The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office is seeking information on two people who are accused of walking into what appears to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The situation seemed dire two years ago when Bass Masters removed Lake Okeechobee from its Top Ten Bass Lakes in the United States ...

Florida Forest Service and Fire Rescue crews respond to a reported brush fire that reignited. Here's what to know.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 22 marked one month since the Army Corps of Engineers' began Lake Okeechobee discharges into the St. Lucie River. From atop ...

Mariners traveling Florida waters will not have access to the east-west shortcut across Lake Okeechobee for three months beginning Jan. 4 — the busiest part of the state's boating season. That means ...

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two decades, blooms of blue-green algae (Microcystis) have emerged in the lake ...

Lake Okeechobee is one of the country’s top spots for catching big largemouth bass, but this time of year, anglers can also catch loads of bluegills and Mayan cichlids. “Okeechobee is known for its ...

To understand the challenges at Lake Okeechobee, a vast inland sea in Florida, The New York Times piloted a drone. By Terence McGinley Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers ...

Huge green blooms now regularly infest much of Lake Okeechobee’s 730-square-mile surface during the summer, producing toxic vapors and waterborne poisons potent enough to kill pets, or send their ...

A lot can happen in ten years. Back in 2016, Okeechobee County — a quiet, agricultural pocket of Florida — transformed into the unlikely home of a music and arts festival that would go on to define a ...