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Protect your family by practicing home fire escape plan, testing smoke alarms
During Fire Prevention Week (October 5-11), the American Red Cross South Floirda Region reminds everyone of the dangers... more
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Florida recognizes National Pedestrian Safety Month
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) and the Florida Highway Patrol recognize... more
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Naked man charged with loitering
An Okeechobee woman was surprised last week when a man she did not know tried to enter her home. more
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Neighbor complaints abound
Neighbor problems abound in last week’s incident reports released by the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office. more
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Crime Scene Investigators from Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office visited the Criminal Justice students at Okeechobee High School Tuesday. The OCSO staff covered taking fingerprints from a scene, analyzing a crime scene, career opportunities for students as investigators and forensic scientists, and much more. The Criminal Justice Operations program is working to prepare students that have an interest in any law related careers.
CSI visits high school class
Crime Scene Investigators from Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office visited the Criminal Justice students at Okeechobee High School. more
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OKEECHOBEE — Saint Lucie County Air Rescue spent Saturday in Okeechobee teaching Okeechobee County Fire Rescue about  all things ETCO2 and Thoracic Trauma .  Medic Mitch was credited with teaching the class. 
Saint Lucie County Fire Rescue spends the day with OCFR
Saint Lucie County Air Rescue spent Saturday in Okeechobee teaching Okeechobee County Fire Rescue about  all things ETCO2 and Thoracic Trauma .  Medic Mitch was credited … more
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Homeschool students learn what the new Community Action Team does for the community.
CAT spends time with homeschooled students
OCSO's CAT (Community Action Team) had the pleasure of welcoming Cornerstone Christian Home Educators, a Christian-based homeschool group, to the Okeechobee County Sheriff's … more
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NFPA and State Farm® team up for eighth year to promote Fire Prevention Week
Local fire departments play a key role in bringing Fire Prevention Week to life in their communities each October. more
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True Okee: The Murder of Elizabeth Hatfield
True Okee is a podcast featuring true crime and weird stories from the forgotten heartland of South Florida. more
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Kevin Hughes was found guilty of first-degree murder on August 31, 2022.
Hughes found guilty of murder in the first degree
Wednesday evening, a jury of his peers found Kevin Hughes guilty of the first-degree murder of Jennifer Benson-Hughes. more
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True Okee episode 7: Crush
True Okee is a podcast featuring true crime and weird stories from the forgotten heartland of South Florida. more
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True Okee: Florida School for Boys
In 1959, Okeechobee is hoping the new Florida School for Boys will help rebuild the shrinking local economy. Fifty years later, sheriff deputies gather to search the property more
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True Okee bonus episode: Death of a Sheriff
In this bonus episode of True Okee, we examine the death of Okeechobee County Sheriff John Collier more
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True Okee episode 3: The Okeechobee Eight
It's the 1980's and the War on Drugs is in full swing. With the DEA zeroed in on Miami as a key port for the massive amount of cocaine coming into the country, smugglers begin looking for areas in … more
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