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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.

A chance of severe weather with this today’s storms
Strong storms are moving through Southwest Florida today and will linger into the late evening.

DeSantis in Iowa warns of GOP ‘culture of losing’ as weather sidelines Trump event
Decrying a Republican “culture of losing,” Gov. Ron DeSantis sought Saturday to weaken former President Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP as tornado warnings interrupted a collision of leading presidential prospects in battleground Iowa.

Disney updates lawsuit against DeSantis to add new events
Disney on Monday amended its free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to add recent developments in the tit-for-tat fight between the entertainment giant and the Florida governor, such as a new law granting the state unprecedented authority to inspect a monorail system at Disney World.
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Tom Allen Memorial Butterfly House
Hurricane Ian impacted many of Florida’s beautiful and unique species. One of them, the Zebra Longwing Butterfly, virtually disappeared from the area after the storm.

Mother speaks after jury recommends death for daughter’s killer
Jan Cornell came close to peace after Joseph Zieler was convicted of murdering her eleven-year-old Robin Cornell and family friend Lisa Story and again days later when the jury recommended the death penalty.

Car catches fire, crashing into 2 other vehicles and Lehigh Acres home, 1 hurt
Fire bursts from a car after slamming into a home in Lehigh Acres Monday afternoon.

Report: Southwest Florida renter salaries should be $93,000 not to be ‘rent burdened’
For renters, finding a place to live in Southwest Florida that fits in their budget can feel like looking for gold at the end of a rainbow. “Rent’s terrible,” one resident told WINK News. A report from Florida Atlantic University, University of Alabama and Florida Gulf Coast University shows rent in the Fort Myers-Cape Coral […]