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  • Pine Island fire

    Pine Island / Matlacha

    Firefighters put out early morning house fire on Pine Island

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Fort Myers Beach

    EYESORE: Why a Fort Myers Beach home is still standing despite violations

    Anvar Ruziev
    World featherweight champion Tiara brown

    Downtown Fort Myers

    The Champ is here! Fort Myers Tiara Brown takes WBC Featherweight Title

    Miyoshi Price
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    Cape Coral

    Teens get more charges after stolen cars and guns lead to Cape Coral shooting

    Austin Schargorodski
    New FWC Rule Could Open Door for Selling Trapped Iguanas Out of State

    Cape Coral

    New FWC rule could open door for trapping and selling iguanas out of state

    Bella Line
    FIREFORTMYERS.HEIC

    Lee County

    Home 'heavily damaged' after Thursday morning fire in Fort Myers

    WFTX Digital Team
  • Social Security card

    Local News

    What's Changing with Social Security? FGCU professor explains new in-person rule

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    Fort Myers Beach

    'Punished for Ian': FMB waits on flood insurance relief

    Anvar Ruziev
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    Alva

    Church lawn torn up as parents avoid Alva School pickup traffic danger

    Austin Schargorodski
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    Fort Myers Metro South

    Villas Elementary receives books from Scholastic, Scripps Howard Fund & FOX 4

    WFTX Digital Team

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Fire finally out at recycling facility in Fort Myers after intense battle

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Fort Myers Beach

    'IT'S FLOWING!' Fort Myers Beach traffic eases as roundabout opens

    Anvar Ruziev
  • voodoo brewing fort myers

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Voodoo Fort Myers is closing soon, its neighbors say staying open is a challenge

    Miyoshi Price
    BEYOND BARGAINS: Goodwill gives free citizenship classes, but they have seen a little decrease in attendance

    Cape Coral

    BEYOND BARGAINS: Goodwill sees drop in attendance for free citizenship classes

    Bella Line
    FTM RAILROAD FISHING ENCOUNTER

    Lee County

    CAUGHT ON TAPE: A simple fishing trip resulted in snapped rods

    Victoria Quevedo
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    Downtown Fort Myers

    Voodoo Brewing Co. in Fort Myers is closing its doors at the end of the month

    Miyoshi Price
    RSW Airport Expansion

    Local News

    Phase one of RSW expansion will cost over $300 million more to finish

    Stephen Pimpo
    Immigration

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Local attorney warns immigrants with 2-year permits may face self-deportation

    Miyoshi Price
  • homeless coalition

    Lehigh Acres

    SWFL's solutions to solving homelessness: Money, housing, community support

    Ella Rhoades
    Jury selection begins in the trial against a North Fort Myers man accused of assaulting and killing a toddler

    North Fort Myers

    Jury selection begins for North Fort Myers man accused of killing a toddler

    Bella Line
    Candlewood Suites threats

    Fort Myers Metro South

    HOSPITAL LOCKDOWNS LIFTED: Here's an update on what happened

    WFTX Digital Team
  • North Atlantic Right Whale

    Fort Myers Metro South

    Endangered whales spotted in Gulf, off Lee County shore

    WFTX Digital Team
    Deadly crash Central Ave Fort Myers

    Fort Myers Metro South

    FHP: Woman crashed her car, died trying to get away from Fort Myers Police

    WFTX Digital Team
    FORT MYERS FMPD ICE VOTE

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Many at Fort Myers meeting disappointed after council approves ICE agreement

    Miyoshi Price
  • Cape Coral

    City's demand letter for funds on Jaycee Park concession vendor hits deadline

    Bella Line

    Fort Myers Beach

    Scaled-Down Arches Bayfront project resubmitted on Fort Myers Beach

    Anvar Ruziev
    City Council listens to at least two hours of public comment about the ICE agreement

    Immigration Action

    ALL IN FAVOR: Fort Myers Council votes 7-0 for ICE agreement

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Downtown Fort Myers

    WATCH LIVE: Emergency Fort Myers City Council Meeting on Immigration underway

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Downtown Fort Myers

    A SWFL attorney says the Fort Myers city council's decision was legal

    Miyoshi Price

    Bonita Springs

    Bonita Springs Film Festival encourages applicants

  • Reviving Color: New art shop aims to restore Matlacha's artistic spirit post-Ian

    Pine Island / Matlacha

    Reviving Color: New art shop aims to restore Matlacha's artistic spirit post-Ian

    Bella Line
    Shane Williams is identified using a new facial approximation

    Downtown Fort Myers

    College student helps identify Fort Myers John Doe with facial reconstruction

    Kaitlin Knapp
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    Cape Coral

    ALL ABOARD! Cape Coral's ONLY water taxi sets sail, first time since Ian

    Ella Rhoades
  • DeSantis

    Immigration Action

    DeSantis floats suspending Fort Myers City Council members after ICE vote

    Ryan Kruger
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    Sanibel

    Scientists work to prevent future red tide outbreaks in Lee County

    Anvar Ruziev
    Venezuelan woman Fort Myers Immigration

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Venezuelan family with Temporary Protected Status fears having to leave SWFL

    Miyoshi Price
  • Jim Rosinus

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Are Fort Myers City Council jobs in jeopardy if they vote against the governor?

    WFTX Digital Team
    US Congressman Byron Donalds April 2024

    Immigration Action

    'You don't have that authority': Donalds wants Fort Myers council members out

    Ryan Kruger
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    Lee County

    Two men found guilty of murder in Fort Myers parking lot stabbing at El Patron

    WFTX Digital Team
  • Housing market boom in Southwest Florida

    Lee County

    Massive inventory boom in Southwest Florida's housing market raises questions

    Kaitlin Knapp
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    Downtown Fort Myers

    WHO ARE THEY?: The Fort Myers City Council members at center of immigration vote

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Sanibel

    MARSH MADNESS! No basketball, SCCF plants all month to revitalize marshes

    Ella Rhoades
  • James Uthmeier

    Downtown Fort Myers

    'THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW': Attorney General meets with FOX 4 over city vote

    WFTX Digital Team
    Fort Myers  City Council member Bonk cries while speaking on split immigration powers vote

    Downtown Fort Myers

    Ft Myers City Council will meet Friday after split vote on immigration powers

    Handcuffs

    Lee County

    Ear bitten off during Fort Myers Beach fight

    WFTX Digital Team
  • Local News

    Plastic surgeon offers free surgeries to SWFL patients

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    Sanibel

    Sanibel neighbors concerned about prescribed burns

    Anvar Ruziev
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    Cape Coral

    EVERYONE'S A CRITIC: Cape PD says man with BB gun threatened woman over parking

    Bella Line
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    Downtown Fort Myers

    ‘Should Be Removed’: Florida leaders slam Fort Myers Council's ICE Decision

    WFTX Digital Team
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    Fort Myers Metro South

    Man accused of shooting two in Fort Myers on Saturday caught in Mississippi

    Anvar Ruziev
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