The Herald-Advocate

11/06/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/1-killed-after-motorcyces-collide/article_6f7b1626-ef1a-4623-bc60-fcc85e414e6b.html

One person was killed late Wednesday afternoon after two motorcycles collided on State Road 64 near Wauchula.

10/29/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/police-officer-firefighter-arrested-on-dui-charges/article_ce00b059-38ad-41bb-8e5c-b0c8d8bcfbde.html

An officer with the Wauchula Police Department and a firefighter/paramedic with Hardee County Fire Rescue were arrested early Wednesday morning on separate DUI charges.

10/15/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/bg-city-manager-abandons-job-after-not-getting-merit-pay/article_65737f34-1817-4e6d-8ddb-ccb9ab971399.html

Bowling Green City Manager Pam Durrance abandoned her job Tuesday night after the Bowling Green City Commission failed to sign off on her merit pay and cost of living increase

09/12/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/insurance-agent-enters-guilty-plea-in-exchange-for-jail-time-probation/article_90b4bfb7-dd0e-4e8e-bd87-475e1471f406.html

Michelle Yeomans pleaded guilty on Thursday to bilking customers out of their insurance premiums.

08/27/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/homeless-man-set-on-fire/article_7754805a-6d4a-450c-8847-2d6c207e745b.html

A homeless man was set ablaze last week as he slept behind a local restaurant in Wauchula.

08/25/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/staffer-failed-to-report-intruder-for-more-than-2-hours/article_21a1c80d-c0cd-4dbb-a8ae-51873688f527.html

A district school employee at Wauchula Elementary School saw an intruder on campus, watched the man climb a fence to escape, and then waited more than two hours to report

08/14/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/mining-park-now-social-media-famous/article_5c7840ee-69dc-476b-88d4-179dfd17f805.html

Hardee County’s Florida Fishing Trail and Hardee Lakes Park were thrust into the national spotlight this week thanks to a video posted by a Florida social media personality.

08/08/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/commissioner-attempts-ida-takeover/article_afc442bf-5310-49d0-9ba2-a05b0f847500.html

County Commissioner Tim Wells attempted to drastically overhaul the governing structure of the Hardee County Industrial Development Authority Thursday morning by introducing a resolution to fellow commissioners just more than

08/06/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/journalism-that-matters-the-herald-advocate-earns-22-awards-for-excellence/article_e17045ce-595a-496e-811f-33d9b2a8e5c4.html

The Herald-Advocate earned 22 total awards for journalistic excellence at the annual Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest.

07/28/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/one-dead-in-fiery-sunday-wreck/article_4427f44b-b400-4418-9f2b-aec374b0903f.html

One person died Sunday in a fiery wreck on State Road 66.

07/24/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/officers-train-for-what-could-be-hardee-county-s-worst-day/article_f6c7ad2f-6192-4cf5-b163-8e3923391b02.html

06/18/2025

https://www.theheraldadvocate.com/news/district-considering-moving-graduation-indoors/article_96291916-1a31-4673-8f0a-2fdbd8e99957.html

District administration is investigating options for moving graduation to a new location, including an option that would have Hardee Senior High School graduate at the Turner Center in Arcadia.