Okeechobee News

Despite the fact that Highlands County is Florida's sixth largest in agricultural produce production, Florida's Farm Service Agency has decided this week to close the local office.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. -- There's only one high school band in all of Florida performing in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, DCA on Monday: The Okeechobee High School Brahman Band.

Did you know that there are two ways the county commission could add an extra 1 percent to the Tourist Development Tax making it a 3 percent tax? One way is by approving an agenda item by a four Yes vote.

The Florida Commission on Ethics has agreed to investigate a complaint by an assistant principal charging Laurie Gaylord, a Martin County School Board member and candidate for schools superintendent, with misusing public funds.

In observance of Mental Health Awareness Month, St. Lucie County Chairman Tod Mowery presented John Romano, president/CEO of New Horizons, with an official proclamation recognizing May as an opportunity for communities to come together around the importance of quality mental health care for all.

It was already hot by 9:30 Saturday morning, but it didn't seem to slow down members of Boy Scout Troop 808 who had turned out to help Justin Smith complete the community service project he needed to advance to Eagle Scout.