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Ty Smith, the school's longtime defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, has been promoted to head coach.

Justin Scott Clendenin, 14, Southwest Third Avenue, Pablo Martinez, 17, State Road 70 West, and Martin Soto, 14, Northwest Fourth Street, were arrested June 13 by Deputy Nathaniel Mitchell on a felony charge of grand theft of motor vehicle. Enrique Carlos Vega, 17, Northeast 304th Street, was also a

I have been eating at Dixie Pig for years and, unfortunately, I won't be dining there again.

Dozens of clean-water activists, filled with righteous indignation, walked the bridge to demand something be done to save our river and curtail the discharges from Lake Okeechobee.

According to FWC Captive Wildlife Reports by FWC Officers Jesse Alford and Stephen Krasco, Tina Darlene Ballard, 56, Northwest 154th Avenue, Okeechobee, will face charges for violations of Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) and Florida State Statutes. FWC stated that Ballard is currently in posses

Veronica Nicole Garcia, Northwest 19th Avenue, was arrested June 11 by Deputy Corporal Bryan Lowe on two Okeechobee County felony warrants charging her with 12 counts of cashing or depositing item with intent to defraud, one count of uttering forged instruments and grand theft (more than $300 but le

Alberto Sanchez Leon, of Margate, was driving northbound on the Turnpike near mile marker 174 about 8:55 a.m. While traveling in the outside lane, Leon veered onto the right shoulder as the road curved left, FHP reported.

Each year, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement tracks the number of murders, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, larcenies and motor vehicle thefts.GINNY BEAGAN/TCPALM

Staff from the Corps and the South Florida Water Management District, which designed the reservoir, will answer questions after the meeting.

The ruling is a “100 percent victory,” said David Guest, a lawyer representing the Florida Wildlife Federation, the St. Johns Riverkeeper, the Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, the Sierra Club and Florida Wildlife Federation President Manley Fuller.

“We began mosquito surveillance efforts (trapping) at 10 different locations around Okeechobee County this week with our contract partner Clarke Environmental. The state of Florida has specific statutory requirements when mosquito spraying will be performed by a local authority, so these trap counts

SEBRING, FLA. - Officials of the 123-roomChateau Elan Hotel & Conference Centerannounced that the award-winningShaner Hotel Group, one of the hospitality industry’s leading owner-operators of full- and select-service hotels, will take over operations of the hotel beginning Saturday, June 16.

"I’m always looking in the water column, for plants or animals or whatever," Selchan said. "It was just slightly below the surface. I actually didn't notice it until we stopped. It was a lot of small pieces. A lot of it."

It started over a bet between the teen and 18-year-old Roberto Antonio Santos of the 500 block of 22nd Court, Vero Beach. The two had been playing billiards on their cell phones and wagered $5 last month, the warrant states. When Santos won, he told the teen he would stop by his home to collect, the

One of the employees retiring this year was director of student services Toni Wiersma, who spent 37 years working for the Okeechobee County School District. Mrs. Wiersma began as a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Okeechobee Junior High and spent time as a guidance counselor, as well as prin

A dump truck driver over corrected, steering to the right, causing the dump truck to leave the roadway.

The collision happened between a semi-truck and a minivan carrying the boy, Adrian Perez, and five others, troopers said. Both were traveling north in Lake County at mile marker 290.

OKEECHOBEE — How often have we looked at the past through rose-colored glasses, reminiscing back to the days of childhood as a time of freedom and ease? We recall with fondness the joy of holidays, the excitement of school field trips, and the simple adventures of zipping down a warm metal slide or

Deputies said Cullen helped the man when his wife became ill. While the woman was residing in an assisted living facility, the man broke his hip. It was around this time Cullen obtained the power of attorney for the man, according to a warrant affidavit.

FROSTPROOF, Fla. — Two people were killed after a CSX train hit a minivan in Frostproof Friday morning.According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the crash took place on US-98 and Western Avenue, about 100 yards from US-27, at 3:05 a.m.At this time, PCSO and the Florida Department of Transportat