Lake Okeechobee News

12/11/2025

Mother Nature isn't cooperating.
https://www.lakeonews.com/stories/caloosahatchee-river-flow-is-under-minimum-flow-level,83154?

The Caloosahatchee River is not meeting the Minimum Flow Level (MFL). What does that mean?

12/11/2025

School board honors FFA team
https://lakeonews.com/stories/ffa-team-places-third-at-championship,83150?

On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Okeechobee High School FFA Farm & Agribusiness Management Team was recognized...

12/11/2025

School board thanks community members ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/community-members-and-retiree-recognized-by-school-board,83149?

The Okeechobee County School Board held its Annual Night of the Stars Banquet at the beginning of November...

12/11/2025

Holiday travel expected to be busy ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/aaa-year-end-holiday-travel-expected-to-set-new-record,83147?

AAA projects 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the 13-day year-end holiday period beginning December 20 ...

12/11/2025

Healthy Start seeks support ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/investing-in-strong-beginnings,83146?

At Okeechobee Healthy Start Coalition (OHSC), we talk about “healthy beginnings” quite a lot because everything that follows birth ...

12/11/2025

Lake level is below the “recovery” envelope but above the water shortage band.
https://www.lakeonews.com/stories/lake-okeechobee-in-demand-for-water-supply,83144?

WEST PALM BEACH – As the dry season continues to bring below average rainfall, what’s the priority for the water in Lake Okeechobee?

12/11/2025

Debate over new school district logo winds up back with administration ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/school-board-debates-who-should-choose-new-logo,83145?

At the meeting of the Okeechobee County School Board on Tuesday, Dec. 9, much discussion was once again...

12/11/2025

Navy Seals at OK Corral range on Saturday ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/navy-seals-demonstration-to-headline-launch-of-ok-corral-gun-clubs-new-500-yard-range,83139?

12/11/2025

4-Hers collect peanut butter for local food pantries ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/untitiled,83135?

In Florida, between 14 and 17 percent of our population faces food insecurity, affecting a disproportionate number of children.

12/10/2025

Man accidentally runs over his grandmother ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/grandma-is-run-over-in-hospital-parking-lot,83097?

An Okeechobee man allegedly ran over his own grandmother in the Raulerson Hospital parking lot recently.

12/10/2025

Kids claim man pointed a gun at them; man says all he had was a gardening tool ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/man-accused-of-threatening-kids-with-gun,83096?

An Okeechobee man was accused of terrorizing children with a gun as the kids peacefully rode their dirt bikes.

12/10/2025

Stranger offers balloons to children ...
https://lakeonews.com/stories/man-trespassed-after-offering-balloons-to-students-playing-outside-school,83095?

As students played outside a local private school, a stranger on a bike approached, offering balloons.