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WASHINGTON — FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state and local recovery efforts …
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News from FEMA
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5/2/23
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Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 22-219, expanding the State of Emergency statewide....
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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9/26/22
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On July 26, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that since the Hometown Heroes housing assistance program launched...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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7/28/22
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy died after being left in a car outside a South Florida preschool where both his parents are staff members, police said.
The child was one of several …
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7/12/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A small, largely rural county west of Florida’s capital saw an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl mixed with other illegal drugs, …
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By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
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7/6/22
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On June 28, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill (SB) 898, designated as “Miya’s Law,” to strengthen residential tenant safety...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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6/28/22
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On June 23, Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted record funding for Alzheimer’s and related dementias and signed Senate Bill 806...
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Special to Immokalee Bulletin
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6/24/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The father of a Missouri teenager killed after falling from a towering Florida amusement park ride said Monday that he fears his son's death will be forgotten, with tragic …
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6/20/22
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MIAMI (AP) — Two people were killed and 10 others had to be rescued when their boats collided at night near Key Biscayne in South Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities say.
The …
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6/18/22
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MIAMI (AP) — Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s.
Robert Koehler …
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By FREIDA FRISARO
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6/7/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Tropical storm warnings were issued early Friday for much of the Florida peninsula, Cuba and the Bahamas as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of …
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By FREIDA FRISARO and CURT ANDERSON
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6/3/22
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On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Surfside, FL, building collapse, the Florida Legislature fully passed a bill...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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5/26/22
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MIAMI (AP) — One of the three people aboard a small plane died when it crashed onto a bridge near Miami this weekend, police said.
The aircraft lost power Saturday shortly after takeoff, coming …
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5/15/22
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America.
The celestial …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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5/13/22
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For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.
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By MARCIA DUNN
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5/12/22
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A sheriff's deputy in Florida climbed up a balcony and plucked a 1-year-old girl to safety from a third-story apartment that had caught fire.
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4/23/22
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Emergency preparedness officials on Wednesday warned Floridians not to get complacent during..
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4/13/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There have been more than 200 instances of public school districts in Florida banning books since last July, the third highest number of incidents of any state in the U.S., …
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4/9/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — In the days after a group of West Point cadets on spring break were sickened by fentanyl-laced cocaine at a South Florida house party, community activists sprang into …
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By FREIDA FRISARO
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4/9/22
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The average American family uses 320 gallons of water daily, about 30 percent of which is devoted to...
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By Brad Buck
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