Fort Pierce News

Treasure Coast kids now have a new place to drop their wheels. The Lawnwood Skate Park officially opened this week in Fort Pierce.

A vertical transition was created by grouping and replicating trees, vine structures and palms.

Two Pembroke Pines men are among 19 people charged with being members of a Liberty City-based cocaine ring, federal prosecutors said today.

A 36-year-old man was flown to a trauma center in serious condition Sunday night after an armed robber hit him in the head with a gun, according to a police report.

Smoke crack and get smacked with a toilet seat. Authorities in Fort Pierce, Florida, have charged Kimberlee Cole with hitting her boyfriend with a toilet seat after she caught him smoking crack cocaine in their ...

After a manhunt all morning, St. Lucie Sheriff's officials have taken two men into custody in connection with the shooting of a White City woman during a early-morning home invasion.

Lawyers for nine children outlined the abuses in a submission to U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman, who is scheduled to sentence 63-year-old Judith Leekin on Tuesday.

A Fort Pierce couple has been arrested after the woman allegedly hit her boyfriend with a toilet seat because he was doing drugs.

A woman from Fort Pierce is rescuing chimpanzees forced into captivity. Carole Noon founded Save the Chimps.

Surfers, break out your boards and wax this weekend. Gnarly waves are coming to Brevard County shores.

Nearly seven years after her death during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, CeeCee Ross Lyles will be immortalized in another way, through a post office in Fort Pierce.

A toddler fell out of a sports utility vehicle this afternoon after her car seat was unrestrained from the SUV, police said.

Police officers reported hearing rapid gunfire - more than 20 shots from two different weapons - early this morning around North 22nd Street, but they were not able to find the shooters, according to a police ...

The Florida Supreme Court Thursday threw out the death sentence imposed on a man who strangled a 40-year-old woman to death in St.

Police and deputies arrested four people Tuesday when a crowd of about 100 formed as officers responded to a call from a woman saying her boyfriend had beat her.

Today's Treasure Coast death notices: Martin County Evelyn H. Howell 80, formerly of Stuart Mrs.

Police arrested a Vero Beach man on Friday night after he allegedly called himself a detective.

Lucie Sheriff's Department's detectives continue investigating the identity of the person whose lifeless body was found 4 1 2 miles off the coast of the Ft.

While Florida's public universities boost admission standards and turn away thousands of students, a new 'state college' system is emerging to help more students earn bachelor's degrees.

This year, the Legislature created nine pilot state colleges, community colleges that will transform into schools that offer more four-year degrees. These include Miami Dade College, Edison College in Fort Myers and Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, formerly known as Indian River Community College.

Timothy Powers, 49, was killed when his motorcycle struck a big rig driven by 41-year-old Florida City resident Felix Villa, who was attempting a U-turn on U.S. 1 just south of Indrio Road north of Fort Pierce.