Glades County News

Glades Commissioners Appoint Construction Manager MOORE HAVEN, FL. -- The Glades County Board of County Commissioners Tuesday approved the contract negotiated with Wright Construction to provide Construction Management of the proposed Glades County Public Health Facility with costs covered by a $5.1 million federal grant.

Zoning Changes Allow Formerly Illegal Hog Farm To Continue MOORE HAVEN, FL. -- The Glades County Commission approved this week a zoning change allowing a pre-existing zoning violation to continue at a hog farm south of Moore Haven on US Highway 27.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 4:15 p.m. Registered sex offender Boyd David Hodges attended the University of Florida about six months before campus police began receiving the complaints that alerted them to his presence and changed the university's admission policies.

"This is an exciting time for the College and the community," said Bill Roshon, Dean of Professional and Technical Studies at Edison State College.

The following people were booked Monday, Nov. 2 into the Highlands County Jail: Derrick Javon Braswell , 27, of 316 E. Joe Hilton St., Avon Park, on a charge of retail theft of $300 or more.

Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. Terrance Jamerson says he will never forget what happened on Aug.

Two East Coast teenagers were seriously injured in a crash on U.S. 27 in Glades County Sunday afternoon.

Only WINK News cameras were rolling as rescue crews rush to pull victims from the wreckage of a helicopter crash.

The family of two Immokalee men killed last year when a tractor-trailer smashed into their van are suing companies for failing to replace rumble strips and creating perilous conditions, records show.

There are reports of a helicopter down with injuries in Glades County, according to Janice Brewster, a spokeswoman at the Hendry County Sheriff's Office.

Lee County Sheriff's deputies have just located and detained both Ashley O'Connor and Kenneth Ross in Hendry County, according to spokesman John Sheehan.

SUV Crashes Into Tree In Muse LABELLE, FL. -- A 48-year old LaBelle woman was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital after a crash into a tree in Muse, northwest of the city of LaBelle.

Driver And Two Passengers Taken To Hendry Regional Hospital MOORE HAVEN, FL. -- A deer crossing US Highway 27 at Lykes Road in Glades county caused an accident leaving a motorist and two passengers in serious condition when their truck struck the deer.

A LaBelle woman was listed in serious condition at Lee Memorial Hospital today after her car crashed into a tree Saturday night in Glades County.

Two LaBelle Real Estate Sales In Two Weeks LABELLE FL. -- From September 22 to October 6, there were two homes sold in the LaBelle area for an average price of $119,500. $150,000 was the sales price for a home on Frontier Circle in the Port LaBelle Ranchettes.

Ideas Immigrant Detention Include Converting Hotels and Building Models By NINA BERNSTEIN Published: October 5, 2009- NY Times The Obama administration is looking to convert hotels and nursing homes into immigration detention centers and to build two model detention centers from scratch as it tries to transform the way the government holds people ...

More than 22,000 women, infants and children enrolled in the Lee/ Hendry/ Glades County Health Department's WIC program will receive the new, nationally revised WIC food package beginning today.

Do you think Sebring Parkway is a road to nowhere? Or do you think the freeway should be extended - as the Avon Parkway - from South Florida Community College through downtown, behind Walmart to Shop 16 Road? Opinions of the public are being solicited on the comprehensive plan by the Highlands County Planning Department at a public workshop, ...

Leadership Hendry Glades Counties Orientation Dinner On September 15, 2009, the Hideaway Restaurant in Lakeport hosted the Leadership Hendry Glades Counties Orientation Dinner.

Are Elected Officials Earning Their Salaries? LABELLE, FL. -- The practice of determining the compensation of Florida's county constitutional officers is determined by state law and was first sanctioned by the Constitution of 1885 and has been maintained since the 1968 constitutional revision.