Glades County News

Governor Signs Gambling Bill CLEWISTON, FL. -- Governor Charlie Crist has signed Florida Senate Bill 788, relating to gaming, which outlines the Legislaturei 1 2s parameters for a 15-year compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that will maximize funding for K-12 public schools.

Aviation Community Approved In Muse MOORE HAVEN, FL.-- Based on Community Development Staff report and recommendation of the Glades County Planning Commission, the Glades County Commissioners Tuesday morning approved a Planned Development on Fernwood Lane near Muse with density of 34 units.

Hendry County soon will have a college campus. The Board of Trustees at Edison State College agreed Thursday to purchase a 19-acre site in LaBelle for a campus that's 10 years in the making.

The new center expands Edison State's longstanding commitment of service to students in Hendry and Glades counties.

Technicalities are holding up final approval of the comprehensive plan amendment for the Eagle National Security Training Center, but Highlands County commissioners directed their planning staff to continue its efforts.

Brevard Public Schools students received the best scores among the state's 10 largest districts in every grade level and subject tested, according to Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released Thursday.

Florida's unemployment figures were released on Friday, revealing a picture of the state's workforce that might be on the road to recovery.

Federal dollars for worker training aren't limited to people without jobs or with very low incomes.

Students waited patiently to hear their names said out loud at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall this evening, and then for the cheers of family and friends.

Yahia Megahed, left, walks with brother Youssef Megahed, who will go before a judge on Tuesday to ask for bail.

Five of the federal jurors who acquitted Youssef Megahed of explosives charges are speaking out against U.S. immigration officials' decision to arrest him just four days after the verdict.

Youssef Megahed has a hearing Tuesday before a Miami immigration judge, his father and brother said today.

Through the glass, Youssef Megahed looked like he was all right. But that doesn't make sitting in jail, days after a jury acquitted him of federal explosives charges, any easier to take, his family said.

Local Muslim leaders and advocates on Tuesday demanded that U.S. immigration officials release Youssef Megahed, who was detained just three days after a jury acquitted him of federal explosives charges.

Youssef Megahed is being held in the Glades County Jail in south central Florida as he awaits proceedings in his immigration case, his brother said today.

Florida Fish & Wildlife officers have arrested three teenagers for alligator poaching in Glades County.

County commissioners voted 5-0 to issue a state of emergency on Tuesday, effectively banning all burning without a permit from the Division of Forestry for the next seven days effective immediately.

Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission arrested three people in an alligator poaching case last week in Glades County.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY a ' Authorities shut down a partially-dismantled marijuana grow house Tuesday, making it the fourth operation raided this year.

The District Court of Appeal ruling, handed down Thursday, ends a seven-year battle between Brock and county commissioners, who have spent about $2 million in legal costs over the years in this and related ...