https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-heat-advisory-index-106-110/ Money & World en 2026-07-29T09:40:00.000Z Collier County is under a heat advisory from 11 a.m. Wednesday, with a heat index forecast of 106 to 110 https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/rip-current-statement-coastal-collier-through-evening/ Money & World en 2026-07-29T07:15:00.000Z Collier County now has its own rip current statement, issued overnight and running through Wednesday evening https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lehigh-acres-quantum-fiber-outage-eight-days/ Money & World en 2026-07-29T03:35:00.000Z More than 200 Lehigh Acres households have been offline for eight days, and the people losing pay were offered a 15 dollar credit https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-data-center-zoning-in-progress-regulations/ Money & World en 2026-07-29T00:45:00.000Z Collier County commissioners voted to keep pausing data center approvals while they write the rules, and chose that tool over a formal moratorium https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/naples-16-year-old-swimmer-dies-2nd-avenue-north/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T23:05:00.000Z A 16-year-old swimmer died on Tuesday after going missing in choppy water off the 2nd Avenue North beach end in Naples, the police department says https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/rip-current-statement-coastal-lee-charlotte-wednesday-friday/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T22:50:00.000Z The National Weather Service has warned of dangerous rip currents at Lee and Charlotte county beaches from Wednesday morning through Friday evening https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/fort-myers-beach-old-san-carlos-estero-traffic-light-restored/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T22:35:00.000Z The traffic light at Old San Carlos and Estero boulevards on Fort Myers Beach is working again, more than three years after Hurricane Ian took it out https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/ranchette-road-arrest-report-victim-not-identified/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T19:25:00.000Z The Ranchette Road arrest report says the man charged admitted killing his mother, but the Lee County Sheriff's Office still cannot positively identify the woman who died https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/north-fort-myers-wellness-check-barricade-detained/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T19:10:00.000Z A wellness check in North Fort Myers turned into a barricade scene on Tuesday, and one person has been detained, the Lee County Sheriff's Office says https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lehigh-acres-death-investigation-now-homicide/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T17:10:00.000Z The Lehigh Acres death investigation on SW 22nd Street is now a homicide investigation, the Lee County Sheriff's Office says https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-schools-fy27-budget-597m-reserve-drawdown/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T15:45:00.000Z The Collier school budget up for adoption Thursday spends $151.6 million more than its general fund earns, and closes that gap with a capital transfer and a 61 percent cut to reserves https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/winkler-avenue-shooting-second-degree-murder-charge/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T13:20:00.000Z Fort Myers police say the man who turned himself in over the Winkler Avenue shooting is now charged with second-degree murder https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/naples-june-home-sales-881-inventory-down-23-percent/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T11:35:00.000Z Naples closed 881 home sales in June, up 16.5 percent, while inventory fell 23.4 percent and the year-to-date median price slipped to $610,000 https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/marco-island-amendment-3-1074700-police-study-halted/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T11:20:00.000Z State economists put Marco Island's first-year loss under Amendment 3 at $1,074,700, and the council has called off the police outsourcing study it started over that number https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/swfl-unemployment-5-percent-june-construction/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T11:05:00.000Z Southwest Florida unemployment reached 5.0 percent in June, above the state rate, and construction lost 1,200 jobs over the year https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-active-boil-water-notices-three-areas/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T07:15:00.000Z Three Cape Coral areas are still under precautionary boil water notices, and the city's own map has not rescinded any of them https://moneyandworld.com/personal-finance/estate-tax-exemption-history/ Money & World en 2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z The estate tax runs through twelve rate brackets. Every dollar it collected in 2023 came out of the twelfth. https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/sanibel-school-zone-camera-refunds-130000/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T23:25:00.000Z Sanibel drivers are getting more than 130,000 dollars back after a school zone speed camera was found to be reading speeds too high https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/naples-mayor-heitmann-probation-violation-ten-days/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T23:20:00.000Z A judge found Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann in violation of her probation and imposed ten days she will serve as weekend work https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/ortiz-avenue-overnight-traffic-shift-fort-myers/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T19:30:00.000Z Southbound Ortiz Avenue traffic shifts onto the new roadway overnight Wednesday in Fort Myers https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/bonita-springs-dog-beach-death-investigation/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T19:25:00.000Z Lee County deputies are conducting an active death investigation at the Bonita Springs Dog Beach https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/ranchette-road-fire-murder-arson-charges/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T19:20:00.000Z Lee County deputies say a 23-year-old man is charged with murder and arson in the Ranchette Road house fire that killed a woman https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/i75-pine-ridge-road-overnight-ramp-closures/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T17:35:00.000Z Four consecutive overnight ramp closures begin Tuesday at the I-75 and Pine Ridge Road interchange in Naples https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/crescent-beach-family-park-reopens-fort-myers-beach/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T17:30:00.000Z Crescent Beach Family Park on Fort Myers Beach reopens Wednesday after a $1.3 million rebuild funded by FEMA, impact fees and tourist tax https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lehigh-acres-sw-22nd-street-death-investigation/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T17:15:00.000Z Lee County deputies are conducting an active death investigation near the 4500 block of SW 22nd Street in Lehigh Acres https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/fort-myers-winkler-avenue-fatal-shooting-custody/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T17:05:00.000Z Fort Myers police say one person is in custody after a fatal shooting near Winkler Avenue on Monday morning https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/swfl-diesel-above-national-average-naples-fort-myers/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T14:05:00.000Z Diesel in Naples reached $5.48 a gallon on Monday, 19 cents above the national average and 47 percent above last July https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/naples-small-bay-industrial-265m-enterprise-avenue/ Money & World en 2026-07-27T13:20:00.000Z A 48-suite industrial property near Naples Airport sold for $26.5 million, $9.1 million more than the seller paid for it in 2024