Port Saint Lucie FL

The pilot of the small plane has been identified as 19-year-old Anders Brock-Utne of Dallas-Texas who rented a single-engine fixed-wing Piper Aircraft in Melbourne to log flight hours.

The Martin County Sheriff's Office and FDOT are working to educate drivers and improve road conditions on SR-710 following a series of fatal accidents.

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — Four people are in custody on Tuesday after investigators say they tried passing counterfeit $100 bills at two Publix stores in Martin County. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said the suspects first attempted to use the fake currency at a Publix, where cashiers became suspicious of the bills. Authorities say those concerns helped alert investigators to the alleged scheme.

INDIANTOWN – The Village Council here directed staff April 9 to make a counter-offer to the Martin County School District’s appraised $220,000 value for a small piece of land at 15161 S.W. 169th Ave. that city officials want to purchase in order to expand the recreational opportunities in Booker Park and potentially remove its existing structure.

A plan to build a large private school in Jupiter Farms has neighbors picking sides. Calvary Church wants to construct a kindergarten through 12th-grade school for nearly 1,000 students on Rocky Pines Road, just off West Indiantown Road. But some residents worry the proposed school will destroy their community’s rural character.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — The sentencing hearing for the man convicted in a deadly Martin Luther King Jr. Day shooting in Fort Pierce has been postponed as his defense seeks a new trial. Kemmye Parson was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning, but that hearing has been...

A popular northern Palm Beach County eatery has withdrawn from an agreement to lease the long-shuttered restaurant at Jupiter 's Carlin Park. The Dune Dog Cafe and the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department mutually agreed to the move, parks spokesperson Chris Korbelak said. Dune Dog officials had announced plans to renovate the space long occupied by Duke’s Lazy Loggerhead Cafe , with...

HUNGRYLAND PRESERVE, Fla. (CBS12) — A newly released incident report shows a teen pilot en route to Delray Beach made an emergency landing after the plane’s engine suddenly lost power Saturday night. According to an incident report from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 9:18 p.m....

STUART — As a primary care physician, I talk with patients every day who want to live longer, feel stronger and stay independent as they age. Many arrive with questions about the latest “anti-aging” supplements, detox teas, expensive wearables or restrictive diets they have seen promoted online or by social media influencers. What I tell them is that healthy aging is less about chasing...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Multiple navigation locks on Lake Okeechobee’s north shore will temporarily close beginning Tuesday night as lake levels continue to recede, the South Florida Water Management District announced Monday. The district said the closures are being made for safety reasons after the lake level...