https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/vibrio-vulnificus-lee-county-two-cases-florida-fourteen-gulf-beaches/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T22:40:00.000Z Florida has counted 14 Vibrio vulnificus infections and two deaths so far this year, two of the cases in Lee County and none in Collier, and the state's own numbers run close to an ordinary year even as Louisiana drives the Gulf Coast surge in the headlines https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lehigh-acres-reginald-cutts-convicted-human-trafficking-lee-county-jury/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T14:55:00.000Z A Lee County jury has found Reginald Cutts of Lehigh Acres guilty on every count including human trafficking, after a four day trial over crimes against one child, and the state attorney's office has set sentencing for September 28 https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-county-missing-man-michael-gianino-crosspointe-drive-immokalee-road/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T13:20:00.000Z The Collier County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 41 year old man last seen on foot on Crosspointe Drive near Immokalee Road and US 41 on Friday morning, and no update has been published in the day and a half since the appeal went out https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-veterans-parkway-crash-fatal-one-killed-chiquita-boulevard/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T13:05:00.000Z Cape Coral police say the overnight crash that closed Veterans Parkway near Chiquita Boulevard was a single vehicle and that one person was killed, three hours after the first report of it carried no injury information at all https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-boil-water-skyline-boulevard-cape-coral-parkway-43-acres/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T12:20:00.000Z Cape Coral has put a precautionary boil water notice over 43 acres around Skyline Boulevard and Cape Coral Parkway West, the same streets police closed on Saturday for a water main break, and the city's own address layer puts 367 active addresses inside the shape https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/royal-palm-square-fort-myers-council-august-17-14-acre-replat/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T12:10:00.000Z Fort Myers council decides on August 17 whether Royal Palm Square can grow, and Lee County's roll already carries the site cut into seven tracts across 14.10 acres https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/i-75-southbound-mm119-bonita-springs-crash-roadblock-cleared/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T10:50:00.000Z A crash blocked Interstate 75 southbound at mile marker 119 in Bonita Springs just before one o'clock on Sunday morning, and the Florida Highway Patrol had the lanes back and the entry off its board within about twenty two minutes https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-veterans-parkway-crash-both-directions-chiquita-boulevard/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T10:45:00.000Z A crash investigation was blocking both directions of Veterans Parkway in Cape Coral between Southwest 20th Avenue and Chiquita Boulevard before four o'clock on Sunday morning, and no reopening had been reported three hours later https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-skyline-boulevard-water-main-break-southwest-road-closures/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T10:40:00.000Z A water main break closed southbound Skyline Boulevard and part of Southwest 47th Terrace in southwest Cape Coral on Saturday afternoon, and no reopening had been announced by the police department or the outlet that reported it by early Sunday https://moneyandworld.com/sw-florida/how-are-property-taxes-calculated-in-florida/ Money & World en 2026-08-09T00:00:00.000Z One Florida house, thirteen tax rates, and two taxable values that are never the same https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/i-75-northbound-mm142-north-fort-myers-crash-roadblock-unknown/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T18:30:00.000Z The Florida Highway Patrol has a crash open on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 142 in North Fort Myers this Saturday afternoon, and its own dispatch board states the roadblock status there is unknown https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/graham-freeman-lee-county-teacher-eleven-counts-fdle-5-1-million-bond/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T18:10:00.000Z A Lee County middle school teacher is being held in the county jail on eleven felony counts filed by state agents, and the booking record shows why the count is eleven rather than one, because Florida law makes each individual image its own separate offence https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/bokeelia-boil-water-notice-cleared-pine-island-lee-health-department/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T15:40:00.000Z The Bokeelia boil water notice has been cleared, and the utility took it down about forty four and a half hours after it shut the main off, which is sooner than its own stated minimum implied https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/white-blvd-31st-street-sw-crash-roadblock-golden-gate-estates/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T13:57:00.000Z Westbound White Boulevard is open again at 31st Street Southwest in Golden Gate Estates, after a crash the Florida Highway Patrol logged as involving injuries held the road for about an hour and a half this morning https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/winding-cypress-naples-gofundme-cancer-grand-theft-charge-maribeth-jones/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T12:20:00.000Z A Naples community's activities director has been charged with grand theft after Collier County detectives said she told residents for two years that she had cancer, and GoFundMe has refunded more than forty one thousand dollars to the people who gave https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/edison-bridge-northbound-double-lane-closure-fort-myers-reopens-noon/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T11:45:00.000Z Two of the three northbound lanes of the Edison Bridge have been closed since eight o'clock last night and are not due back until around noon today, which is six hours later than the nightly closures on this bridge normally end https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lee-county-sheriff-41-million-increase-request-342-million-budget/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T11:45:00.000Z The Lee County Sheriff's Office has asked commissioners for 41 million dollars more next year, and the county's own budget book shows the office already costs 342 million, against 193 million eight budget years ago https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-county-fy2027-tentative-budget-millage-3-0107-trim-notice/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T11:30:00.000Z Collier County has set the property tax rates that will print on this month's TRIM notices at exactly last year's numbers, and because taxable value rose 3.5 percent that flat rate still raises 21 million dollars more https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-area-transit-151-warn-mv-transportation-wedriveu-radio-road/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T10:10:00.000Z The state layoff notice behind Collier County's bus contract change lists 151 jobs at the Radio Road depot, and the union says nothing in law guarantees the incoming operator will carry over wages, benefits or the bargaining unit https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/palm-beach-boulevard-davis-crash-injuries-fort-myers-i75-mm148/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T09:55:00.000Z The Florida Highway Patrol has an injury crash open on Palm Beach Boulevard at Davis Boulevard in Fort Myers this Saturday morning, and its own board does not say whether the road is blocked, only that the roadblock status there is unknown https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-boil-water-se-5th-court-23-acres-se-13th-street-lifted/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T08:05:00.000Z Cape Coral has one boil water area live this morning, a 23 acre shape at 3622 SE 5th Court that went up on Friday morning and has not moved since, and it replaced a notice the city had carried at 1135 SE 13th Street for 94 hours https://moneyandworld.com/technology/data-center-water-usage/ Money & World en 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z The data center water figure everyone quotes measures 2014, and most of it is power plants