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CLEWISTON, Fla. -- Erie's Dave Lefebre fell three spots shy of advancing to Saturday's third round of the Walmart FLW Tour bass circuit season-opening event at Roland & Mary Ann Martin's Marina Resort on Lake Okeechobee.

HENDRY COUNTY, Fla.- In Florida, it's no secret, citrus reigns supreme. Citrus groves cover more than half a million acres of land in the Sunshine State.

CLEWISTON, Fla. - The weights might not be as deep as last year, but the top of the leaderboard is still mighty impressive at Lake Okeechobee.

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After a nearly record-breaking dry January , and a very dry November 2011 January 2012 period, it is looking as though February will be wearing a different face.

Royal Palm Bassmasters held its monthly fishing tournament Sunday, Jan. 15 out of Clewiston on Lake Okeechobee.

It was just the start of lunchtime and already the 11 tables and half-dozen seats at the counter of the new Prado's Cuban Cafe in Belle Glade was packing in the customers.

Today a judge signed paperwork to release him, saying the murder he committed was justified.

Airman Zachary Kegley , the son of Mark and Lisa Kegley of Cape Coral and is a 2010 graduate of Cape Coral Christian School.

Last summer Darius Redd, a Clewiston High School tight end with a promising future, developed viral cardiomyopathy, caused by a virus attacking and weakening his heart.

Brandon Medlock and Dan Blanchard can tell any bass angler that Lake Okeechobee is fishing about as good as a body of water can.

John Carroll's Akeemian Mills scored 13 points in the Golden Rams' 47-38 loss to visiting West Shore Saturday night.

When it comes to earning power in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, men have the advantage over women, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by On Numbers.

In the Kansas City metro area, the median earnings for men are nearly $14,000 higher than for women, according to an analysis by On Numbers, a blog affiliated with the Kansas City Business Journal.

Hillsborough Correctional, which now holds almost 300 women in minimum to medium security confinement, will close its doors on March 1. The prison is one of four Faith- and Character-Based Initiative corrections facilities in Florida and has a recidivism rate below 10 percent.

A comparison of paychecks indicates that it's still a man's world in Atlanta and every American city except for one.

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Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating the death of an Immokalee resident who tumbled out of a moving pickup in Hendry County early Thursday.