1. Earlier competitions were held recently in Okeechobee and near Melbourne.

2. Buck fishes Okeechobee often but has never led a tournament of this magnitude.

3. Chelsea Wallace, 23, of Okeechobee, Fla., was thrilled early this year when the test she took at seven weeks said she was having a boy, a result confirmed weeks later by ultrasound.

4. Lake Okeechobee, the second - largest fresh - water lake country , is showing dry patches from lack of rain.

5. A city of southeast Florida on Lake Okeechobee west of West Palm Beach. It was rebuilt after a hurricane in 928. Population, ', 77.

6. Lake Okeechobee, the second-largest fresh-water lake in the country, is showing dry patches from lack of rain.

7. Under present conditions, the phytoplankton in Lake Okeechobee are often light-limited due to a combination of abiotic turbidity and a relatively high lake stage.

8. Workers built a huge system of waterways and pumping stations to control the overflow of Lake Okeechobee, north of the Everglades.

9. Officials say most of the fires are around Lake Okeechobee and along the coast in Brevard County. Another large fire is burning in the Everglades.

10. Officials say most of the fires are around Lake Okeechobee and along the coast in Brevard County.

11. The idea is to use this land to restore the natural flow of water from Lake Okeechobee into the marshy Everglades—the "river of grass", as a leading environmentalist once called them.

12. It's turned out to be a smoky day across parts of Florida where dozens wildfires are still burning. Officials say most of the fires are around Lake Okeechobee and along the coast in Brevard County.