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Two adults and three teens were charged with child abuse and battery after brawling with teens.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/19/24 |
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A 911 caller told dispatch there was a broken-down motor home on the side of the road last Friday around 11:30 p.m.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/19/24 |
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While lying in his sick bed, an Okeechobee man was attacked by a neighbor.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/19/24 |
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Use of the Everglades Agricultural Area stormwater treatment areas was questioned at the April 11 SFWMD meeting
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/18/24 |
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An Okeechobee man discovered he was the victim of a fraud this week when he learned he owed IRS $90,000.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/18/24 |
![(Left to right) Billy Ellerbee (captain), Hunter Daniels, Ragyn Mohney, David Mohney (captain) brought home honors in competitive high school bass fishing. [Courtesy photo]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/medium/20240418-095122-sp%20brahman%20bass%201.jpg)
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- Okeechobee High School Bass Club was first established in 2016 and since then has been a competitive force that other teams across the state ...
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4/18/24
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David Delap will be in prison for seven more years for the 1975 murder of Paula Ethridge.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/17/24 |
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Prosper Noggin meets an educational need some did not even realize they had.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/17/24 |
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The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in cooperation with Florida Humanities Council, presents “Voices and Votes:
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By Jenna Stephens
Okeechobee Main Street | 4/17/24 |
![HIGHLANDS COUNTY -- The Heritage Festival included a fashion show. [Photo by Leonard Bryant]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/medium/20240415-133903-ent%20heritage%20festival%206.jpg)
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On Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14, the Fourth Annual Heritage Festival, sponsored by the Heritage Association of Highlands County ...
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By Carole Fields
Special to Lake Okeechobee News | 4/16/24 |
![Veteran Jim Wright was only 16 years old when he joined the Army..[Photo courtesy Marilyn Wright]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/medium/20240415-122112-Veteran%20Wright%201.jpeg)
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Clyde James “Jim” Wright was known to everyone as Clyde growing up in Jacksonville.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/15/24 |
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When we hear someone put their hands on a child, certain images come to mind and usually those images involve abusive behavior. …
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/15/24 |
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K9 tracking teams from 10 Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) correctional institutions …
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FDC | 4/12/24 |
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Okeechobee has seen a surge in arrests at the local Walmart in recent months as new asset protection associates take care of business.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/12/24 |
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Last Saturday evening, a 911 caller claimed a white woman jumped out of a moving vehicle and was lying on the street bleeding.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/11/24 |
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A Jacksonville man was arrested last week after allegedly fleeing law enforcement at high speeds.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/11/24 |
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An investigation was opened after the Criminal Investigative division received a cyber tip about an individual within Okeechobee County uploading child pornography …
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By Sgt. Jack Nash
PIO OCSO | 4/11/24 |
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On April 9, an inmate was pronounced deceased from an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault at Okeechobee Correctional Institution.
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4/11/24
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The Okeechobee High School Lady Brahman varsity softball team defeated the Port St Lucie Lady Jaguars 17-0
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/10/24 |
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Multiple fires in Okeechobee County kept firefighters busy over the last week.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 4/9/24 |
