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Citizen group focuses on proposed Bridge Street bypass

The Second Bridge Group (SBG), a group of citizens formed to collect and share information about the proposed ...

Belle Glade local named to the Dean’s List

Arys Gil Henriquez of Belle Glade has been named to the spring 2023 Dean’s List at Rockford...

Community invited to July 30 Indiantown High School Open House

On July 30, families throughout Martin County and neighboring communities can take a sneak peek inside Indiantown High School...

HRMC welcomes Cathy Rodriguez to Hospital Authority Board

Hendry Regional Medical Center is proud to announce Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Cathy Rodriguez...
The Okeechobee School for Boys was built in 1959.

IRSC to take over old 'boys school' property

The property previously used by the Okeechobee School for Boys will be transferred to Indian River State College, under House Bill 1603 which was signed into law …
Health

FSW hosts its annual Give Kids a Smile Day

Florida Southwestern State College will be providing FREE dental hygiene services...

Pregnancy Center offers free HEP C, STD & STI testing

FREE confidential rapid testing and treatment for HEP C, HIV, STD’s / STI’s.

CHS FFA students rate fourth in state competition

The Hendry County School Board recognized Clewiston High School’s Future Farmers of ...
Community News

USPS And USPIS continue nationwide campaign to combat postal crime

The U.S Postal Service (USPS) and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced an update...

Sugar Festival attracts thousands to Clewiston

The 2024 Clewiston Festival provided lots of family fun with free concerts, free carnival rides, a car show, entertainment, a cornhole tournament, line dancing lessons …

Okeechobee Library Winter Concert Series is back!

All performances are free and open to the public.
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Sports

Clewiston wrestling advances to state tournament

The Clewiston High School wrestling program had one of their members advance to the Florida High School Athletic Association’s state tournament on Feb. 29.

Larry Wise catches 2 whoppers

Larry Wise caught two bass weighing 8.7 pounds and 7.6 pounds...
Schools
FORT MYERS -- LaBelle Elementary School Pre-K students visited the Shell Factory on a recent field trip. [Photo courtesy LES]

LES students enjoy trip to Shell Factory

FORT MYERS -- LaBelle Elementary School Pre-K students enjoyed a trip to the Shell Factory in March. For more photos, see the school's page on Facebook ...
PBSO Deputy Kenneth Torrence, Nayeli Perez, PBSO Deputy Bryan Hernandez, Aidan Lakatos, Amy Martinez, PBSO Corporal Chad Pelham, Jaci Dulany, PBSO Deputy Kelly Morell, Giselle Silvestre, PBSO Deputy Alejandro Albor, PBSO Deputy Jackie Garrett and Julian Bueno.

PBCSF announces recipients of its youth scholarship program

The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation (PBCSF) is pleased to announce the recipients of its...

GLM shares the year's success with Hendry County

The Hendry County Commission received a detailed update of Glades Lives Matter (GLM) ...
Government
Okeechobee County residents will receive new garbage carts from Waste Management in April ...
March is National Music in Our Schools Month.
Veterans

Ancient Oaks RV Resort Condominium honors veterans

Ancient Oaks RV Resort Condominium held their annual Golf Cart Rally and spaghetti lunch to honor their veterans...

Veterans help veterans by enrolling in Florida adventure series

During the two volunteer days, veterans enrolled in the Home Base Florida Adventure Series...

Wreaths Across America announces new theme for 2024

Wreaths Across America (WAA), the national nonprofit whose year-long mission...
State
Rabbi Chaim Slavaticki stands next to the fire-damaged Las Olas Jewish Center on Monday, March 18, 2024., in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A homeless man who police believe is mentally ill is charged with setting fire to the building on Saturday, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Terry Spencer)

Arsonist sets fire to Florida Jewish center, but police do not believe it was a hate crime

A Florida Jewish center suffered severe damage in a weekend arson fire that police believe was set by a mentally ill homeless man. The Las Olas Jewish Center in Fort Lauderdale will be closed …

1 killed in shootings at Jacksonville Beach on St. Patrick's Day

Police are investigating a series of shootings in Jacksonville Beach that left one person dead during the busy St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Jacksonville Beach Police Chief Gene Paul Smith says three …
FILE - A man enters the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, March 10, 2024. A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Miami, U.S. State Department officials said. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph. File)

First charter flight with US citizens fleeing Haiti lands in Miami

A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti has landed in Miami. U.S. State Department officials said more than 30 U.S. citizens were on the government …
Opinion

Jehovah’s Witnesses launch invitation campaign

Considered the most important day of the year for Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Memorial is observed...

Biden administration undermines a beleaguered ally

During World War II, the civilians of the Axis nations suffered greatly. Their daily lives...
The Weekly Clothesline

The Weekly Clothesline: “Is that you, Jesus?”

Everyone responds to Lent differently. Some people follow the typical “penitential” way…
Nation & World
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a concert marking his victory in a presidential election and the 10-year anniversary of Crimea's annexation by Russia on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 18, 2024. President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine a decade ago, a move that sent his popularity soaring but was widely denounced as illegal. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Takeaways from the predictable Russian election that gave Putin another 6 years in power

To no one’s surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power in a preordained election landslide that comes amid the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech …
FILE - Safia Ibrahim demonstrates for the camera the tools and techniques she uses to perform female genital mutilation (FGM), which she learned at the age of 15 and has been practising for 35 years, in the courtyard of her home in Hargeisa, Somaliland, a semi-autonomous breakaway region of Somalia, on Feb. 7, 2022. Lawmakers in Gambia are preparing to vote Monday, March 18, 2024 on legislation that would repeal a 2015 law banning female genital mutilation, which would make it the first country to reverse a ban. The procedure requires the partial or full removal of external genitalia. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Gambia could become the first country to reverse a ban on female genital cutting

Lawmakers in Gambia have rejected for now an attempt to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make that reversal. Activists in …
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow in Moscow, Russia, early Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Reactions as Vladimir Putin secures a fifth term as Russia's president after tightly controlled vote

Vladimir Putin has secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia. The election commission announced the results of a vote in which he faced no serious challenges and which happened amid …
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