Belle Glade News

Rotary scholarship winners Vitaliy Kits, Zaki Moustafa and Shawana Carter with club officers.

A man who heard gunshots was hit in the thigh by a bullet while running away from the gunfire, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

It was a recipe for success at other schools: a committed principal, an extra period in the day, more teacher training and mandatory reading classes for students with the lowest test scores.

For years, Palm Beach County has provided a free three-month program that helps turn around children who are slipping in school, defying their parents or starting to get into trouble.

Food and shelter are the most pressing needs for the homeless - but what about health care?

A small but determined team of health-care workers is fanning the county to bring basic care to this growing population. Along the way, they help the homeless sign up for government health insurance and refer them to the health department clinics for specialized care.

'It's saving taxpayers money,' said Yanick Gribkoff, program manager and one of the team's two nurses. 'We're able to prevent the homeless from ending up in the hospital.'

A man has been flown to the hospital following an early morning head-on collision in Belle Glade.

The Trauma Hawk helicopter and several emergency rescue units are on the scene of a head-on collision in Belle Glade this morning.

Imagine Everglades National Park extending north into Palm Beach County. Four trails lead from the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail atop the lake's dike into four downtowns, "little San Antonios" with restored ...

When a neighbor murdered Christopher Cote in 2006, his mother saw the last moments of his life and then saw her life change forever.

Washington, July 4: A new study by zoologists at the University of Florida suggests that toads in suburban areas are less likely to suffer from reproductive system abnormalities than those in the vicinity of ...

Published Monday, June 30, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Monday, June 30, 2008 at 6:53 a.m. For the first time in four years, clams in Pine Island Sound are ready to harvest, oysters are growing in thick ...

A South Florida man was jailed after he accidentally shot a friend in the leg on Saturday night, police say.

The Florida Highway Patrol said charges are pending in a crash between a farm tractor and a pickup truck that sent a man into a canal and injured two others.

Deputies are searching for two would-be robbers who shot their way out of a jewelry store when the door locked behind them about 11 a.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Southwest Avenue B.

Two men entered Osvaldo jewelry store, each carrying a an assault rifle, and one with a black bag, the Sheriff's Office said.

Once inside, the door locked behind them and they tried to get out. When they couldn't, they shot through the door, deputies said. One person standing outside suffered minor injuries from the shattered glass.

On June 19, The Post reported that roughly 5,000 tires have been found discarded on a Lake Okeechobee island near Belle Glade.

Just as businesses are making cuts in an unforgiving economy, so is the foundation raising money for a $73 million public hospital in Belle Glade.

The executive director of the Glades Healthcare Foundation will be laid off effective Monday and the foundation will no longer employ consultants from the Waters Pelton Organization in West Palm Beach.

The cuts save $200,000 a year, though total savings will decrease once the foundation board decides how to replace those employees. Pat Lord served as executive director more than a year and was paid $80,000.

A sour mood swept through "America's Sweetest Town," a community where sugar is king and generations of residents have depended on the U.S. Sugar Corp.

A car sailed into a canal near Hatton Highway and Gator Boulevard in western Palm Beach County this morning, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue dispatchers.

Two powerlines were felled Saturday evening when storms, accompanied by high winds, moved through Belle Glade and South Bay, said FPL spokesman Mayco Vilafana.

Suspect Escapes After Purse Snatch At Publix In RPB Jason Budjinski 20.JUN.08 JUNE 15 - A customer of the Publix supermarket on State Road 7 in Royal Palm Beach was the victim of a grand theft last Sunday after ...