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      • Bonita Springs
        20-yr-old fisherman hit by boat propeller during water rescue
        Miyoshi Price
        Weather
        FORECAST: Another unsettled week ahead
        Katie Walls
        North Fort Myers
        State Road 31 bridge closure causes hours-long traffic delays for drivers
        Victoria Quevedo
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Lee school district and union are still negotiating on teachers' starting salary
        WFTX Digital Team
        Charlotte County
        Charlotte County commissioners consider Class 3 e-bike ban in Babcock Ranch
        Bella Line
        North Port/Englewood
        North Port police charge 4 women for organized shoplifting scheme
        WFTX Digital Team
        Covering Florida
        DeSantis Launches Gun and Ammo Tax Holiday, Pushes for Open Carry
        Forrest Saunders
        Punta Gorda
        AdventHealth to build new emergency department in Punta Gorda
        Alex Orenczuk
        Covering Florida
        Florida family claims nursing home kept billing for empty room after mom died
        Susan El Khoury

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        Captiva

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        Covering Florida

        DeSantis picks Baker Correctional for new migrant detention facility

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        Lee County Sheriff's Office

        North Fort Myers

        Lee County deputies say bicyclist injured in Pine Island crash

        WFTX Digital Team
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        North Fort Myers

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Florida renters face 64-year wait to save for home down payment, study finds

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        Arcadia

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        Hunter Walterman
        Hurricane Charley

        Port Charlotte

        21 YEARS LATER: Charley and the Port Charlotte jewelry store that wouldn’t quit

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        Immokalee

        New development in Immokalee is making homeownership dreams come true

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Punta Gorda

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        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Glades County

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        Austin Schargorodski
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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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        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

        Forrest Saunders
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        FGCU scholarship expansion could open new doors for rural students

        Austin Schargorodski
      • Traffic at Amanecer Elementary

        Lehigh Acres

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

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Mahmoud Bennett
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        Miyoshi Price
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        DeSoto County

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        Kaitlin Knapp
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        San Carlos Park

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      • Cape Coral

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        Collier County

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        Immokalee Foundation x CCSO 911 Dispatcher Graduation

        Immokalee

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        Marco Island city hall

        Marco Island

        Marco Island homeowners increasingly divided over proposed 34% property tax hike

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        Hurricane Erin

        Hurricane

        Hurricane Erin back to a Category 4

        Katie Walls
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