Port Saint Lucie FL

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A 5-year-old special needs child who went missing Monday evening was found dead after an hours-long search. The Port St. Lucie Police Department said that officers were called to a home on SW Crean Terrace, off SW Hampshire Lane, at around 8 p.m. on March 9 after family members reported...

First responders save lives every day, but few of them look as adorable as Hoot while they're on the job. Hoot is a police K9 in Port St. Lucie, Florida, where she's helped locate four missing children in the last two years. This Bloodhound is a true hero!. Hoot's most...

The 15th Annual Clambake hosted by Project LIFT returns to Hobe Sound on Saturday, April 11, 2026, bringing together community members, local businesses, and supporters for one of the area’s most established fundraising events. Held at Project LIFT’s Hobe Sound location, at 12050 SE Lantana Avenue, the evening runs...

A Port St. Lucie school bus driver has been arrested after deputies said he allegedly made inappropriate comments and touched a 9-year-old student while she was riding a bus. A School Resource Deputy with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office received a report March 4 alleging that a bus driver had asked the child to...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A dramatic structure fire consumed a single-family home in Stuart on Sunday afternoon, just moments after bystanders heard a "loud pop." Martin County Fire Rescue said that crews responded to the structure fire on Sunday in the 1800 block of SW Kanner Hwy after 1 p.m.

One person has died after two people were shot Monday morning in St. Lucie County after some sort of argument, according to the sheriff's office.

MARTIN COUNTY – A 72-year-old Colorado neurosurgeon was booked into Indian River County Jail on March 7 on multiple charges of attempted murder, stemming from a shooting on March 2 at the intersection of 12th Street and Commerce Avenue near Vero Beach, according to jail records. Thomas Earl Steffens...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — A wheelchair-bound man plunged into the water at Mariner Cay Saturday—but quick-thinking deputies, a Sea Tow captain, and bystanders saved him. Deputies with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office say they were called after a wheelchair-bound man fell into the water when the ramp connecting a dock...

Port St. Lucie is getting a new Costco retail store. City leaders on Monday approved the sale of a 22-acre parcel of land to Costco for $6 million, marking a major step toward bringing the warehouse retailer to a city whose residents have long called for one. The land is...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — The St. Lucie County Fire District is investigating an incident involving one of its golf carts that injured a pedestrian at the St. Lucie County Fair. According to SLCFD, the incident occurred at the fair on Saturday afternoon. Deputies say the person was...