Okeechobee News

The prolific Elmore Leonard has come up with a new fast-paced thriller that begins with the two chief protagonists in prison and ends with one of them laid out at a funeral parlor.

The weather forecasts rain this weekend as a minor cold front waffles around, coming south next week.

Police have arrested five people for drug trafficking and possession in a rural stretch of county called Red Top Dairy.

Police have identified a truck driver who died Monday when his rig left State Road 60 East and struck a tree.

Under pressure from utilities, water managers voted to ease watering restrictions to three days in many counties, but then put them on hold.

The Okeechobee County Health Department said there will be a drive through immunization clinic for H1N1 priority groups tomorrow at the south parking lot of Okeechobee High School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The vaccinations are free.

If you've ever watched Mike Rowe's show, 'Dirty Jobs,' you've probably seen a good bit of the gross.

A dress-code violation has turned into a public relations challenge for Home Depot after a former employee claims he was fired for wearing an unauthorized button with religious and patriotic messages.

"They said their intentions were they were going to rape her, duct tape her, and leave her in the woods," said Detective Ted Van Deman.

Since Diane Guest Horsman graduated from Fairmont High School in 1973, her love of cycling has challenged many adventures.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will waive day-use fees for Veterans, active and reserve component Service Members and their families at the more than 2,400 Corps-operated recreation areas nationwide on Veterans Day, Nov.

Share + Nov 7, 2009 6:01 am US/Eastern ELISABETH PARKER, St. Petersburg Times TAMPA, Fla.

A first-time alligator hunt turned into a watery nightmare for Collier County residents Beth and Tony Hamm.

St. Lucie County's fifth swine flu-related death - and the sixth on the Treasure Coast - was a 53-year-old man who died Monday, St.

A Georgia woman claims Sebring resident Rikelle Purcell, who died last week after what authorities describe as a murder-suicide, was set to leave her abusive boyfriend before she was shot to death.

The schedule for the 2010 FLW Series Eastern Division was announced Friday. The first of four tournaments in on Lake Okeechobee Jan.

A high-profile growth watchdog group called on the state Wednesday to rein-in the Palm Beach County Commission, whose land use decisions, they fear, will cripple the multibillion-dollar Everglades restoration.

Health officials in Okeechobee County announcing, at this point, they are only doling out the H1N1 vaccine to at-risk residents, but the county has already seen one death most likely due to complications from swine flu.

Highlands County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a 911 call at 4401 Shamrock St.

A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat.When Edward Ates takes the stand in his defense Wednesday, he's expected to tell jurors he wouldn't have had the energy needed to climb and descend the staircase where prosecutors say the killer was perched when he ...