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Miracle Monday: How a dog helped a 7-year-old girl beat cancer
In this Miracle Monday story, a 7-year-old is celebrating starting her summer because she’s cancer-free!

10-foot gator bites 23-year-old’s arm off in Gulf Cove
On Sunday morning, a 10-foot alligator bit off a 23-year-old man’s arm after he got into a pond behind a bar in Gulf Cove.

18-year-old motorcyclist killed in high-speed crash on SR-82 in Lehigh Acres
An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a Sunday night crash with a car on SR-82 in Lehigh Acres.

Mother of slain 11-year-old daughter testifies in Joseph Zieler’s trial
A gut-wrenching day in court for the mother of a young murder victim on Tuesday. Joseph Zieler’s trial is happening 33 years after 11-year-old Robin Cornell and her babysitter, Lisa Story, was brutally slain.
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2 dead in small plane crash at South Florida airport
Two people died Friday when a small plane crashed at a small South Florida airport, Palm Beach County sheriff’s officials said.

Wrong-way driver accused of killing 2 in Collier County crash
Two died in a wrong-way crash in Collier County.

Drier weather returns for the holiday weekend
It’s going to be a beautiful holiday weekend across Southwest Florida as drier air moves in behind a late week cold front.

‘COVID Class’ graduates from Lely High School
High school students graduating in 2023 are nicknamed the “Covid Class” because they had to go through masking and quarantine.