WAFC Local News – July 08, 2026, 8:06 AM
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I’m Charles Murphy reporting. The estate of a motorcyclist has sued a trucking firm for a fatal crash in Henry County. The estate of Josepha Barber, represented by John O. Chilfen, sued Anytime Rental and Sales of Florida, Penske Leasing and Rental Company and four others in a negligence lawsuit. The action occurred on May 3rd, 2024 on State Road 29 in Felda. The litigation claims a driver of the truck, Kenneth Howell, was negligent and made a left turn into the path of the motorcycle at Morris Taylor Road. The lawsuit seeks damages for lost income, pain and suffering, medical and funeral bills, loss of comfort to his parents and family members. The vehicle was also pulling a trailer with another vehicle on board at the time of the collision. Glades County commissioners approving changes to the Big Lake project in Lakeport. It will allow a private wastewater treatment plant. Previously, they were negotiating with Lakeport Water Association to provide sewer service, but no agreement could be reached. The project includes a thousand homes, 100,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial, 1.28 million square feet of general commercial space and two and a half million square feet of industrial use. The commission also approved a November referendum to decide if commissioners will serve in single member districts instead of countywide voting. The bridge that burned over Fish Eating Creek in Palmdale was quickly repaired and reopened in June. Commissioner Jerry Sapp was glad the bridge repairs were done quickly. The trains running again. I’ve seen that. My wife stays in her little office about three or four o’clock in the morning. She come in there the next morning and said I heard a train blowing. So it’s good. I knew it wouldn’t take long. So they had to get on it. A Belle Glade man is facing charges of resisting arrest and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. He allegedly got into an argument with his boyfriend because the boyfriend was texting other men. He struck the victim in the face with a firearm allegedly and then ran off. Deputies spotted the suspect running near Southwest Avenue D and Southwest 8th Street and he complied with their commands. 34-year-old Kennedy Mitchell is also accused of pointing a firearm in the face of the victim and making threats. Pahokee looking at ways to remove hogs from damaging the Port Myakka Cemetery. An exterior fence would be too expensive. They’re looking at sound wave devices that disturb hogs and discourage them from entering property. City Manager Brenda Bryant says in her opinion there are three ways to solve the hog problem. Make a ditch around the cemetery so that the hogs will not get to the cemetery. And then the person that will come will come and take the hogs away once they fall into the ditch. A 44-year-old Clewiston man is facing charges of aggravated battery on the elderly, domestic battery by strangulation, resisting arrest and misdemeanor battery. He allegedly was causing a disturbance at a Clewiston residence, destroying the inside of the home and struck the victim, a 45-year-old female. Deputies say Jorge Marquez surrendered to them without problem, but then started to tighten his muscles and woefully pulled away from them as they tried to handcuff him. EMS treated Marquez at the scene for lacerations to his face and shoulders. I’m Charles Murphy, WAFC News.
Recorded from the WAFC daily newscast (Glades Media).