Florida's city between Fort Myers and Palm Beach on the shores of Lake Okeechobee promises charming inland environs and endless sugarcane fields.

A ranch in western Martin County may be the location of a slaughterhouse. County regulations would have prohibited a slaughterhouse on the ranch, but state law exempts it from local rules.

Early on, she recognized that the Everglades was a system which depended not only on the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee into the park, but also upon the Kissimmee River which feeds the lake. To ...

Florida State Parks have announced the winners of the 2024 Capture Real Florida photo contest. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:05:15 GMT (1751061915792) Story Infinite Scroll ...

State full of gators. According to the A-Z Animals Blog, the No. 1 lake for alligators in Florida is Lake Okeechobee.It is Florida’s largest freshwater lake and borders five counties. It has ...

We protected Florida parks, but recent proposals make our state untrustworthy | Opinion. Dana Hunsley. Mon, June 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM UTC. 2 min read.

The reason for its existence is awful. Two hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 ravaged the region and the towns along Lake Okeechobee's shores. More than 3,000 lives were lost.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Amid ongoing tensions in Florida, The Walt Disney Co. has scrapped plans to open a new regional campus in the Lake Nona area of Orlando. The company announced plans for the ...

Florida Python Challenge 2025 set for July. Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge — a ten-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida — are set.. This year's hunt ...

LAKE LANIER, GA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened two recreational areas at Lake Lanier, offering expanded access to visitors. Barricades and closure signs have been removed at ...