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      • Lee County
        FIXING THE GAP: How Lee County's new radar will help protect people
        Katie Walls
        Weather
        FORECAST: Unsettled weather continues into next week
        Andrew Shipley
        Hurricane
        TRACKING THE TROPICS: Quiet peak of hurricane season
        WFTX Digital Team
        Cape Coral
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        Andrew Shipley
        Immokalee
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        Victoria Quevedo
        Punta Gorda
        New emergency room coming to Punta Gorda
        Hunter Walterman

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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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        Hurricane Charley

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        Punta Gorda

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

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        Glades County

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        Austin Schargorodski
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        Cape Coral may increase penalties for short-term rental violations

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        Florida Python Challenge removes record 294 invasive pythons from Everglades

        Kaitlin Knapp
        Water main break

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        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

        Electric bicycle rider critically injured in crash, Cape Coral Police say

        Miyoshi Price
        Alligator Alcatraz

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

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      • SMH North Port

        North Port/Englewood

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

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

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        Collier County

        Florida Wildlife officials unanimously approve controversial bear hunt

        Forrest Saunders
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        Fort Myers Metro South

        FGCU scholarship expansion could open new doors for rural students

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Lehigh Acres

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

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Miyoshi Price
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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

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        Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins

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        Leilyn Torres
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        Collier County

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        FPL rate hike on hold as Florida regulators await new settlement agreement

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        Marco Island city hall

        Marco Island

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

        Mahmoud Bennett
      • Hurricane Erin

        Hurricane

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        Hendry County

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        Austin Schargorodski
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        Punta Gorda

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        Alligator Alcatraz

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        Faith leaders and families protest conditions at Alligator Alcatraz

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        FSW rolls out first Teacher Apprenticeship Program in Southwest Florida

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