St. Lucie News

The driver, identified as Carol Schaefer, 84, of Port St. Lucie, was headed northbound on I-95 when she lost control on the wet roadway, police said.

One person linked to a Tuesday afternoon robbery of prescription painkillers from a man outside a pharmacy was arrested in Fort Pierce, according to police and an affidavit released Wednesday.

New high tech jobs on the way to Port Saint Lucie thanks to a city council vote Monday night; however, the city had to sweeten the deal with tens of millions of dollars in incentives to get the movie studio to move in.

An Autistic boy is found wandering the streets of Port St. Lucie alone. A neighbor spotted the boy in the road and called 911.

A 44-year-old man who threw darts at patrons of Mickey Finns bar and returned to the establishment after being kicked out was arrested, according to a recently released affidavit.

Published: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 3:00 a.m. PORT ST.

Police Chief Donald Shinnamon Sr. has decided not to make the parents of two boys who made a bogus report of a girl being abducted Wednesday morning pay the costs of the massive effort to find the nonexistent girl.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Treasure Coast woman who was traveling in a white van that matched the description of a vehicle involved in a phony child abduction said the children who made up the story ought to be punished.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:24 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:26 a.m. PORT ST.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an Amber Alert for a girl believed to have been abducted by two Hispanic men Tuesday morning.

The winning tickets were bought in Port St. Lucie, Orlando, Deland and Crawfordville, lottery officials reported.

Lucie man was not injured in a Friday evening fatal double semi-tractor trailer crash on Florida's Turnpike, according to reports from the Florida Highway Patrol.

A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man is behind bars after authorities said he attempted to rape two women in a three-day period.

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Two Port St. Lucie parents were charged with child neglect after shoppers noticed their 7-month-old girl had been left alone in an unlocked car for half an hour Monday, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said.

A St. Lucie County teacher who let her kindergartners decide whether an autistic child could remain in class is returning to the classroom.

Two men in "Jason" style hockey masks carried out a Monday night robbery at a fast food restaurant in which a shot was fired and three bank bags stolen, a St.

Greg Kellerman, 27, plays an X-Box game from inside his bedroom at his father's home on Idle Avenue in Port St.

A twin-engine airplane crashed after take-off at the St. Lucie County International Airport Thursday afternoon, though the people on board were not thought to have sustained serious injuries, officials said.

St. Lucie County's fifth swine flu-related death - and the sixth on the Treasure Coast - was a 53-year-old man who died Monday, St.