Wackenhut News

Three people were injured in a collision near Willcox Wednesday morning involving a bus that transports illegal immigrants, authorities said.

Drew and Iliana Levine have listed for sale a five-bedroom, four-bath home at 11221 N.W. 15th St.

Wackenhut, one of the world's largest security providers, announced it is moving its North America corporate headquarters to Jupiter, near Abacoa's Town Center, after Palm Beach County economic development specialists worked for months to keep the company here.

Miami-Dade County highest spender in lobbying U.S. With the dubious distinction of being the No.

After being given a 30-day termination notice in August, Wackenhut Corp. will be asked to accept month-to-month employment in Lakewood Ranch due to a bidding error when a new security firm was selected.

In its first week on the job, a private security firm hired by the sheriff to protect the courthouse had to remove a guard who fell asleep, the company has confirmed.

Sheriff Richard Nugent's cost-cutting took shape this week as guards with gold badges and shiny whistles began to replace sworn deputies at courthouse security posts.

In May, I told you how the Service Employees International Union's $61 million investment in Barack Obama paid off with cabinet appointments, executive orders, key personnel slots, and legislative goodies.

In May, I told you how the Service Employees International Union's $61 million investment in Barack Obama paid off with cabinet appointments, executive orders, key personnel slots, and legislative goodies.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected the appeals of four men found guilty last year in the murder of Janet Chandler, a Hope College student who was brutally gang-raped and then strangled to death in 1979.

Almost 19 months after thieves broke into the Davidson County Election Commission and made off with computers containing 337,000 voters' Social Security numbers, Metro is on the verge of getting back $400,000 from its security contractor.

An appellate court is weighing claims against The GEO Group, formerly known as Wackenhut Corrections Corp., to determine if the private prison business lied when it claimed to have been exonerated of any responsibility in the beating death of an inmate and if it should be sanctioned.

Miami-Dade County commissioners unanimously cleared former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek of any conflicts in her dual representation of the county and security firm Wackenhut Corp.

In the escalating showdown between Miami-Dade County and Wackenhut Corp., former congresswoman Carrie Meek is on both sides.

Former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek is asking Miami-Dade officials to let her continue lobbying for both the county and Wackenhut Corp.

Three weeks after Miami-Dade County declared that Wackenhut Corp. bilked taxpayers of millions and would no longer do county business, the security firm fired back with its own show of force: a $20 million lawsuit against the county and two top officials.

Apr 29, 2009 8:17 pm US/Eastern Ironically, security was tight at a news conference Wednesday where Wackenhut Corporation announced it is suing Miami-Dade County for "at least $20 million." Uniformed Wackenhut guards flanked the entrances to the news conference and kept watch on television news photographers and reporters inside as the company ...

The Cook Nuclear Plant is shaking up its security force. The Plant is ending its contract with Florida-based Wackenhut Corporation and instead offering all security officers jobs with Indiana Michigan Power.

It is no secret that our country has been in a catastrophic economic state. Hard working men and woman who have been with companies for years are being laid off left and right.