The Florida Supreme Court will allow the state’s voters in November to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana. The rulings Monday reject Attorney …
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4/1/24
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Police fatally shot a man at a South Florida home Saturday. WPLG-TV reports that the Homestead Police Department identified the deceased man as 34-year-old Leandro Chong. Homestead Police Captain …
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3/31/24
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Division of Law Enforcement...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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2/29/24
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Tropical Storm Idalia has formed in the Gulf of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore in the southern U.S. as a hurricane. That is according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. …
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8/27/23
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Across Florida, workers didn’t show up at construction sites and tomato fields, and scores of restaurants, shops and other small businesses never opened their doors. That's because they were …
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By DANIEL KOZIN
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6/1/23
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Archeologists have found the remains of a 19th century quarantine hospital and cemetery on a submerged island in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico. While only one grave has …
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5/2/23
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WASHINGTON — FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Florida to supplement state and local recovery efforts …
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News from FEMA
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5/2/23
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