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  1. Milton E. HildRead the original story

    47 min ago | The Wilson County News

    December 3, 2009 *7-11-1924 -- 12-1-2009 *Widower of Florence Lucille Hild; father of Robert Edward Hild and wife Tracey of Catarina, Candace Leah Davis and husband Jim of Okeechobee, Fla., Cindy Lou Hardwick and husband Paul of Spicewood, and the late Brian Douglas Hild; and brother of the late Herbert W. Hild Jr.

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  2. Fishing Report: Head offshore if you're fishing to fill your dinner plateRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Naples Daily News Online

    ... Zetter caught and released a huge 37-inch snook. Freshwater: Capt. Mark Rogers has been fishing more in Lake Okeechobee then he has in the local canals but said the fishing in the Golden Gate area should be getting better as the waters cool. The ...

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    Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

  3. Meaty treatRead the original story

    Yesterday | Palm Beach Post

    ... 20 mph this afternoon, but could pick up this evening particularly in the west. Forecasters say areas around Lake Okeechobee could get gusts of 40 mph. The chance of rain today starts out around 30 percent, but jumps to 70 percent tonight.

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    Related Topix: Weather, Palm Beach County, FL

  4. Wake-Up Call: Robinson's path leads through 'The Muck'Read the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday | Tampa Bay Online

    ... in the 2002 Heisman Trophy voting), Fred Taylor and Reidel Anthony. It's a trip to the southernmost tip of Lake Okeechobee a ' to an area known as the "Muck'' for its fertile soil and walls of sugarcane fields as far as the eye can see. It's a stop ...

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    Related Topix: High School Football, High School Football, Florida High School Football

  5. Targeted Testing Receives Favorable Reviews On PADDS, Begins...Read the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday | PRWeb

    Okeechobee, FL December 1, 2009 -- Review written by: Leesa V. Huang Ph.D. for the Journal of Attention Disorders , Volume 13, No.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, ADHD, Health, Computers

  6. Gulf Snook Season Closes Midnight Dec. 1st.Read the original story w/Photo

    Monday | The Ledger

    ... close to the harvest of snook on Dec. 15. This includes all Atlantic coastal and inland waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River. East Coast anglers will also see their closed season end a month earlier than Gulf Coast anglers. The ...

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  7. Green books make good giftsRead the original story

    Monday Nov 30 | Tallahassee.com

    Books with a green slant make perfect Christmas gifts. One that would make a great gift for the outdoor lover in your circle is local author Doug Alderson's 'New Dawn for the Kissimmee River: Orlando to Lake Okeechobee by Kayak.' Doug joined an expedition down the newly restored river in the spring of 2007.

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    Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation

  8. NTSB Prelim: Idled Albatross Suffered Engine Failure

    Sunday Nov 29 | Aero-News Network

    ... conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The intended destination for the flight was Okeechobee County Airport (OBE), Okeechobee, FL. The two pilots and one additional crew member received minor injures. The flight was conducted ...

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  9. Glades cities grow more dependent, could face dissolution

    Sunday Nov 29 | Palm Beach Post

    Residents of the struggling cities around Lake Okeechobee are charged some of the highest tax rates in Palm Beach County, yet there are fewer and fewer municipal services that the three cities provide. 1 comment

    Related Topix: Palm Beach County, FL, Belle Glade, FL, Pahokee, FL, South Bay, FL, Wellington, FL

  10. Deadlier than everPoll shows Americans' fear of storms surgingRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 29 | Corpus Christi Caller-Times

    ... hurricane ever to hit the United States - behind only a 1928 storm that killed some 2,400 around Florida's Lake Okeechobee and the 1900 Galveston hurricane that killed more than 8,000. The poll results suggest that even though only two tropical ...

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    Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US Politics, US News

  11. Rock show: 15th Annual Jewelry, Gem & Mineral Show ends today at fairgroundsRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Nov 29 | Alabama Live

    ... estimated to be 1.8 to 2.2 million years old, laden with golden amber crystals and taken from a rock quarry in Okeechobee, Fla. "It's almost something out of a fairytale. I don't know why it happened to me," he said of his discoveries. "I appreciate ...

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    Related Topix: Mobile, AL

  12. Norris Burkes: Soldiers do dirty jobs every dayRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Nov 28 | Star-Press

    ... what a dirty job that can be. Six years ago, on a sultry morning in June, I waded into the north end of Lake Okeechobee to help recover the remains of Air Force Reserve Maj. Samuel D'Angelo III. Occasionally, swamp water filled our waders as the ...

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    Related Topix: Dover Air Force Base, US Military, US Air Force, US National Guard

  13. Second swine flu death verified

    Friday Nov 27 | Highlands Today

    ... has reported 98 hospitalizations. Locally, six people have been hospitalized in Highlands, two in Hardee, one in Okeechobee, and 23 in Polk. At this point, people should be more concerned about the seasonal flu. "Overall activity for influenza-like ...

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    Related Topix: Highlands County, FL, Florida, Sebring, FL

  14. Shuttle landing: Atlantis returns safelyRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

    ... the shuttle at 9:31 a.m. Atlantis crossed the Florida coast south of Bonita Springs and passed north of Lake Okeechobee, triggering dual sonic booms at about 9:40 a.m. as it slowed to subsonic speeds. Commander Charlie Hobaugh lined up Atlantis with ...

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    Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Merritt Island, FL, Bonita Springs, FL

  15. Our take on: Preserve the watershedsRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | The Orlando Sentinel

    ... or your toilet flushes. But if you care about the health of the Kissimmee River, Osceola County's lakes, Lake Okeechobee , the Everglades and the coastal estuaries of South Florida, you should start. And, pay particularly close attention to what ...

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    Related Topix: Apopka, FL, Orlando, FL, Natural Disasters, Flood, Opinion

  16. This week's rainfall delays a planned Lake - O release to CaloosahatcheeRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

    Cape Coral, left, the Caloosahatchee River and Fort Myers. FORT MYERS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had announced plans this week to begin releasing water from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee River to help combat salinity increases in the river.

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    Related Topix: Cape Coral, FL, Fort Myers, FL, Lee County, FL, Olga, FL

  17. The Story of Our County LinesRead the original story

    Friday Nov 27 | The Ledger

    ... By 1834 we were part of Hillsborough County, which filled most of the center of the state from Ocala down to Lake Okeechobee and across almost to the Atlantic coastline. Over the next 30 years the boundaries slid and morphed. A new Hillsborough/St. ...

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    Related Topix: St. Lucie, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Brevard County, FL, Tampa, FL

  18. Daily Forecast: Cool,sunny and fire danger for OrlandoRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Examiner.com

    ... SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS Today in Florida Weather History NOV 27 1989 - 1455 - Martin Co., Lake Okeechobee - The fire department reported a waterspout on the lake. Weather Almanac for Orlando Nov 27 Average High: 77 Average Low: 56 ...

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    Related Topix: Fire, Weather

  19. STS-129: Landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space CenterRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Nov 21 | Space and Astronautics News

    ... the shuttle at 9:31 a.m. Atlantis will cross the Florida coast south of Bonita Springs and pass north of Lake Okeechobee, triggering dual sonic booms at about 9:40 a.m. as it slows to subsonic speeds. Commander Charlie Hobaugh will line up Atlantis ...

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    Related Topix: Science / Technology, Space, Merritt Island, FL, Bonita Springs, FL

  20. Close ties fuel the Muck BowlRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | Rivals.com

    ... in the NFL. But there is one place in Florida that has that distinction - Muck City. It's an area near Lake Okeechobee, where just 10 miles separate bitter rivals Pahokee and Glades Central. Their annual match up during the second week of November ...

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    Related Topix: Pahokee, FL

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