Okeechobee News

TV updated July 4, 2009 OKEECHOBEE, Fla - WPBF.com A dream vacation to England quickly turned into a nightmare for a group of 14 teenagers and adults from Okeechobee while on a church mission trip in June.

OKEECHOBEE, FL: Don William Mosier Sr., 73, of Okeechobee, Florida and formerly of Marion died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at the Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee.

A bunch of Palm Beach County employees may be slated to become antiquated relics: Palm Beach County commissioners voted to eliminate the jobs of 141 county workers Monday, hoping what they save on salaries will help offset $133 million in lost property tax revenue.

The foul waters of Lake Okeechobee , the failing health of the Everglades and even sick dolphins along the South Florida coast might seem like troubles so distant they could hardly be the Orlando area's responsibility.

In a $1 billion, 20-year project, the Army Corps of Engineers is strengthening the levees along Lake Okeechobee in Florida.

A West Palm Beach man has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Delray Beach earlier this week.

MARION: Adeline Elizabeth Gruber, age 89, of Marion and formerly of Okeechobee, Florida, died Thursday, May 28, 2009, at the Marion Manor Nursing Home.

The practice of 'backpumping' used irrigation water from the farm fields south of Lake Okeechobee back into the lake eventually damages the environment here in Lee County.

Cruising across Florida, from the Gulf to the Atlantic, opens up entirely new destinations whether you're starting on the east or the west coast.

Large rocks will fortify about 100 acres of Lake Okeechobee's shoreline near Pahokee, part of a larger project the city is spearheading to dredge the boat route from Clewiston to Port Mayaca.

Bite by bite, a giant clam-shell-style scoop lowered by a crane chomps into the 30-foot-tall earthen mound that for seven decades has guarded South Florida against getting swamped by Lake Okeechobee.

St. Lucie, Okeechobee, Glades and Hendry counties are included in a severe thunderstorm watch that covers most of the Florida peninsula.

Palm Beach County will take over the debt-laden water utilities in Belle Glade, Pahokee and South Bay under an arrangement intended to forestall the bankruptcy of the three Glades cities, commissioners said today.

Eco Islands Proposed Off Pahokee The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board has approved funds to assist the City of Pahokee in reopening part of the Okeechobee Waterway, restoring more than 100 acres of Lake Okeechobee's shoreline habitat, enhancing storm protection and stimulating the economy in the Glades region with eco-tourism ...

Jun 11, 2009 10:15 am US/Eastern My what a difference a month full of rain makes to the residents of southern Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys.

The availability of adequate fresh water is fundamental to the sustainable management of water infrastructures that support both urban needs and agricultural uses in human society.

Scientists from the South Florida Water Management District are releasing 3,000 Florida apple snails into a marsh north of Lake Okeechobee to help the endangered snail kite.

The Sebastian Lady party boat out of Capt. Butcher's Marina in Sebastian guided anglers to a banner day of bottom fishing Saturday.

Ernest Walker of Kendall covers his head with a jacket as he walks in the parking lot of the Oakwood Plaza shopping center in Hollywood.

A 105-mile-long mound of dirt and rock helps stop the Everglades from flooding South Florida communities sitting on former swampland.