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.

Narcan kits coming to Hendry County

Hendry County is considering using its share of a settlement funding from the Florida ...

United Way offers mental health resources in Clewiston

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

More health

Community News

LaBelle Rec Director encounters homeless man with knife

As Hendry-LaBelle Recreation Center Director Steven Lynn worked preparing the nature parks ...

Kiwanis Lt. Gov. Vitunac visits Okeechobee

The Kiwanis Division 16 Lt. Governor Doug Vitunac made an official visit to the Kiwanis Club...

United Way to be honored with Governor’s Hurricane Conference Award

United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades is being recognized for its outstanding efforts serving...

More Community News

Human Interest
Veteran Wright is a hard working man with a sense of humor
New ultrasound machine is a game changer
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs to start new group in Okeechobee

More Human Interest

Current Conditions
Observed from: Okeechobee County Airport
Fair, 63 °F
Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 5 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
14.34 feet
Last year: 13.39 feet
Depth given in feet above sea level.
Water Flow Chart
Lake Okeechobee Real Estate
Lake Okeechobee
STAs are critical to cleaning water flowing to the Everglades
Pahokee Marina algal bloom toxin level unsafe for human contact
Lake water releases beneficial to Caloosahatchee River

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

LMS students learn about moths and adaptation

LaBelle Middle School students dove into the world of natural selection with a fun and interactive lab.

Third-graders learn about matter

Third-graders in Miss Radomski, Mrs. Simons, Miss Caroscio, Mrs. Ortiz and Mrs. Moore have been learning...

VPK class visits blueberry patch and Zach’s Playground

Miss Kieri’s VPK class had a fun field trip to the blueberry patch & Zach’s Playground!

More Schools

Government
CLEWISTON – A Clewiston resident took issue with the Hendry County Commission during ...
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 …

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

CSX: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — CSX Corp. (CSX) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $893 million. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company said it had profit of …
People wait in line to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Voters go to the polls on July 28th. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela as hopes for a fair presidential election fades

The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela in a rebuke to President Nicolas Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased …
FILE - Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., speaks with the media during his 408th and final workday in Islamorada, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004. Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. He was 87. (AP Photo/Hillery Smith Shay, File)

Florida's Bob Graham dead at 87: A leader who looked beyond politics, served ordinary folks

Former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham is being remembered as a politician who genuinely loved people and encouraged them to get involved in civic affairs. Graham died Tuesday at 87. He was …

More State

Opinion
The Weekly Clothesline

The Weekly Clothesline: Look for Jesus everywhere!

During the season of Easter, I find myself thinking long and hard about the blessing I offer...

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.

More Opinion

Nation & World
FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sandalwood paste and vermilion applied on his forehead during the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor, a promenade that connects the Ganges River with the centuries-old temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva in Varanasi, India, Dec. 13, 2021. Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Modi, one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power

Hindu nationalism was once a fringe ideology in India, and now it is mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He's one of India’s most beloved and …
In this photo released by Sitaro Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Sitaro), hot molten lava glows at the crater of Mount Ruang as it erupts in Sanguine Islands, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. (BPBD Sitaro via AP)

Tsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and thousands are told to leave

Indonesian authorities have issued a tsunami alert after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials have ordered more than 11,000 people to leave the area. The volcano on …
FILE - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks to the press at Mexico's National Palace in Mexico City, March 12, 2019. Authorities confirmed on April 17, 2024 that Bukele released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player Marcelo “El Chiky” Díaz from prison after the athlete from Salvador's national team published a plea for his release on social media, saying his father was wrongfully arrested as a suspected gang member on the way to see him play. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

El Salvador's Bukele releases father of soccer player from prison after son's plea on social media

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media, …

More Nation & World

HURRICANE NEWS

More Hurricane News

Special Sections
x