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  • Fluoride Controversy

    Downtown Fort Myers

    FLUORIDE FIGHT: Fort Myers City Council will talk about removing fluoride

    Kaitlin Knapp
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    Sanibel

    Sanibel Arts and Crafts Festival returns after Hurricane Ian

    Anvar Ruziev

    Downtown Fort Myers

    2025 Grand Parade in Edison Festival of Lights was the largest ever

    WFTX Digital Team
  • Raul Diaz and his family with the Savannah Bananas and the Party Animals

    Fort Myers Metro South

    Savannah Bananas gift young hit-and-run survivor tickets at Dunkin' takeover

    Austin Schargorodski
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Cape couple captures the moment when a car plows through their mailbox

    Cape Coral

    CAUGHT ON CAM: Cape couple captures moment a car plows through their mailbox

    Bella Line
    vday

    Fort Myers Metro South

    BREAKIN' HEARTS OR THE BANK? Flower prices don't rise despite inflation

    Ella Rhoades
  • thumbCAP SOUTH SEAS DENSITY RULING.jpg

    Captiva

    Captiva community prepares for rezoning hearings on South Seas expansion

    Anvar Ruziev
    Man Arrested for trying to lure Ft. Myers girl

    Homepage

    Highway Patrol arrests man, charges him with trying to lure a 12-year-old girl

    Stephen Pimpo
    FTM FK YOUR DIET POD.jpg

    Fort Myers Metro South

    ‘He didn’t like it’: FK Your Diet shutters donation POD due to realtor complaint

    Austin Schargorodski
  • NIGHTMARE NEIGHBOR: 'Party rental' disrupts Cape Coral neighborhood, is it time for stricter regulations?

    Cape Coral

    NIGHTMARE NEIGHBOR: 'Party rental' disrupts Cape Coral neighborhood

    Bella Line
    Egg shortage

    Cape Coral

    NOT OVER & NOT EASY: Egg prices impact local SWFL restaurants

    Ella Rhoades
    Police Investigation Skyline Blvd

    Cape Coral

    Cape Coral Police say 2 in custody, one minor injured on Skyline Boulevard

    WFTX Digital Team
  • police

    Lehigh Acres

    TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Lehigh Acres drivers warned of early morning crash

    WFTX Digital Team
    Missing adult out of Lee County

    North Fort Myers

    Have you seen this man? He could be in danger, LCSO says

    WFTX Digital Team

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Fort Myers wrestler inspires local youth with his journey to championship glory

    Miyoshi Price
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    Sanibel

    Elevate Florida program helps Sanibel homeowners raise homes

    Anvar Ruziev

    Estero

    Here to stay: Oldest home in Estero won't be demolished, but needs to move

    FHP

    Downtown Fort Myers

    FHP arrest man in Fort Myers trying to lure a child away from an apartment

    WFTX Digital Team
  • Shadarien Ward

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Fort Myers man pleads guilty to pizza shop armed robbery

    WFTX Digital Team
    Mel'sDiner.jpg

    Fort Myers Metro South

    Law enforcement officer shoots suspect at Mel's Diner in Fort Myers

    WFTX Digital Team
    Warrick in Court .jpg

    North Fort Myers

    Student arrested for making threats at Cypress Lake High; appears in court

    Austin Schargorodski
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    Cape Coral

    Parents text nurse accused of neglecting sick infant: “My heart is just broken.”

    Emily Young
    Southward Village

    Downtown Fort Myers

    SOUTHWARD VILLAGE: What it's expected to look like after a massive development

    Miyoshi Price
    Prepared 911 at the Lee County Sheriff's Office

    Lee County

    New Lee County Sheriff 911 dispatch program is using AI to help response times

    Kaitlin Knapp
  • fmfd new facility

    Fort Myers Metro South

    SNEAK PEAK: FMFD new training facility opens in May

    Ella Rhoades
    Hemminger.jpg

    Cape Coral

    Man charged with 3 DUIs; victim seriously injured in Cape Coral

    WFTX Digital Team

    Estero

    DEMOLISHED: Vacant Winn-Dixie gets knocked down for apartment complex to come

  • Downtown Fort Myers

    Concerns rise over "organic growth" issues in Fort Myers apartment complex

    Miyoshi Price

    Cape Coral

    CAUGHT ON CAM: Cape Coral man flees cops twice, crashes, and still lands in jail

    Emily Young
    Bonnethead Shark that washed ashore around Fort Myers Beach

    Fort Myers Beach

    Thousands of fish wash ashore around Fort Myers Beach; Red Tide alert issued

    Anvar Ruziev
  • Short-term rentals boom in Cape Coral, but what does this mean?

    Cape Coral

    Short-term rentals are 'the thing' in Cape Coral, but is the boom about to bust?

    Bella Line

    Fort Myers Beach

    South end of Estero Island is under a boil water notice

    Anvar Ruziev
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    Fort Myers Beach

    HEADS UP: Red tide is starting to impact some of our favorite beaches

    WFTX Digital Team
  • fdot colonial i75

    Fort Myers Metro South

    THE WAIT IS OVER: FDOT completes I-75 and Colonial intersection

    Ella Rhoades
    Cape Coral

    Cape Coral

    Cape Coral community concerned about large object flying over homes

    WFTX Digital Team
    police

    North Fort Myers

    North Fort Myers woman dies while crossing road the night of the Super Bowl

    WFTX Digital Team
  • homeless lehigh fam

    Lehigh Acres

    'WE'RE NOT ALL THE SAME': Homeless Lehigh family shares their experience

    Ella Rhoades
    MORE THAN A GAME: Family Initiative launches sports program for students with autism

    Cape Coral

    Family Initiative launches sports program for students with autism

    Bella Line
    Sanibel Beach Renourishment

    Sanibel

    Final buckets of sand laid in Sanibel's beach restoration project

    Andrew Shipley
  • Students at Lee Health

    Downtown Fort Myers

    TRY IT OUT: Lee Health offers hands-on robot experience at Gulf Coast Medical

    Mahmoud Bennett
    Adam Odiorne

    Cape Coral

    Cape Coral man arrested for 10 counts of child pornography

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Fort Myers Beach

    Judge orders Fort Myers Beach restaurant La Ola to vacate or comply

    Anvar Ruziev
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    Downtown Fort Myers

    Three dogs rescued from Fort Myers house fire

    Sarah Lindenberg

    Estero

    Jay Leno stops in Southwest to fundraise for St. Matthew's House

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    Downtown Fort Myers

    Founders of a Fort Myers based crypto scam EmpiresX ordered to pay $128M Fine

    Sarah Lindenberg
  • Red tide Sanibel

    Sanibel

    Red tide sparking fish kills on Sanibel

    Andrew Shipley
    Cape Coral neighbors face cut-through speeders and frustration with school zone camera delays

    Cape Coral

    Cape neighborhood sees cut-through speeders as they wait for school zone cameras

    Bella Line
    KellyPerrigo.jpg

    Cape Coral

    Nurse arrested; accused of not feeding Cape Coral child

    Shari Armstrong
  • Fort Myers stabbing

    Lee County

    Argument at a Fort Myers gentleman's club leads to stabbing

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Lee County

    Island Coast High paraprofessional was sexting two students, police report says

    WFTX Digital Team
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