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The Rivers Coalition joined members of the community to discuss the current water levels of Lake Okeechobee after Hurricane Nicole.

Officials said now is the time to gather more hands on deck. And as the holidays are near, they want to help create more memorable friendships.

Officials said there are more than 70 pumping stations throughout the tri-county area, and they operate them to move the water out.

13-year-old Josiah Garmon said he was tricked into doing the challenge, after his classmates told him to just jump. Video shows the former Boca Raton Community Middle School student breaking his arm as a result of the challenge.

"They didn’t know it was a snake, all they knew was something in their garage and it was an animal. I don’t think they knew it was that large of a snake," said St. Lucie County Chief Deputy Brian Hester.

Leah Wypych was 32 years old when she was diagnosed with Stage 3B breast cancer. She shared how the National Alliance for Eating Disorders in West Palm Beach helped her during her battle every day.

Friends say Debbie Trowbridge and her husband were celebrating their anniversary the day they were killed in a crash.

"I respect the jury’s verdict. They were there every day listening to the evidence, but the death penalty is the law of the land in Florida," State Attorney Aronberg said.

Jurors recommended life in prison for the Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz Thursday after the final vote for the death penalty was not unanimous.