Trending Stories Within Our Communities

Citizen group focuses on proposed Bridge Street bypass

The Second Bridge Group (SBG), a group of citizens formed to collect and share information about the proposed ...

Belle Glade local named to the Dean’s List

Arys Gil Henriquez of Belle Glade has been named to the spring 2023 Dean’s List at Rockford...

Community invited to July 30 Indiantown High School Open House

On July 30, families throughout Martin County and neighboring communities can take a sneak peek inside Indiantown High School...

HRMC welcomes Cathy Rodriguez to Hospital Authority Board

Hendry Regional Medical Center is proud to announce Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Cathy Rodriguez...
The Okeechobee School for Boys was built in 1959.

IRSC to take over old 'boys school' property

The property previously used by the Okeechobee School for Boys will be transferred to Indian River State College, under House Bill 1603 which was signed into law …
Featured

More Featured

Health
OKEECHOBEE -- An overdose emergency kit outside Our Village provides free Narcan and instructions for use. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]

Hanley Foundation to provide emergency overdose boxes

Overdose emergency kits will be installed on county buildings thanks to the Hanley Foundation.

United Way offers mental health resources in Clewiston

Thanks to a nearly $200,000 grant from the Hanley Foundation,...

UF and Swedish researchers connect childhood microbiome with development of autism, ADHD

The researchers analyzed data from the first five years of life...

More health

Community News

South Bay and Belle Glade join together for Inaugural Community in the Park event

April 14 was a beautiful day to bring the community of South Bay and Belle Glade together...

Kitten season is here

According to Best Friends, nearly three times the number of felines enter shelters...

LaBelle partners to connect adults to postsecondary education and jobs

Collaboratory is excited to announce that the City of LaBelle has been selected to join the Municipal...

More Community News

Human Interest
New ultrasound machine is a game changer
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs to start new group in Okeechobee
Indigenous woman publishes second book

More Human Interest

Current Conditions
Observed from: Okeechobee County Airport
Fair, 77 °F
Sunny, with a high near 86. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Get the full forecast
Read Lake Okeechobee News

E-edition

Read the latest Lake Okeechobee print edition here.

View this issue

Browse other issues

Lake levels
14.83 feet
Last year: 14.23 feet
Depth given in feet above sea level.
Water Flow Chart
Lake Okeechobee Real Estate
Lake Okeechobee
Pahokee Marina algal bloom toxin level unsafe for human contact
Lake water releases beneficial to Caloosahatchee River
FGCU to study Lake Okeechobee water issues

More Lake Okeechobee

Sports

Lady Brahmans win over Port St. Lucie 17-0

The Okeechobee High School Lady Brahman varsity softball team defeated the Port St Lucie Lady Jaguars 17-0

LaSala's Big "O" Dojo offers free self-defense class for women and girls

LaSala's Big "O" Dojo, located in the Cedar Plaza on Southwest Third Terrace, is owned and operated by Master Chris LaSala and offers Christ-centered martial arts.

More Sports

Schools

Students practice contractions

Mrs. Maudlin’s class practices contractions.

VPK visits blueberry farm and playground

Miss Flora’s VPK had a BERRY good time at the Blueberry Farm and Zach’s Playground!

Students pair up to compete for the most AR points

April reading challenge: grade levels paired up to see who can earn the most AR points.

More Schools

Government
A traveling Smithsonian exhibit “Voices and Votes: The Story of Democracy in America,” will be in the Okeechobee County Courthouse May 28 to July 12. At the April …
Outdoor enthusiasts who want to spend several days hiking may soon be able to leave their vehicles overnight ...

More Government

Veterans

50th Operation Homecoming at PBIA on April 6

This Saturday, April 6, Southeast Florida Honor Flight volunteers will be escorting a full load of veterans...
The inaugural Vietnam Veteran Day breakfast was a success..[Photo courtesy Gregg Maynard]

Inaugural Vietnam Veterans' Day breakfast is a success

Approximately 50 Vietnam veterans and their spouses were treated to a breakfast smorgasbord Friday in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans' Day.

Veteran's Service Officer helps vets secure benefits

Hendry County Veteran’s Service Officer Myra Johnson told the Hendry County Commission ...

More Veterans

State

NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station

NASA says it determined that an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station. The debris …

Endangered Bornean orangutan born at Busch Gardens in Florida

An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. The female newborn was delivered by cesarean section on Saturday, weighing just over three …

PetMed: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — PetMed Express Inc. (PETS) on Monday reported a loss of $2 million in its fiscal third quarter. The Delray Beach, Florida-based company …

More State

Opinion

Christians should tell people about Jesus Christ

I was praying this morning and had a lot of things going through my mind. One being that...

April 9 Pahokee City Commission Meeting was the beginning of #PahokeeRising

The City of Pahokee Commission Meeting of Tuesday, April 9, saw two new City Commissioners sworn in.
The Weekly Clothesline

The Weekly Clothesline: An apostle, a soldier, and a woman…

When I think of the Resurrection, three unlikely people come to mind: Peter, Mary Magdalene...

More Opinion

Nation & World
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets students taking part in a personal development lesson as he visits Haughton Academy to outline plans for the banning of single use vapes, in Darlington, England, on Jan. 29, 2024. British lawmakers will on Tuesday April 16, 2024 debate and vote on the government's plans to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking. (Ian Forsyth/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UK lawmakers will vote on a landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking

British lawmakers are set to vote on the government’s plans to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking. The bill will make it illegal to sell tobacco …
French President Emmanuel Macron and Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Olympics Organising Committee, attend the inauguration of the Olympic Aquatics Center (CAO) in Saint-Denis, near Paris, Thursday, April 4, 2024. The aquatic center will host the artistic swimming, water polo and diving events during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

The Paris Games' grandiose opening ceremony is being squeezed by security and transport issues

PARIS (AP) — The talk before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games ideally should be about its grandiose backdrop: a summer sun setting on the Seine River as athletes drift by in boats and wave …
FILE - A boat wades through the Nyhavn river, with the Old Stock Exchange building left in the background, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Fire rages through the 17th-century old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen and its spire has collapsed

One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was …

More Nation & World

HURRICANE NEWS

More Hurricane News

Special Sections
x