florida grasshopper sparrow.

        Local News

        Florida's rarest bird stars in new conservation documentary

        Michael Paluska
        Hispanic Heritage

        Covering Florida

        From Cuba to the classroom, one mom's mission bridges language gaps

        Annette Gutierrez
      • Lehigh Acres gets $15.5M grant for flood prevention project

        Lehigh Acres

        PREVENTING YARD LAKES: New stormwater project to combat flooding in Lehigh Acres

        Victoria Quevedo
        Charlie Kirk Shot

        Covering Florida

        Florida fallout after Kirk killing raises First Amendment concerns

        Forrest Saunders
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        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral man films boat hitting manatee, fears it could happen again

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