On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Surfside, FL, building collapse, the Florida Legislature fully passed a bill...
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5/26/22
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Florida retail stores are stocked up to help Florida families save more and cut costs on hurricane supplies...
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News from Florida Retail Federation
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5/26/22
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Cancer has been the second leading cause of death in Florida since 2014, which is why the Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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5/19/22
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MIAMI (AP) — One of the three people aboard a small plane died when it crashed onto a bridge near Miami this weekend, police said.
The aircraft lost power Saturday shortly after takeoff, coming …
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5/15/22
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will grace the night skies this weekend, providing longer than usual thrills for stargazers across North and South America.
The celestial …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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5/13/22
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For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.
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By MARCIA DUNN
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5/12/22
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Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 7071 continuing historic tax holidays and establishing a tax holiday ...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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5/6/22
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A sheriff's deputy in Florida climbed up a balcony and plucked a 1-year-old girl to safety from a third-story apartment that had caught fire.
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4/23/22
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Emergency preparedness officials on Wednesday warned Floridians not to get complacent during..
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4/13/22
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There have been more than 200 instances of public school districts in Florida banning books since last July, the third highest number of incidents of any state in the U.S., …
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4/9/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — In the days after a group of West Point cadets on spring break were sickened by fentanyl-laced cocaine at a South Florida house party, community activists sprang into …
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By FREIDA FRISARO
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4/9/22
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, the U.S. Border Patrol, Office of Field Operations...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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3/9/22
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The average American family uses 320 gallons of water daily, about 30 percent of which is devoted to...
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By Brad Buck
UF/IFAS | 3/2/22 |
STUART, Fla. (AP) — Maggy Hurchalla, an environmentalist who fought to protect Florida's wetlands ...
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2/20/22
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A deceased former sheriff's deputy in Florida is the only probable suspect in the rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl in 1983
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2/17/22
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard vessel on Thursday offloaded more than 30 metric tons of cocaine and marijuana reportedly worth over $1 billion that was seized at sea during a …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN
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2/17/22
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Florida failed for nearly three months to pay tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state’s sickest and neediest children
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By KRISTIN BAUSCH, of Fresh Take Florida news service
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2/15/22
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court told Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday it will not answer his question on whether a Black congressman's district is unconstitutional.
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2/10/22
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man says he jumped from a stolen car seconds before it was hit by a train and sent flying into a nearby home. The sleeping residents were unharmed and the man …
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2/6/22
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Attorney General Ashley Moody is enlisting more soldiers and creating new tools in the fight to end human trafficking in Florida.
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Special to the Lake Okeechobee News
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1/19/22
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