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      • Weather
        FORECAST: Big cool down on the way
        Andrew Shipley
        Local News
        Cold-weather shelters are opening in Southwest Florida
        WFTX Digital Team
        Estero
        Florida Everblades postponed weekend, Monday games amid tentative deal
        Hunter Walterman
        Estero
        Estero 9-year-old recovers after suspected drunk driver crash
        Eric Lovelace
        Labelle
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        Lehigh Acres
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        • New mobile food pantry to serve Southwest Florida's underserved communities

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        Lee County

        New Florida law cracks down on animal abuse, publicly names offenders

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        Fort Myers Beach

        Fort Myers Beach council member Jim Atterholt to retire at end of year

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      • Christmas day fire in Lehigh Acres

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        Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres serves free Christmas meals to neighbors in need

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        DeSoto County

        Family of beaten inmate calls for harsher punishment for DeSoto County officers

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        Fort Myers Beach regains flood discount bringing potential insurance savings

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      • Immokalee Christmas toy giveaway brings joy to dozens of children

        Immokalee

        Immokalee Christmas toy giveaway brings joy to dozens of children

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        Arcadia

        Arcadia churches team up to repair hurricane-damaged homes

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        Sanibel

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        Arcadia

        Bodycam shows former DeSoto County corrections supervisor beat inmates

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        Family helps raise final walls at Habitat Collier neighborhood

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      • Immokalee receives $10.8 million grant to upgrade wastewater treatment plant

        Immokalee

        Immokalee receives $10.8 million grant to upgrade wastewater treatment plant

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        Fort Myers Metro South

        OFF THE ICE: third Everblades hockey game postponed

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        Bonita Springs

        Man and dog killed in Bonita Springs DUI crash remembered for selfless spirit

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        Sanibel

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        Fort Myers Beach

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        Feds: Sarasota man planned extremist violence, faces gun and sex abuse charges

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        'Horrific scene': Bonita Springs man killed when car hit him, while walking dog

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        Cape Coral

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        NEW KIT REVEAL: FC Naples pays tribute to Naples Pier with new jerseys

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        Arcadia

        'I was shocked': Governor DeSantis awards money for new Arcadia sewage plant

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