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      • Clewiston
        Deputies serve search warrant at Clewiston City Hall over ‘concerning practices’
        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
        FORECAST: Turning windy and wetter to wrap up the work week
        Katie Walls
        Hurricane
        Imelda approaches Bermuda with 100 mph winds as island braces for direct hit
        Katie Walls
        Cape Coral
        Cape Coral Police say man violently punched cats
        WFTX Digital Team
        Cape Coral
        Neighbors call Cape Coral home 'rat house,' demand action on property
        Bella Line
        Naples
        Naples Police ask public’s help to ID woman accused of soliciting teen for sex
        WFTX Digital Team
        Local News
        FWC says officers found missing woman in remote Collier County Forest
        WFTX Digital Team
        Golden Gate
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        WFTX Digital Team
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        FMPD responds to motorcycle crash at Veronica Shoemaker & Winkler Ave

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        Cape Coral

        School traffic frustrates Cape Coral locals with blocked driveways

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

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        Hendry County

        LaBelle High School student arrested after messages about school shooting

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Karnes

        Lee County

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

        Miyoshi Price
        Naples City Council

        Naples

        Naples City Council may sue Florida over law restricting disaster powers

        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Sanibel

        Naturalist says litter piling up on Sanibel Causeway, putting wildlife in danger

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Captiva

        Upper Captiva community helps save two people trapped in house fire

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        4 Things To Do

        4 Things to Do in Southwest Florida this Weekend August 15 – August 17

        Vanessa Busch
      • Overgrown Lehigh bus stop gets an overdue cleanup

        Lehigh Acres

        Fort Myers man transforms overgrown bus stop in Lehigh Acres

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Charlotte County

        Officials confirm body found in retention pond as 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier

        WFTS Digital Staff
        Crash on San Carlos Blvd

        Fort Myers Beach

        Two people struck by car, thrown into mangroves near Fort Myers Beach

        Kaitlin Knapp
      • DeSantis announces new migrant facility

        Covering Florida

        DeSantis picks Baker Correctional for new migrant detention facility

        Forrest Saunders
        Lee County Sheriff's Office

        North Fort Myers

        Lee County deputies say bicyclist injured in Pine Island crash

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        North Fort Myers

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        Cape Coral

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        Arcadia

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      • Hurricane Charley

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        Punta Gorda

        Deputies: Teen used modified airsoft gun to rob Punta Gorda store for vape pens

        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Glades County

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        Austin Schargorodski
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        Cape Coral

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        Bella Line
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        Florida Python Challenge removes record 294 invasive pythons from Everglades

        Kaitlin Knapp
      • Water main break

        Collier County

        3,000 customers under boil water notice due to main break in Collier County

        Kaitlin Knapp
        Upper Captiva Fire

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        Fire on Upper Captiva Island injures five people, two hospitalized

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        Cape Coral

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      • Alligator Alcatraz

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        Judge to hear closing arguments on halting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction

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        'The house filled up with smoke': Family displaced after e-bike battery fire

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        Florida Wildlife officials unanimously approve controversial bear hunt

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        Fort Myers Metro South

        FGCU scholarship expansion could open new doors for rural students

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        Traffic at Amanecer Elementary

        Lehigh Acres

        School pickup traffic creates hour-long waits for families in Lehigh Acres

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        Naples

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        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Downtown Fort Myers

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        DeSoto County

        DeSoto County sex offender charged with possession of child pornography

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        San Carlos Park

        Fort Myers man arrested for multiple thefts and violent e-bike confrontation

        Kaitlin Knapp
        Lake Winterset Fight

        Covering Florida

        PCSO arrests 8 people after fight on Lake Winterset; neighbors want change

        Amanda Boettcher
        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral

        City of Cape Coral closes Burnt Store Boat Ramp for three days

        WFTX Digital Team
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