WOKC Local News – October 12, 2026, 7:40 AM
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WOKC News. City interested in property with WOKC News, I’m Charles Murphy. The city is getting two appraisals of the American Legion Post 64 property interested in purchasing it. Mayor Dowling Watford says he supports that the city is in contact with the Department of Transportation as they continue to design a bypass road east of town. City Clerk Lane Gambia-Tia says the latest bypass plan is similar to the old one. It would follow the North City Limit line and come right in on Northeast 14th Street. That’s what the what do they call the right of way map sheets five and six. That’s what they provided us. Concerns were raised this summer about navigation in Lake Okeechobee this winter due to low water levels. The recent rain seems to have alleviated a lot of those concerns. Jennifer Reynolds is expecting a wetter than normal winter. She’s with the Water Management District. So we anticipate seeing the lake level continue to rise between now and December. But so we we expect that we’re finishing up on the lowest levels of the lake and that we’d expect to continue to see the lake levels rise between now and December. An alligator causing a fatal crash. Wildlife can cause serious crashes if you aren’t paying attention. Lieutenant Greg Bueno says wildlife hazards are all over the region. In our eastern counties, Glades injury the past couple of days and I saw quite a few deer. We have various different animals wander up onto our roadways. And again, it stresses the importance of driving with your head up, two eyes on the road, two hands on the wheel and your mind on driving. Glades County Honoring Lieutenant Lisa Watson and paramedics Jacqueline Ferris and Brian Alfonso. They received life saving awards. Fire Chief Lawrence Factor says the two paramedics saved the life of a heart patient. But paramedic Ferris trusted a gut, flew the patient out. The patient was in fact at the end stage of a myocardial infarction, did receive two stents, did pass away in the hospital the next day and they got him back. And had he not been at that destination, he might not have made it. Lieutenant Watson delivered a baby in the field. Oogieshobie deputies looking for the driver of a blue older model Toyota Corolla that chewed up the soccer fields on Northwest 10th Terrace. An eyewitness videotaped the driver swerving all over the dirt road and driving in circles in the field. They say the driver was a white male, middle aged and was wearing a black cap or beanie with some facial hair. Town of Lake Placid apparently will be selling or leasing their community center. They’re building a new one. The public, though, wants to have access to the nearby playground on the property. Town board member Joy Everhart doesn’t want to sell the building. I disagree on selling it. In our travels, people needed places, a community center in the downtown area or a place for kids to come after school. And the two proposals that came before us, they’re both worthwhile entities that would provide a community service. I’m Charles Murphy, WOKC News.
Recorded from the WOKC daily newscast (Glades Media).