WOKC Local News – October 29, 2026, 7:40 AM
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WOKC News. They’re back open with WOKC News. I’m Charles Murphy. Navigation boat locks at the north end of Lake Oogachobee reopened this morning at 5.30. The S135 at JNS, the G36 at Henry Creek, the S127 in Buckhead, and the S131 in Lakeport. They’ll be open daily until 8 p.m. Taylor Creek also reopened, but that was earlier this month. County commissioners approved the Faithful Trails RV Estates. It’s at 8275 US 441 Southeast. The developer using 22 acres and plans 197 RV lots, a clubhouse, and other amenities. Barry Schwartzberger says it will be a destination to help tourism in Oogachobee. He called it a dream project. Deliver a beautiful, clean, modern, professionally run hospitality and destination business for families and everyone to enjoy and come to this beautiful area. Oogachobee prosecutors say they’re seeing more cases filed about bullying allegations. Prosecutor Ashley Albright says they often have prosecuted bullies for various crimes. Now we’re seeing bullying victims claim they are simply retaliating and defending themselves. He talked about some recent criminal cases. Most recently where we’ve seen it is instances of what I would call almost retaliation in some things. What I mean by that is a student acts out or attacks another student and part of their claim and their motivation, if you will, is that they had been bullied and this is how they reacted to it. A new law named after Jeffrey Johnston who was bullied for two years in schools and later committed suicide requires every school to have an anti-bullying policy. Bullying and cyber bullying are not tolerated or allowed at school. Students and parents can report bullying. Schools have to investigate bullying reports and schools must protect victims. Bullying includes exclusion, cyber bullying, physical harm and verbal abuse. Their advice is to speak up, tell an adult, report it, keep records of it and support each other at school. The city of Fort Pierce remembering murder victims this month. Mothers against gun violence say more and more violence is being caught on cameras. Arnold Gaines says he supports flock cameras because they can stop shootings. But the reason these flock systems are important and we can work out the kinks and the constitutionality part and everything we need to do to fix it is to prevent this group from growing larger. Oogeshuma deputies want it to be a safe Halloween. There’ll be the annual event, trunk or treat at the AgriCivics Center, but some still go trick or treating door to door. Deputy Robert Gonzalez urges parents to be diligent. Canding tapering is rare, but always stay cautious. And if something doesn’t look right, always throw it away. An Oogechoee woman, Rosa Aguiar, is facing charges of sexual cyber harassment. It’s alleged she found a cell phone of her roommate and found some sexually explicit material. She allegedly posted eight photos to Facebook of that material. I’m Charles Murphy, WOKC News.
Recorded from the WOKC daily newscast (Glades Media).