https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lee-county-utilities-two-notices-lifted-handy-court-harbour-yacht/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T23:40:00.000Z Lee County Utilities lifted two boil water notices within forty one seconds of each other on Wednesday morning, and the county's active count has come down from five to three https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lee-adam-vaughn-seven-counts-no-bond-september-8-hearing/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T23:30:00.000Z A Fort Myers man is being held on seven counts with no bond set on any of them, after the Lee County Sheriff's Office says an emailed threat was traced back to him, and the jail record puts his hearing on September 8 https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-davis-boulevard-crash-fhp-account-naples-man-63/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T23:00:00.000Z The Florida Highway Patrol has given its account of the fatal Davis Boulevard crash in Naples, and troopers say they are looking at whether a medical episode came first https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/i-75-range-rover-fire-lee-palm-beach-boulevard-luckett-road/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T21:55:00.000Z A Range Rover caught fire on Interstate 75 southbound in Lee County on Wednesday afternoon between Palm Beach Boulevard and Luckett Road, and the Highway Patrol says the fire is out and nobody was hurt https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lehigh-acres-maple-avenue-north-lightning-house-fire-out-no-injuries/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T21:20:00.000Z The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District says lightning started a house fire on Maple Avenue North, and the fire is out with nobody hurt https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lee-rsw-terminal-access-road-crash-roadblock-i75-ramp/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T20:45:00.000Z The exit ramp where the terminal access road at Southwest Florida International Airport meets Interstate 75 southbound is recorded open again, about forty minutes after a crash with injuries put a roadblock on it. https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lee-county-storm-statement-cape-coral-fort-myers-50-mph-gusts/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T20:30:00.000Z The storm that spent the afternoon over Collier crossed into Lee at 4.23 p.m., and the National Weather Service put coastal and inland Lee under a special weather statement until 5 p.m. with 40 to 50 mph gusts from Cape Coral through Fort Myers to Estero https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-flood-advisory-naples-marco-island-water-over-roadways/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T20:00:00.000Z The National Weather Service put a severe thunderstorm warning over west central Collier at 4.05 p.m. with 60 mph gusts, on top of a flood advisory that runs until 5.45 p.m. with water over roadways from Naples to Marco Island https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/fort-myers-stella-street-structure-fire-burns-trauma-alert/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T19:12:00.000Z One person was taken from a burning house on Stella Street in Fort Myers as a trauma alert on Wednesday afternoon, and the fire department has called in the Red Cross for them https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-davis-boulevard-heritage-trail-fatal-crash-roadway-clear/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T19:06:00.000Z The Florida Highway Patrol has reclassified a Wednesday morning crash at Davis Boulevard and Heritage Trail in Naples as a fatality, and the roadway is clear https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-three-boil-water-notices-rescinded-eleven-minutes/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T19:00:00.000Z Cape Coral lifted three boil water notices inside eleven minutes on Wednesday morning, the first rescissions in almost three days, and the count of active areas fell from seven to four https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/fort-myers-meadow-avenue-fire-ruled-accidental-three-minute-response/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T11:55:00.000Z The Meadow Avenue house fire in Fort Myers has been reported as accidental, and crews reached it within three minutes of the call https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/fort-myers-not-to-exceed-7-3112-mills-trim-notices-this-month/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T11:10:00.000Z Fort Myers set a not-to-exceed property tax rate of 7.3112 mills on August 3, and that ceiling is the number Lee County TRIM notices will carry this month https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/lee-county-utilities-five-notices-beacon-street-nine-am-wednesday/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T09:45:00.000Z Lee County Utilities is carrying five boil water notices, the most this site has recorded, and the largest of them takes effect at 9 a.m. Wednesday on Beacon Street https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/marco-island-belardo-appointed-chief-effective-august-3/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T07:25:00.000Z Marco Island has a permanent police chief again, eight days after the council ruled out contracting the department away https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-parks-fee-off-the-table-resolution-198-26-still-on-agenda/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T05:40:00.000Z Cape Coral council told staff the 80 percent parks fee increase is off the table, and the resolution that would raise those fees is still on Wednesday's agenda https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/mariner-six-coaches-out-school-email-no-hazing-lack-of-supervision/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T02:55:00.000Z Six coaches are out at Mariner High School, and the school has told families there was no hazing at the lock-in but there was a lack of supervision https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/sanibel-causeway-lightning-car-fire-lanes-reopened/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T00:40:00.000Z A car caught fire on the Sanibel Causeway after lightning struck it on Tuesday evening, traffic was shut in both directions, and all lanes have since reopened https://moneyandworld.com/sw-florida/average-homeowners-insurance-cost-florida/ Money & World en 2026-08-05T00:00:00.000Z Florida counts every homeowners premium in the state. County by county, 92 percent of the market is sealed https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/collier-hendry-flood-advisory-immokalee-ave-maria/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T21:20:00.000Z A flood advisory is running for Collier and Hendry counties until 6.45 p.m. Tuesday, with two to three inches of rain already down around Immokalee and Ave Maria https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/i-75-mile-marker-125-brush-fire-smoke-caution-lee/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T20:55:00.000Z The Highway Patrol has a smoke caution running on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 125 in Lee County, logged as a brush fire at 4.43 p.m. Tuesday https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-seventh-boil-water-area-largest-shape-on-the-map/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T18:35:00.000Z Cape Coral logged a fourth boil water notice on Tuesday afternoon, and the new area on its own is as large as everything the city had under notice on Sunday https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/charlotte-county-911-telephone-interruption-calls-routed-to-lee/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T17:50:00.000Z Charlotte County 9-1-1 calls were routed to Lee County during a telephone system interruption on Tuesday, and normal service has since been restored https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/amendment-3-ballot-wording-rewrite-august-14-collier-203m-lee-453m/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T16:55:00.000Z A judge ordered Amendment 3's ballot wording rewritten by August 14, and Florida's own estimate puts the property tax cut at 203.3 million dollars a year in Collier and 453.3 million in Lee https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/buckingham-orange-river-loop-road-car-into-tree-injuries-not-stated/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T16:45:00.000Z A car hit a tree on Orange River Loop Road in Buckingham around midnight, and twelve hours on the sheriff's office has not said whether anyone was hurt https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/cape-coral-six-active-boil-water-areas-three-logged-tuesday/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T16:30:00.000Z Cape Coral logged three new boil water notices on Tuesday and now has six active areas, double the most this site has recorded, and nothing has come off the map since Sunday https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/us-41-north-fort-myers-trailer-rollover-northbound-reopened/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T07:52:00.000Z The northbound lanes of US-41 at Del Prado Boulevard in North Fort Myers are open again after a trailer rollover shut them on Monday evening https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/marco-island-inlet-drive-pool-heater-fire-kept-off-house/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T03:55:00.000Z A fire in pool heating equipment beside a Marco Island home was held off the house itself, and Marco Island Fire Rescue had it out in about fifteen minutes https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/fort-myers-meadow-avenue-house-fire-hoarding-total-loss-tenant-displaced/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T03:50:00.000Z The Meadow Avenue house that burned in Fort Myers on Monday morning is a total loss, and the tenant who was out when it started has been left displaced https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/livingston-road-carlton-lakes-naples-crash-southbound-left-lane/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T03:35:00.000Z The lanes are open again on Livingston Road at Carlton Lakes Boulevard in North Naples, where a crash with injuries blocked the southbound side for about an hour https://moneyandworld.com/tax/irs-audit-rate/ Money & World en 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z Every IRS audit rate ever published is a partial count, and the agency prints the warning in a footnote https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/i75-standoff-hearing-postponed-again-rescheduled-august-26/ Money & World en 2026-08-03T23:55:00.000Z The man accused in the July I-75 standoff in Lee County is still hospitalized, and Monday's hearing was put off to August 26 https://moneyandworld.com/briefs/mariner-cape-coral-police-join-investigation-district-names-coach/ Money & World en 2026-08-03T23:40:00.000Z Cape Coral Police have joined the Mariner High School football investigation, and the Lee County district has now named the head coach it placed on leave