Indian River County News

Share + Nov 26, 2009 11:31 am US/Eastern VERO BEACH, Fla. A Miami woman convicted of killing two motorcyclists on Interstate 95 in Indian River County has been sentenced to 18 1/2 years in prison.

Stuckey the cat is rescued from being stuck in the shed on the Indian River Soccer Association grounds.

Deputies charged a woman with beating a boy with an extension cord Wednesday. Lehoter Pleshett St.

Cyndy Hazlewood is a volunteer of Indian River County's Habitat for Humanity Women Build program, and is no stranger to a little elbow grease.

An unconscious 26-year-old Sebastian woman woke to find she had been beaten and locked inside a car trunk.

The name of the gallery and boutique is taken from ancient Sanskrit meaning "balance." Tulaa Gallery & Boutique of Local Spirit, located at 2036 14th Ave.

SAM WOLFE Correspondent Public Safety Officer Tedd Mooney, left, of Indian River Shores Public Safety, laughs with his son, Kevin, as the two scoop out samples of the their group's chili while preparing for the Sixth Annual Firefighters Chili Cookoff at Pointe West on Saturday afternoon.

Tough economic times could mean an otherwise leaner Thanksgiving feast for some but one local group is working to provide fresh turkeys and other holiday fixings to needy families in the local area.

There are about 174 sex offenders living within a mile of an Indian River County school.

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Two Florida accounting firms - Proctor, Crook & Crowder and Fogal & Associates - have merged to form one of the largest firms on the state's Treasure Coast.

In the Vero Beach City Council race Charlie Wilson and Brian Heady leading with absentee, early voting and the first six precincts in.

SAM WOLFE Correspondent A worker from Florida Power Light Co. disconnects electrical lines above the crematory at Seawinds Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon.

A 53-year-old St. Lucie County man has died from the H1N1 flu, and clinics throughout the Palm beaches and on the Treasure Coast are administering vaccines.

State agents and Indian River County sheriff's deputies posed as homeowners, in a "sting" targeting unlicensed contractors.

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.

About 1:45 p.m., fire rescue was called to Seawinds Funeral Home. SEBASTIAN - Indian River County Fire Rescue officials are working a blaze at Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory.

Officials said they frequently see the results of dog fighting but can rarely find the instigators.

Indian River County sheriff's deputies have arrested four Vero Beach men accused of forcing two pit bulls to fight each other.

Several dogs also were picked up from that location. Arrested Saturday morning on charges of fighting or baiting animals were Christopher L. Jones, 30, of the 4400 block of 34th Avenue; Jamiey T. Parker, 31; 3600 block of 44th Road; and Kenneth L. Smith, 31, of the 4600 block of 56th Avenue; and Ervin L. Everett, 21, of Orlando.