Okeechobee County School’s Food Service Program Supervisor Lisa Bell is a lunch lady by day and an artist by night.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 6/5/23 |
Early Monday morning, January 16th, 2023, deputies with the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office discovered a deceased individual …
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By Cpl. Jack Nash
PIO OCSO | 6/5/23 |
Fugitive Omar Ayala, a former Okeechobee County teacher/coach, has been captured
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 6/5/23 |
Family and friends gathered at the Okeechobee County Agri-Civic Center on May 27 to support Okeechobee High School's class of 2023 as they graduated.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/27/23 |
OKEECHOBEE -- Okeechobee veterans organizations gathered in the Veterans Memorial portion of Flagler Park in downtown Okeechobee for Memorial Day services ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/27/23 |
An Okeechobee couple was startled Sunday to hear gunfire outside their home.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/26/23 |
In August when students return there will be one less elementary school in the area with a music program.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/26/23 |
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 |
Crews from Station 2 and 1 responded to a structure fire Tuesday night in a trailer park along Hwy 441 SE.
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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 |
A woman claimed to have seen a man riding a bicycle around the parking lot with his genitals exposed.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/23/23 |
Teen brings gun to Sports Complex.
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By Cpl. Jack Nash
PIO OCSO | 5/23/23 |
An Okeechobee fishing guide has been in so many magazine articles that she has lost count, but this time, she is being recognized for something different.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/22/23 |
The Okeechobee High School Brahman football team played the Hardee Wildcats in a spring game on May 19.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/22/23 |
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 Okeechobee High School Brahman football team defeated the Hardee Wildcats 28-6 in a game that had to be called early due to a thunderstorm in the third quarter.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/19/23 |
Bees were swarming Tuesday after a truck backed into their boxes.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/19/23 |
A 14-year-old Okeechobee boy was arrested Monday and charged with throwing/shooting a missile/projectile into an occupied building/vehicle.
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By Cathy Womble
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/19/23 |
NAPLES -- More than 2 million acre feet of water flowed into Lake Okeechobee during Water Year 2023 (WY23) South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Chief Engineer John Mitnik told …
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 5/17/23 |