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The Okeechobee News staff made the news in 1951 when the entire news team closed the office and went fishing!
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3/4/26
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Seminole Brighton Bay Hotel & Casino recently paid out more than $91,000 in jackpots...
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3/4/26
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The Clewiston Museum announces an evening of the Museum After Hours with “Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids” ...
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3/3/26
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The Quarters For A Cause benefit for Ashton Rogers will be held on Tuesday, March 24.
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3/3/26
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![OKEECHOBEE -- Children enjoyed the Okeechobee County Fair Midway rides. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/medium/20250313-085111-a58-county%20fair%20swing%20rides.jpg)
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OKEECHOBEE – There’s lots to see and do at the Okeechobee County Fair, March 13-21 at the Okeechobee Agri-Civic Center and Fairgrounds.
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Lake Okeechobee News | 3/3/26 |
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The Clewiston Sugar Festival, March 13 and 14, will feature free concerts, exhibits, a car show, a play park with free rides for the kids and more ...
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Lake Okeechobee News | 3/3/26 |
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OKEECHOBEE — The Okeechobee Historical Society announces Saturdays at the Museums on March 7, and April 4 at 9 a.m. to noon at the following museums:
• Log Cabin-home of the original …
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3/2/26
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Florida SouthWestern State (FSW) College’s School of Business and Technology is partnering with United Way ...
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3/2/26
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The Florida School for Boys is set to be demolished this year to make way for a planned data center for Indian River State College.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/27/26 |
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The WeCare program run by United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades had more than 2,067 pro bono medical encounters ...
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By United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades
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2/27/26
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![At the soldiers' camp, students learned how soldiers fought in the Second Seminole War. Left to right are Brian Burback, James Marshall and Jaxon Arrants. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/medium/20260227-131926-b45-Soldiers.jpg)
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Okeechobee school children learned about the Battle of Okeechobee when they visited the Okeechobee Battlefield State Park on Feb. 27.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/27/26 |
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As temperatures drop again and another cold front moves in, there’s nothing more comforting than a warm bowl of homemade soup.
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2/27/26
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Gianni Trofibio was named 2026 Mini Mr. Speckled Perch.
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2/26/26
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OKEECHOBEE -- An Ecotourism Trail from Lake Monroe in Sanford to Lake Okeechobee received conceptual approval...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/26/26 |
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The 10th Annual Okeechobee Touch-A-Truck event, held Saturday, January 31, 2026...
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2/25/26
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The Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County is offering a lifeline to anyone with overdue traffic tickets or court fines ...
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2/25/26
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![Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) volunteers, along with the LaBelle Middle FFA Chapter, help complete the new LaBelle Educational Garden. [Photo courtesy FPL]](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/scfl/medium/20260223-144847-c55-LaBelle%20garden-slug.jpg)
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Ahead of the annual Swamp Cabbage Festival, LaBelle Middle School FFA students with the help of Florida Power and Light employees completed a new Educational Garden.
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By Richard Marion
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/23/26 |
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Festival season is well underway in South Florida, with each weekend interesting things to see and do.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/23/26 |
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Festival season is well underway in South Florida, with each weekend interesting things to see and do.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/23/26 |
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BRIGHTON – When is an Apache War Dance a blessing?
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Lake Okeechobee News | 2/23/26 |