FORT MYERS, Fla. – A group of local students recently returned from Nicaragua where they provided medical treatment to more than 900 people.
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New procedure helps patients dealing with pathologic fractures
a breakthrough procedure is helping to stabilize one of the largest bones in the body and give relief to thousands of people dealing with pathologic fractures.

Oasis Middle School students make teddy bears for diabetic children
Middle school students showcase technical skills and kindness by making modified teddy bears for diabetic children.

Policy could let Lee County school teachers search student’s phones
This issue is at the forefront of the new student-code-of-conduct policy draft under consideration in Lee County schools.

Lee County school board gives personnel right to check student’s phones
The Lee County School District has given school personnel the right to check students’ phones in a new draft of the student code of conduct.
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2 dead in small plane crash at South Florida airport
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