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      RSW travelers react as FAA plans nationwide flight cuts amid government shutdown
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      Lee County launches school bus stop arm camera program to protect students
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      District could spare FMB Elementary from demolition after months of tension
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      Commissioner seeks law enforcements help for Burnt Store Rd safety
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      Lehigh mother planned family suicide pact, charged with attempted murder
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        Lehigh Acres

        Lehigh Acres firefighters respond to house fire

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Fort Myers Metro South

        RSW travelers react as FAA plans nationwide flight cuts amid government shutdown

        Austin Schargorodski
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        North Fort Myers

        Community mourns after teenager dies in North Fort Myers house fire

        Allie Kaiser
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        Lee County

        Lee County launches school bus stop arm camera program to protect students

        Miyoshi Price
        Lehigh Acres Fire Rescue adds water rescue truck to fleet

        Lehigh Acres

        NEW TO THE FLEET: Lehigh Acres Fire Rescue adds Hi-Water rescue truck

        Victoria Quevedo
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        Lee County

        Report: Father claims disabled son planned Lehigh Acres family suicide pact

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Downtown construction

        Fort Myers Beach

        New Big Carlos Pass Bridge to open to traffic on Friday

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Bonita Springs

        District could spare Fort Myers Beach Elementary from demolition

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        New Fort Myers housing prioritizes displaced people from Southward Village

        Miyoshi Price
      • Burnt Store Road

        Cape Coral

        Lee Co. commissioner seeks law enforcement's help for Burnt Store Road safety

        WFTX Digital Team

        Cape Coral

        How much time do you lose in Southwest Florida traffic?

        Hunter Walterman
        FMB Recall

        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach voters recall town council members

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers restaurant owner launches Hurricane Melissa relief drive for Jamaica

        Miyoshi Price
        Lee County school board votes to keep 3 teachers suspended without pay pending hearings

        Lee County

        Lee County teachers face continued suspension over misconduct claims

        Bella Line
        Famous leaning brown house that survived Hurricane Ian finally meets its end on Matlacha

        Pine Island / Matlacha

        Leaning house demolished in Matlacha three years after Hurricane Ian

        Bella Line
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        Lee County

        Local group seeks items as they prepare to help Jamaicans post-Melissa

        Emily Young
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        Lehigh Acres

        Crews say no injuries after two boats catch fire in Lehigh Acres

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Pine Island / Matlacha

        Firefighters respond to fire on Useppa Island in Lee County, Tuesday

        WFTX Digital Team
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        North Fort Myers

        North Fort Myers crews say two transported in mobile home fire

        WFTX Digital Team
        Report: Lehigh mother planned family suicide pact, charged with attempted murder

        Lehigh Acres

        UPDATE: Lee County deputies say Almelia Street family made suicide-pact

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Lehigh Acres

        Teacher files lawsuit against Lee County schools over social media firing

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Estero

        Estero fire crews battle commercial fire in Shadow Wood community

        WFTX Digital Team

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers police union pushes for higher pay amid officer retention concerns

        Eric Lovelace
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        Sanibel

        New numbers show Sanibel and Captiva’s recovery surge, available rooms double

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Lehigh Acres

        UPDATE: Three dead in murder-suicide on Calhoun St. in Lehigh Acres, LCSO says

        Alex Orenczuk
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        Lee County

        Club Blu murder suspect arrested, charged with drug trafficking

        Miyoshi Price

        Cape Coral

        ONLY ON FOX 4: Cape Coral man charged with threatening federal agents speaks out

        Hunter Walterman
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers food pantry expands service amid SNAP uncertainty

        Hunter Walterman
        Firefighters rescue animals

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral house fire leaves one person in critical condition, pets rescued

        WFTX Digital Team
        WELL CAPE CORAL

        Cape Coral

        Mid-Hawthorn Aquifer recovers from record lows but concerns remain in Cape Coral

        Andrew Shipley
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        Lee County

        State seeks death penalty for Lehigh Acres couple charged with son’s murder

        Kaitlin Knapp
        Demetrius O'Neal

        Lee County

        Club Blu shooter found guilty of second-degree murder, conspiracy

        Bella Line
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        Lee County

        Woman charged after two dogs found dead in cages at Pine Manor home

        Kaitlin Knapp
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        Cape Coral

        Feds: Cape Coral man said to 'just get a gun and shoot the ICE Nazis down'

        Kaitlin Knapp

        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral woman fights to bring home husband detained by ICE

        Hunter Walterman
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        Cape Coral

        Police seek robbery suspects targeting elderly victims at Cape Coral McDonald's

        WFTX Digital Team
      • 8TH GRADE D1 SCHOLARSHIP FORT MYERS KID

        Downtown Fort Myers

        14-year-old "Jitterbug" Ryan receives D1 scholarship offer from Sacramento State

        Miyoshi Price
        W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam

        Alva

        Army Corps starts water releases from Lake Okeechobee into Caloosahatchee River

        Allie Kaiser
        Jury will deliberate in 2016 Club Blu shooting trial as closing arguments conclude

        Lee County

        Jury will deliberate in 2016 Club Blu shooting trial, closing arguments conclude

        Bella Line
      • School Bus Crash

        Fort Myers Shores

        Lee County school bus crash near Fort Myers Shores, driver taken to hospital

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

        Lee County School district suspends teacher who students say gave them a vape

        WFTX Digital Team
        Cape Coral Raid

        Cape Coral

        Federal agents raid Cape Coral home, arrest man on threat charges

        WFTX Digital Team
      • Lee County Sheriff's Office

        Lehigh Acres

        Lee County deputies say one person transported in Buckingham Road crash

        WFTX Digital Team

        Downtown Fort Myers

        Southwest Florida steps up for Hurricane Melissa victims

        WFTX Digital Team
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        North Fort Myers

        Littleton Road widening project finished in North Fort Myers

        Allie Kaiser
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        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral police investigate death outside Walmart

        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

        Cape Coral to begin installing signs at properties with code violations

        Alex Orenczuk
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        Fort Myers Beach

        Iconic Fort Myers Beach restaurant reborn as Bonita Fish Company after Ian

        Austin Schargorodski
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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers mom uses faith to navigate upcoming SNAP benefits halt

        Miyoshi Price
        Some Cape Coral City Council members say they want the county to fund the Burnt Store Road widening

        Cape Coral

        Some council members push Lee County to pay for Burnt Store Road expansion

        Bella Line
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