Port Saint Lucie FL

St. Lucie County’s summer fertilizer blackout runs through Sept. 30. For a Port St. Lucie lawn, Oct. 1 is the time to consider fertilizing again—but not to give the lawn company an open-ended go-ahead. Check the product and the conditions before anything goes on the grass.

In my house, an empty moving box used to look like storage I had already paid for. Flatten it, keep it in the garage, and surely it would be useful again. That was the reflex as of mid-September 2026: if the cardboard stayed dry, why get rid of it? Here in Florida, I have learned to be suspicious of northern-house logi

A bullet tore through the bathroom wall of a Fort Pierce home late Sunday night while two adults and five children were inside, marking at least the third shooting to strike a residence in the area within a two-week span. No one was hurt, but the gunfire has left investigators piecing together whether the violence is c

Limestone Creek, Hardee County, Florida. Photo: Carlton Ward Jr./Wildpath Florida officials have approved the permanent...

PORT ST. LUCIE — The smell of smoked meat, the sound of live music and the sight of long food stand lines filled the air as barbecue lovers gathered for the Port St. Lucie Bacon & BBQ Festival at the MIDFLORIDA Event Center. The two-day event brought together barbecue...

Which counties on the Treasure Coast may see showers Tuesday?. The Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast will get one more dry and comfortable day Monday before humidity, rain chances and temperatures gradually climb through the rest of the week. Dry air still in place across Florida will keep Monday mostly...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A driver in Fort Pierce is accused of fleeing from police officers twice during a targeted traffic enforcement initiative, according to the Fort Pierce Police Department. FPPD says that on Sept. 25, at around 4:45 p.m., during the traffic enforcement initiative taking place in...

As of late September 2026, I have a rule in my Port St. Lucie house that took me years to learn: before I call anybody about the sewer, I figure out whose pipe it is. The reflex most of us carry, and I carried it down from New Jersey, is that the moment a toilet gurgles or a drain backs up, you call the city, because e

JENSEN BEACH – A section of Jensen Beach Boulevard was closed at about 3 p.m., Sept. 28 after a construction crew working in the area struck a natural gas line, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook posting. The road was closed in both lanes from Northeast...

A Port St. Lucie man called 911 to report a stabbing he committed, leaving a 79-year-old hospitalized