Okeechobee County News

Three Palm Beach County men are in custody in Okeechobee County after deputies said they drove to the area to find a woman to kidnap and rape.

Health officials in Okeechobee County announcing, at this point, they are only doling out the H1N1 vaccine to at-risk residents, but the county has already seen one death most likely due to complications from swine flu.

Numerous studies have come out recently highlighting the dangers of the swine flu and its relentless attack on children.

Vero Beach-based developer Kite Properties, LLC recently celebrated the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting at the new 85-room Hampton Inn in Okeechobee, Florida.

A former sergeant with the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office has been charged with forcing a female inmate to have sex with him.

H1N1 vaccines are pouring into our area by the hundreds as area health departments and local providers prepare to distribute them.

Twenty farmers and ranchers will be honored on Oct. 8 for their environmental stewardship at the Okeechobee County Agri-Civic Center.

Florida's Heartland Rural Economic Development Initiative will change its accounting procedures.

A cow fell on a man at a dairy farm early Friday, sending him to a local provisional trauma center via helicopter after the apparent milking-related incident, a St.

A man had to be airlifted to the hospital early Friday morning after a cow fell on him, a St.

More than 200 businesses on the Treasure Coast and in Okeechobee County have been cited for selling alcohol to underage people, according to state records from January 2004 to August 2009.

A fatal crash in south Osceola County has blocked a portion of State Road 60 near Florida's Turnpike .

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is investigating the death of two men in Okeechobee County.

Two dead bodies were found this morning floating on Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee County, and authorities are investigating their deaths.

An Okeechobee family in mourning. A loved one killed by a man who police say was drunk and doesn't belong in the country.

Gov. Charlie Crist and the state Cabinet added two more projects in Hendry and Okeechobee counties to the Florida Forever land-buying program's priority list.

Today marks the 17th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew , on Aug. 24, 1992. A The storm is one of only three to strike the United States with recorded winds at the top-end Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

McGill No Show For Court - Bond Company Forfeiting $8,500 LABELLE, FL. -- Law Enforcement is still looking for Thomas William McGill Jr.

Out-of-work builders on the Treasure Coast have two new projects: Turning the Treasure Coast Builders Association headquarters in Port St.

Since the adoption of the Junior ROTC programs in local area high schools, the Florida Highlands Chapter of the Air Force Association and the Military Officers Association of America have sponsored a luncheon welcoming the units' instructors at the beginning of each school year.