LOCAR is a proposed reservoir to hold 65.17 billion gallons of Lake Okeechobee water, some of which gets discharged to the St ...
The Army Corps of Engineers released over 43.36 billion gallons of water into the St. Lucie River from Dec. 7 through Jan. 23 ...
A driver is doing OK after crashing his or her vehicle into a canal along West Okeechobee Road Friday morning.
The firefighters fought for hours to extinguish the blaze but were unable to save the home, which is located on a canal on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee, and two cars in the garage ...
A prime suspect is Lake Okeechobee discharges that started a month ago, which floods the brackish St. Lucie River with ...
Lanes will be closed for at least a week as crews work to repair the water main and the road, West Palm Beach said.
The secluded home was in the 12000 block of Conners Highway, along a canal that encircles Lake Okeechobee, maps show. Much of the surrounding land is agricultural.
Originally inhabited by the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes, it became a key hub for sugarcane and vegetable production around Lake Okeechobee, thanks to 20th-century canal and levee development.