Okeechobee Music Festival will take 2024 as a fallow year. Soundslinger plans to bring it back stronger, better, and reminiscent of the first OMF in 2016 ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/3/23 |
A Glades County man was injured Monday, July 31 while trying to rescue his dog from an alligator.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/2/23 |
This fall, thousands of Glades-area students will be heading back to school with new...
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7/28/23
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Algal blooms appear to be calming down on Lake Okeechobee, at least for now. The July 6 satellite image from NOAA …
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 7/7/23 |
Lake Okeechobee continues to rise due to wet season rainfall.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 6/16/23 |
After more than six years of fighting through the court system, Myrtle Island Ranch and Sue Pearce finally succeeded in evicting Jeremy Hargett ...
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 6/16/23 |
Lake O may be ripe for harmful algal blooms (HABs) this summer, but state agencies are working hard to prevent another “lost summer.”
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 6/7/23 |
Marty Johns has been involved in Seminole Casino Brighton since the beginning.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/25/23 |
Governor Ron DeSantis has just signed into law that some say will make it more difficult for some Floridians to vote.
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By C. M. Schmidlkofer
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/24/23 |
Lakeside Estates and Villas, to be built on SR 78 west of Buckhead Ridge will include up to 1,300 homes as well as schools, restaurants, stores and public buildings ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/23/23 |
After more than a year of searching, waiting and praying, Brighton Baptist Church has a new pastor.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/22/23 |
The 13th Annual “Call of the Wild” Earth Week Field Trips were conducted by experts in their field. Over 600 second, third and fourth-grade students from …
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By Margaret England
Caloosa Belle Independent | 5/3/23 |
Love bugs live in Florida year round, but only pose a problem for motorists in the spring and fall ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/3/23 |
On Tuesday, April 25, members of the Glades County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force...
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4/27/23
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In this Halloween True Okee special… Stories of strange creatures and ghosts surround the area around Lake Okeechobee.
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By Richard Marion
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10/29/21
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