The Okeechobee Brahmans defeated the Palm Beach Lakes Rams 12-0 in the 2023 Kickoff Classic on Aug. 17.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/17/23 |
The Okeechobee High School Brahman football team took the field bright and early on Aug. 12 to prepare for their upcoming season.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/15/23 |
At the hot weather continues to set the stage for algal blooms statewide, FFDEP, SFWMD and the U.S. Army Corps ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/14/23 |
A toxic algae bloom at an Indiantown marina earlier this month had toxin levels 100 times higher than the level safe for human contact …
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/11/23 |
OKEECHOBEE — Local veterans are seeking others interested in going on an Honor Flight.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/11/23 |
The man named as a person of interest in the disappearance of a Palm Beach Gardens Lyft driver in January is now back in Florida in the Hardee County jail on unrelated murder …
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FDLE | 8/11/23 |
STA concerns include birds strikes on planes, mosquitoes, alligators, impacts on wells and home insurance rates ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/10/23 |
On August 3, 2023, Detective Michael Cauley arrested Joshua Harden, 39, on 15 counts of Transmission of Child Pornography ...
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By Cpl. Jack Nash
PIO OCSO | 8/10/23 |
Cameron Lee Rios, 19, of Hardee County, was arrested Aug. 8 in DeSoto County and charged with two counts of attempted homicide …
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Highlands County Sheriff | 8/10/23 |
Jenna Larson was recognized by the Okeechobee County School Board on Aug. 9 for her achievements with the FFA this year.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/10/23 |
The Lakefront Estates project is moving forward. At the Aug. 8 meeting of the Glades County Commission, County Attorney Richard Pringle ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/8/23 |
Sheriff Noel E. Stephen announces that earlier in the week, the Okeechobee Narcotics Task Force members arrested multiple individuals …
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By Cpl. Jack Nash
PIO OCSO | 8/8/23 |
A presentation on the Lower Kissimmee Basin Stormwater Treatment Area Project (LKBSTA) is planned for 10 a.m. on Aug. 10 ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/8/23 |
A 12,000-acre reservoir north of Lake Okeechobee could help reduce damaging high water levels in the big lake ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/8/23 |
According to HHS, while covid hospitalizations and deaths have slowed, ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/8/23 |
Algal blooms continue to be reported all over the state as the summer heat intensifies.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/7/23 |
When we hear about someone who was scammed, it is often easy to look at the situation from the outside and wonder how it could happen.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/7/23 |
Lake Okeechobee continues its summer rise as heavy rainfall directly into the big lake adds to the inflow from the Kissimmee River basin.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/4/23 |
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has “banked” nearly 2 feet of extra water in Lake Okeechobee in the past year.
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Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/4/23 |
A heat wave can be miserable, or it can be wonderful. For one Okeechobee teen, it was the latter.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 8/4/23 |