Labelle News

Col. Thomas Corbitt New Manager MOORE HAVEN, FL. -- The Glades County Economic Development Council will host a social Wednesday, May 15 beginning at 5 p.m. at First Bank to welcome new Glades County Manager Thomas R. Corbitt.

The Arts of the Inland will hold their member meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Firehouse Community Theatre, 241 North Bridge Street, LaBelle, FL at 6:00 p.m. All visual, literary and performing artists as well as cultural supporters and the general public are invited to attend.

Bonnie Denning Sentenced To Six Years LABELLE, FL. -- The daughter of a prominent LaBelle real estate broker has been sentenced to prison for embezzling $673,000 from her Lee county employer.

LABELL, Fla.- A precautionary boil water notice has been issued for the City of LaBelle water service area.

All City of LaBelle water users are advised to bring drinking water to a rolling boil for at least one minute prior to consumption.

TALLAHASSEE - In completing an $11.2 billion section of the 2013-14 fiscal package focused on economic development, transportation and tourism issues, senators were also busy distributing state money towards local projects.

Mysterious Donations At Museum LABELLE, FL. -- Anonymous "donations" have been left at the front door of LaBelle's Heritage Museum that have volunteers perplexed.

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla.- The Florida Forest Service will be conducting a 40-acre prescribed burn on the Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest in rural Hendry County.

Affordable, disability-accessible housing will soon be available in Clewiston. Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida has broken ground on Sweetwater Place, an income-subsidized apartment complex for people with physical disabilities Sweetwater Place will be Goodwill's fourteenth housing complex in Southwest Florida, and first in Clewiston.