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Enough to Make You Sick

The CDC is trying to determine what the residents of downtown Belle Glade already know -- that poverty, drugs, and prostitution are bad for your health

A Southern Belle in Black and White

The City of Belle Glade may be forced to annex the Okeechobee Center and put an end to alleged discrimination against its mostly black residents

Best Place for a History Lesson

The vacant lot at the northwest corner of Tamarind Avenue and 25th Street

Letters to the Editor

Letters for September 7, 2000

Dirty Trash

Every day is Trash pickup day in Broward

Best Day Trip

Lake Okeechobee

Lauderdale District 4: a Native or New Blood?

Prewitt (left) and Romney at last night's debateI caught bit of flak earlier in this local election cycle for focusing more on the background of Fort Lauderdale candidates than on the "issues." But really! The candidates' backgrounds are important factors in their fitness to govern, and they also ha ... More >>

Stomp the Worm

Saint Aaron to the rescue in Haiti

Tailpipe

Toot Uncommon

Lights Out, Flick Fancier!

The Palm Beach Film Festival asks for only a week of your time

Making Waves

The Palm Beach Film Festival asks for only a week of your time

The Book of Ruth

He plays small-town, big-time football. But is that enough?

Death and Doubts

Ray Golden's hanging was a national curiosity. Maybe his legacy will be social justice.

Doll Farce

A Virginia company expropriates a chunk of civil rights history with South Florida roots

Baby Doll

Sara Lee Creech of Belle Glade tells a long-forgotten chapter of civil rights history

Bringing in the Business

After seven years of planning and mucho spending, the Belle Glade Business Park still has nary a tenant

At Work in the Fields of the Lord

Long hours. Low pay. Hardly any rights. It's the life of Palm Beach County's hidden underclass: migrant farm workers.

The Real Sugar Bowl

That would be Glades Central versus Pahokee, a fierce high-school rivalry that's become a bigtime game

South Florida Skunked on Best Towns List

Flickr User: steve_barryThe sugar stacks skyline in Belle Glade did not impress Money Mag list-makers.Someone please tell Money Magazine that South Florida has not been swallowed by the ocean (yet). How else could the editors not name a single town in this region to its list of the best towns to liv ... More >>

Tonight From Hard Rock: Pahokee / Belle Glade Boxers a Feel-Good Undercard to ESPN Slugfest

Flickr User: Craig Sharp​At 9 p.m. tonight, ESPN2 is kicking off an edition of Friday Night Fights with a feature about 20 kids from western Palm Beach County who participate in the Police Athletic League's boxing program. The youngsters, all from Pahokee and Belle Glade, taped the segment yesterd ... More >>

PBSO: Sorry For the Beatings. Here, Have Some Bikes!

FacebookSgt. Brent Raban, the Punisher.​In a heartwarming display of goodwill, Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies tomorrow plan to distribute 45 free bikes to kids in Belle Glade. It's a lovely gesture, sure to be appreciated by children in a city plagued by crime and poverty. Only, the timing i ... More >>

In Honor of Tim Tebow: 10 Great Football Careers Ended By Concussions

flickr.com No pressure, Tim, it's only your brain. ​Though the University of Florida and coach Urban Meyer have been nothing but careful with their words, I don't think there was ever really a doubt that Tim Tebow would play in tonight's big game against LSU. This, just two weeks rem ... More >>

Morning Juice: Adventures in Bad Parenting

Time to get your Monday on. But first, a look back on what made news this past weekend.​Tamarac mayoral candidate Ed Portner gave a short interview to WPLG about why he went over to his daughter Stacy Ritter's home with a gun last week: "I wanted to scare the crap out of her." Mission accomplished ... More >>

Morning Juice: Police Informant Shot; Political Top Guns in Broward Stay Holstered

​Here's your look at what's in today's news:Dwayne Blake of Belle Glade is in jail after allegedly shooting an undercover operative who was taping conversations with Blake for a narcotics investigation. [Palm Beach Post]H1N1 vaccinations have started in Broward and Palm Beach, with people aged 2 t ... More >>

Santonio Holmes Still Knows Hometown Belle Glade Like the Back of His Hands -- Literally

Photo by Andrew Rush / Post-Gazette​Santonio Holmes is from Belle Glade, and now that he's a Super Bowl MVP wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, you'd imagine that his life in that crime-ridden, rundown berg is a distant memory. But according to the Post-Gazette, Holmes thinks of home every ... More >>

Thanksgiving Dinner Free in "Muck City"

Flickr: mrrad89​It's too bad there aren't more players like Santonio Holmes. The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP swung back to his native Belle Glade for the second straight year to serve Thanksgiving meals to needy families. WPBF was there.NFL players do tons of charity work, ... More >>

Morning Juice: Belle Glade Guards Snared in Federal Sting; Rothstein Partners Feeling Heat

​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach:It appears that yet another group of public employees walked right into a federal sting. This time, the suits were back in Palm Beach County, where the U.S. Attorney's office revealed that state corrections officers in Belle Glade agreed to transp ... More >>

Why Cops Said Robert Tomlin's Shooting Death Was Justified

Flickr user: kevitivityTomlin was armed when he entered Miller's home.​In their investigation of the fatal shooting of Robert Rashard Tomlin last year, Palm Beach County sheriff's detectives made a clear distinction from the start. Yes, this was a homicide. Tomlin, 22, was shot by Heath Miller, a ... More >>

The Verbal Nosh: Chatting With James Beard Nominee Zach Bell of Café Boulud

Bell has methodically worked his way up to lead chef at Cafe Boulud, where Daniel's standard of excellence is the brass ring.

UPDATED: Homicide Caps String of Violent Crimes in Belle Glade

Flickr user: kevitivityIs the recent violence part of a trend?​An alleged burglary and homicide in Belle Glade yesterday afternoon was the third in a string of violent crimes in the impoverished city in the past ten days.According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, a man in a black hoodie ... More >>

PBSO: No Violent Trend in Belle Glade

Flickr user: alancleaver_2000​Earlier this week, we brought you the news of what appeared to be a string of violence in Belle Glade. In the span of ten days, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office reported a dead body found in the street, a stabbing, and an alleged burglary/homicide at a convenien ... More >>

EPA Investigates Link Between Cancer and Atrazine, the Chemical Behind the Cane

Flickr: parhessiastesSugar Cane: Harmless plant or serious accomplice?​These years have not been kind to the proverbial Floridian wallet: If Madoff didn't take your money, then Rothstein probably did, and good luck selling that 4-bedroom for more than the price of a Lego pirate ship. Now, Florida' ... More >>

Controversial Herbicide Atrazine Will be Used Through At Least September

Flickr: Loz FlowersSugar Cane Atrazine = BFF?​Farmers equate saying goodbye to atrazine to depleting Floridian agriculture. But a growing number of scientists believe atrazine, an herbicide widely used to remove weeds and promote the growth of cash-crop sugar cane, may cause cancer and birth def ... More >>

The Glades Generates Good Reviews -- So Far

  "No, I'm not Dexter!"​If you thought The Glades was a new sitcom about a dysfunctional yet aromatic family of air fresheners, you're wrong. That show, The Stick-Ups, doesn't debut until fall. The Glades, which premiered last night on the A&E network, is actually a detective ... More >>

Mango Farm Tour at Erickson Farms Sunday -- a Family Day Out

​The 99-year-old Erickson Farms in Canal Point opens its gates to the public on Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., for its annual Farm Tour. The free tour features rides among the mango groves -- 40 acres of them -- and around the other tropical trees growing on the other 20 acres.Kim Erickson, one of the ... More >>

Belle Glade Orders Concerned Citizen to Stop Picking Up Trash

Via WikipediaDo not try to clean up this picture.​Keep it trashy, Belle Glade.Try to pick up trash in this Palm Beach County city and you might be threatened by the long arm of the law. According to a story reported by News Channel 5, the efforts of a concerned citizen to clean up trash-infes ... More >>

Belle Glade Commissioner Speaks Up About "Slum Living Conditions" for Poorest Workers

Belle Glade is a small outpost nestled among the cane fields near the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. "Muck City," as it's also called, houses a large number of the low-wage workers who tend the fields and produce America's largest supply of sugar cane.Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum ... More >>

Sheriff's District Commander in Belle Glade Accused of Tossing Out Traffic Tickets

PBSO​Palm Beach Sheriff's Office Lt. Michael Morris -- AKA "Big Mike" -- was allegedly doing a favor for a friend when he tossed out a handful of traffic tickets last November. But the good deed ended up landing the Belle Glade district commander in hot water, charged with felony official miscondu ... More >>

ICE Picks Southwest Ranches For New Immigrant Pen

voxrox.co​Some lucky folks in western Broward County are going to have a couple thousand possible illegal immigrants as new neighbors soon.Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has "tentatively selected" Southwest Ranches, along with a private prison company, to build one of the largest ... More >>

Funeral Homes Schtupp Casket Company Out of $50K, Lawsuit Claims

Time To Pay Up​An Indiana casket company has recently taken two Belle Glade funeral homes to court, claiming that the undertakers didn't pay for nearly $50,000 worth of coffins. 

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw Faces Accusations of Sexism

Time To Pay Up​An Indiana casket company has recently taken two Belle Glade funeral homes to court, claiming that the undertakers didn't pay for nearly $50,000 worth of coffins. 

Lavelle Dennard, AKA "Psycho," Convicted of Attempting to Murder Lifelong Acquaintance

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeLavelle Dennard, also known as "Psycho."​Lavelle Dennard, also known as "Psycho," was found guilty by a jury yesterday of attempted murder, stemming from shooting a man he'd known his whole life while he was having a cookout with friends at a Belle Glade park in M ... More >>

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Gets Its First Homicide of 2012

​Thirty hours and 30 minutes into 2012, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office began investigating its first homicide of the year.The PBSO announced this morning that 49-year-old James McMillan was working at his Belle Glade grocery store when he was shot during an attempted robbery around 6:3 ... More >>

Second Suspect Arrested in Jimmy McMillan's Death Identified by Alleged Shooter's Mom

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeJonathan Jones​The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrested a second suspect in the death of Belle Glade grocery store owner Jimmy McMillan, after he was identified by the mother of the alleged shooter.Jonathan Jones now joins Corey Graham Jr. in the Palm B ... More >>

Alleged Accomplice in Jimmy McMillan's Death Has Faced Murder Charges Before

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeJonathan Jones​Jonathan Jones was arrested on Tuesday as an alleged accomplice in the murder of Belle Glade grocery store owner Jimmy McMillan, as an "accessory after the fact."At 20 years old, this is now the second time Jones has been booked into the Palm Be ... More >>

PBSO Needs Help Identifying Pedestrian Killed in Belle Glade; They Have an Eerie Drawing

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeI swear I saw it blink.​Palm Beach officials are asking for help identifying a man who was killed in Belle Glade on January 8 when he ran in front of a Chrysler sedan just before 8 p.m.The crash happened at the intersection of First Street and South Main Street; t ... More >>