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      • Cape Coral
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        WFTX Digital Team
        Weather
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        Trent Aric
        Local News
        Agencies monitoring fire impacts; no Alligator Alley closure
        WFTX Digital Team
        Charlotte County
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        WFTX Digital Team
        Lee County
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        Allie Kaiser
        North Fort Myers
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        North Port/Englewood
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        Immokalee
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        Sanibel

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        Bonita Springs

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      • Cape Coral considers lowering neighborhood speed limits from 30 to 25 mph

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        SLOW DOWN: Should Cape Coral lower neighborhood speed limits from 30 to 25 mph?

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        Golden Gate

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        Fort Myers Beach

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      • Marco Island

        Marco Island flag display raises funds for community

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        Estero

        Estero twins win bronze at US Figure Skating Championships

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        Fort Myers Walmart evacuated as police investigate anonymous bomb threat

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        Bonita Springs

        Hurricane-damaged FGCU water, environment research hub reopens on Bonita Beach

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        Naples

        Foster parent shortage in Florida leaves vulnerable children waiting for homes

        Miyoshi Price
        'DREAM COME TRUE': Second graders experience beach for first time during Guadalupe Center's annual Buddy Day

        Immokalee

        'DREAM COME TRUE': Immokalee kids see the beach for the first time

        Victoria Quevedo
      • Lee County E-Bike Chase Arrest

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        Dangerous Ride: Lee County Deputies chase, arrest teen e-motorbike drivers

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Naples

        Woman killed in 3 vehicle crash on I-75 in Collier County

        WFTX Digital Team
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        North Port/Englewood

        Governor DeSantis signs death warrant in 2008 murder case

        WFTX Digital Team
      • St. Finbarr Parish

        Collier County

        Pilot survives plane crash in water near Everglades City; passenger dies

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Port Charlotte

        Shots fired after fight outside Port Charlotte pub; no injuries reported

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Naples

        Naples Mayor pleads no contest to DUI charge, will serve 12 months probation

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach hotel recovery stalls at 58% of pre-Ian capacity

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        Downtown Fort Myers

        BLOCKED: Florida lawmakers consider bill to block spam calls

        Hunter Walterman

        Cape Coral

        EVICTING THE IGUANAS: demolition begins on infested Cape Coral bank

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      • Boil water notice

        Clewiston

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        4 Things To Do

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        A SECOND CHANCE: Lehigh Acres Sunshine Boulevard road extension project gets resubmitted to state budget

        Lehigh Acres

        A SECOND CHANCE: Lawmakers give Sunshine Boulevard road extension another try

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Fort Myers councilman set to propose church purchase for community use

        Miyoshi Price
        Pine Island nonprofit raffles RV to raise funds for hurricane survivors still rebuilding

        Pine Island / Matlacha

        Pine Island nonprofit raffles RV to raise money for hurricane survivors

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        Cape Coral boy's BMX dream takes flight with World Championship qualification

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        Cape Coral boy's BMX dream takes flight with World Championship qualification

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      • North Port High School

        North Port/Englewood

        North Port High student seriously injured, six others arrested in altercation

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        Bonita Springs

        Community volunteer with stage 5 kidney disease seeks living donor

        Eric Lovelace

        Marco Island

        Marco Island avoids water shortage despite county drought warning

        Eric Lovelace
      • Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Memorial Vehicle

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        New Charlotte County Sheriff's Office cruiser honors fallen deputies

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        Port Charlotte

        SLOW DOWN: Speed cameras coming to Charlotte County school zones

        Alex Orenczuk
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        Sanibel

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        Austin Schargorodski
        Emotional reunion between LCSO K9 and 79-year-old he found in Florida preserve

        Buckingham

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        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Gateway

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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Senate passes bill allowing volunteer armed guards to go unlicensed at churches

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        Labelle

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        Charlotte County

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        Collier County

        'It hits people hard': measles cases at Ave Maria hits 57

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