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The CIW’s Nely Rodriguez (right) leads a conversation on protection against retaliation under the Fair Food Program during a recent Worker-to-Worker Education session on a Fair Food Program Participating Farm, as two volunteers display an FFP drawing depicting a supervisor scolding a worker for speaking up on the job.
Harvard Law School hails Fair Food Program as model for human rights
Thirty years ago, farmwork in Immokalee was laden with abuse at virtually every turn. more
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No toxins found in algal bloom at Lock 7
Visitors to the pier Lock 7 this week noticed a green cast to the water near the shore. more
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PES is used in the project to remove nutrients from Doctors Lake. [Courtesy photo]
UPDATED: Water cleaning project may be expanded
OKEECHOBEE – What will a water treatment plan mean for the Lazy 7 community in Okeechobee County? more
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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 ... more
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City council passes hurricane shutter ordinance
It is dangerous to leave your storm shutters up after the storm passes by. more
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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 … more
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Council to vote on food truck ordinance
A municipality cannot forbid mobile food trucks from operating in the entirety of the entity’s jurisdiction. more
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Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance set to complete first apartment building in new community
Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance is nearing completion of the exterior construction... more
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Office manager charged with embezzlement
An Okeechobee landscaping company former employee was charged with embezzlement last week and stands accused of taking more than $68,000. more
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Robert Buster (right) is pictured with country singer John Rich.
Family history is preserved in the form of a truck
OKEECHOBEE — For one Okeechobee man, family history lives in the form of a 1964 Ford truck. more
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OKEECHOBEE -- After storms left the ball fields drenched on Friday night and Saturday morning, airboaters came to the rescue!
Ball fields flooded — airboaters come to the rescue!
The Okeechobee Community Recreation Association (OCRA) didn’t let wet weather stop them... more
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Residents in the Blue Heron Golf Course community were surprised Friday morning to spot a coffin in the driveway of what they thought was a vacant home. The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office showed up to investigate the situation soon after this photo was taken.
UPDATED Neighbors spot coffin in front of vacant house
Residents  in the Blue Heron Golf Course community were surprised Friday morning to spot a coffin in the driveway of what they thought was a vacant home … more
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Heavy rainfall pushes lake level higher
Lake Okeechobee continues to rise due to wet season rainfall. more
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Heavy rainfall pushes lake level higher
Lake Okeechobee continues to rise due to wet season rainfall. more
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Heavy rainfall pushes lake level higher
Lake Okeechobee continues to rise due to wet season rainfall. more
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All the cages are empty now at Animal Adventures/Wild @ Heart
Animal Adventures/Wild@Heart is permanently closed
After more than six years of fighting through the court system, Myrtle Island Ranch and Sue Pearce finally succeeded in evicting Jeremy Hargett ... more
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Okeechobee Winn-Dixie closed following damage during storm
OKEECHOBEE- The Winn-Dixie on HWY 441 South in Okeechobee is currently closed following damage from a thunderstorm. At 6:19 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a thunderstorm warning … more
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Comcast to expand 10G network in Okeechobee, Hendry and Glades Counties
Comcast has announced plans to expand its Xfinity 10G Network and bring high-speed Internet services to 25 rural areas in Florida, many of them for the first time, through the State’s Broadband … more
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The animals are gone. The cages are empty. No one lives at Wild @ Heart anymore. Property owner Sue Pearce took this photo after being given a writ of possession from the FWC and the Glades County Sheriff's Office.
Wild @ Heart owner pleads no contest to violations
Jeremy Hargett, who took over operation of the Wild @ Heart Wildlife Center in 2016 entered a no contest plea to violating Florida Fish and Wildlife regulations. more
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Citizens Property Insurance asks for 14% rate hike in Okeechobee
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is considering a recommendation from Citizens Property Insurance to increase rates by double-digits... more
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