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Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:12 p.m. LAKELAND The city's blue-collar water and wastewater workers said "No" on Tuesday to joining a union.

From June 23 to June 30, there were seven properties sold in the LaBelle, Florida area of Hendry county for an average price of $76,429. The homes sold, all in the Port LaBelle area include: 1) $36,000 on Brazil Circle 2) $129,000 on Case Rd 3) $89,000 on Maywood Circle 4) Unknown price on Maywood Circle 5) $42,000 on Olive Circle 6) $200,000 on N ...

Ready For A Safe 4th Of July? Only Sparklers Are Allowed LABELLE, FL. -- Under Florida law, only sparklers, approved by the Florida Division of State Fire Marshal, are legal for consumer usage.

Not Anytime Soon LABELLE, FL. -- Welfare rolls, which were slow to rise and actually fell in many states early in the recession, now are climbing across the country for the first time since President Bill Clinton signed legislation pledging "to end welfare as we know it" more than a decade ago.

The Great Google Map Contest For Sunday Morning News Viewers LABELLE, FL. -- Readers who want a bit of a summer puzzle challenge and some fun, are welcome to enter the Sunday Morning News/Southwest Florida Online contest this week.

Highest Since 1975 LABELLE, FL. -- Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2009 was 10.2%. This represents 943,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,232,000. The unemployment rate is 0.5 percentage point higher than the revised April rate of 9.7% and is up 4.4 percentage points from the May 2008 rate.

LaBelle Chinese Restaurant - 9 Critical Food Violations, 6 Non-Critical LABELLE, FL.

Two Arrests In Port LaBelle Drug Grow Operations In Hendry County LABELLE, FL. -- On Thursday June 11, 2009 Hendry County law enforcement personnel participated in a coordinated statewide law enforcement effort, Operation Eagle Claw, aimed at dismantling suspected hydroponic marijuana grow laboratories throughout the State of Florida.

A big change is coming to a little town in Southwest Florida. It's hoped improvements at a landmark hotel will breathe new life into LaBelle.

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

An 82-year-old LaBelle woman's daughter and grandson were arrested last month after Hendry County deputies found the trio living in a filthy home with livestock and rats and animal excrement tracked throughout, reports state.

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

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla. - A "no kill" animal shelter in Southwest Florida is on the brink of closure.

Congressman Connie Mack will speak at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Hope Hospice House in Lehigh Acres Thursday, May 28, at 10 a.m. The event will take place at 9 Beth Stacey Lane in Lehigh Acres.

They're remembered with gravesites in Fort Myers and Fort Denaud in Hendry County.

Last week we published a series of stories about hunger in Lee County. The stories paint a grim landscape and the statistics are troubling, but the response has been inspiring and overwhelming.

Marcus J. Knight, 34, 604 Palm Ridge Drive, Immokalee, was arrested Saturday at 506 S. First St., in Immokalee.

It's looking like the area might be getting afternoon showers for the third consecutive day.

PHOTOS / VIDEO: Running for a cause: Hegge making way through SW Florida, still on course to complete run from Tampa to South Beach By NICK KRUEGER 8:44 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, 2009 MICHEL FORTIER It's 5am and Angela Hegge, center, heads out from a parking lot at University of South Florida in Tampa with her friend Darren Scott, right, who will run ...

The firm of the late real estate mogul Frank D'Alessandro and a Southwest Florida bank are named in a lawsuit claiming investors were misled into overpaying 'by millions of dollars' for a tract of Hendry County land in 2006.