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April is National Stress Awareness Month

Most of us know that too much stress causes health problems like diabetes, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and likely some …

April is National Stress Awareness Month

Most of us know that too much stress causes health problems like diabetes, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and likely some …

April is National Stress Awareness Month

Most of us know that too much stress causes health problems like diabetes, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and likely some …

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OSWCD announces poster contest winners

The Okeechobee Soil and Water Conservation District is happy to announce the winners of its annual poster contest!

4-H Club participates in parade

LABELLE -- The 4-H Silver Spurs Horse Club participated in the Swamp Cabbage Festival Parade on Feb. 25. 2023.

Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick presents $500,000 to MorseLife leadership

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick recently met with graduates of Morselized Health System’s...

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Human Interest
Adopt a pet: Meet Slayer
Adopt a pet: Meet Remi
Bark in the Park is a hopping good time

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Okeechobee Arrest Report

The following individuals were charged with DUI or felonies last week.

Fresh Access Bucks double the value for SNAP

SNAP recipients can get double the value of their benefits when they purchase fresh fruits ... .

Palm Beach County Arrest Report

The following individuals were arrested on felony or driving under the influence (DUI) charges by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office...

Highlands Hammock announces March Blues Concert

Packrat’s Men of the Swamp will bring their special blend of Florida swamp blues to Highlands Hammock State Park...
Crowds enjoy musical entertainment at the 2022 Clewiston Sugar Festival.

Clewiston Sugar Festival has record breaking attendance

The festival drew in a record-breaking crowd of approximately 22,000 attendees and featured an exciting lineup of...
Lake Okeechobee
Bass Pro to give update on Okee-Tantie plans at April 13 BOCC meeting
New lake schedule delayed due to red tide concerns
New lake schedule delayed due to red tide concerns

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Sports

Immokalee Foundation’s Charity Classic Pro-Am Golf Tournament Raises over $365,000

For the 15th year, Southwest Florida golf enthusiasts hit the links as part of The Immokalee Foundation’s 2023 Charity Classic Pro-Am Golf …

Big Lake Athlete of the Week: Jade Potter

Clewiston High School senior Jade Potter is this week’s Big Lake Athlete of the Week for her performance with the Lady Tiger varsity softball team.

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Schools

IRSC issues notice of fee changes

The Indian River State College (IRSC) District Board of Trustees will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting...

IRSC to Host Optics & Photonics Industry Symposium on April 12

More than 100 attendees from industry, academia and government throughout the United States...

Okeechobee School District making progress on bus driver shortage

The Okeechobee School District’s director of operations, Jeff Diefendorf, says the upcoming summer will be a busy one for the district.

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Government
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has condemned Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposal to expand the “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” bill to all grades ...
OKEECHOBEE – Okeechobee County Commissioners approved the final plat for the proposed Lakeside Shores subdivision ...

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Veterans
Thanks to Glades Electric, the Veterans' Square Park flagpole has had some needed repairs. On Thursday, March 23, electricians volunteered their time to replace pulleys and turnbuckles.

Glades Electric makes needed repairs to Veterans' Park flagpole

OKEECHOBEE — Thanks to Glades Electric, the Veterans' Square Park flagpole has had some needed repairs.

Homecoming provides welcome and healing for veterans

On Saturday, April 15, the skies over Palm Beach International will be a little more glorious than usual...

Veterans Wellness Event scheduled for April 5 at IRSC Pruitt Campus

Indian River State College (IRSC) will host a Veterans Wellness Event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, …

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State
Aiden Fucci stands before Judge R. Lee Smith during his sentencing hearing, Friday, March 24, 2023. in St. Augustine, Fla. Smith sentenced the 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison on Friday for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate on Mother's Day in 2021. Fucci, who pleaded guilty just before his trial was set to start in February, was not eligible for the death penalty. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

Florida teen gets life in prison for killing young classmate

A Florida judge has sentenced a 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate. The Friday morning sentencing followed a two-day hearing for 16-year-old Aiden …

Lawsuit challenges Florida ban on gender-affirming care

Four families have filed a federal lawsuit against Florida health officials. They're challenging the state’s prohibition against puberty-blocking hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for minors. …
FILE - Cars drive under a sign greeting visitors near the entrance to Walt Disney World, July 2, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The first meeting of the new board of Walt Disney World’s government — overhauled by sweeping legislation signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as an apparent punishment for Disney publicly challenging Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill — dealt with the rote affairs any other municipal government handles. Board members on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, faced calls for better firefighter equipment, lessons on public records requests and bond ratings. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Disney World reaches union deal with minimum $18 hourly wage

Unions for service workers at Walt Disney World have reached a tentative deal with the company that would raise the starting minimum wage from $15 to $18. Disney World service workers who are in the …

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Opinion

Yoga for Life: Practicing balance in tree pose

One of the best ways to establish better balance in standing postures is to practice “Tree Pose.”

Blood drive organizer seeks help from community

Blood drive email list lost in computer crash! Blood drive organizer needs help.
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No greater love ...

Lent reminds us of the perfect love that Jesus has for his children. It also reminds us...

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Nation & World
FILE - Christine Zuba holds the cross she wears when serving as a eucharistic minister at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church at her home in Blackwood, New Jersey, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. After coming out as transgender at age 58, Zuba, a lifelong Catholic, was welcomed into the parish. On Monday, March 20, 2023, United States Catholic bishops have issued guidelines that seek to stop Catholic hospitals from providing gender transition care, a move LGBTQ advocates say could harm the physical and emotional health of transgender people within the church. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

U.S. bishops' new guidelines aim to limit trans health care

U.S. Catholic bishops have issued new guidelines to Catholic hospitals barring them from providing transgender people with gender transition care. LGBTQ advocates within the church have criticized …

1500 evacuated as Spain's fire season starts early

More than 1,500 people have been evacuated as a major forest fire rages in Spain's eastern Castellon province, marking an early start to the nation’s fire season amid bone dry conditions. Local …
FILE - Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" and is credited with saving more than 1,000 people by sheltering them at the hotel he managed during the genocide, attends a court hearing in Kigali, Rwanda, Friday Feb. 26, 2021. Rwanda's government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial. Government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo told The Associated Press on Friday, March 24, 2023, that the 25-year sentence was commuted by presidential order after a request for clemency. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier, File)

Rwanda says Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame to be freed

Rwanda’s government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses …

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