Port Saint Lucie FL

New York-based Circular Services says its new depackaging facility in Vero Beach, Florida, has been designed to provide food and beverage manufacturers, distributors and retailers in the Sunshine State with the ability to recycle damaged or out-of-date packaged food and beverage products. Circular Services calls the fa

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A major multi-vehicle crash is slowing the Thursday morning commute in Martin County, with drivers along I-95 already seeing heavy backups. According to Florida 511, the crash happened on June 18, just after 8 a.m., on I-95 northbound at Mile Marker 103. As of the latest update at 8:07 a.m

PORT ST. LUCIE — A 25-year-old motorcyclist was arrested after police said he was traveling 110 mph in a 45 mph zone on a Port St. Lucie roadway. According to the Port St. Lucie Police Department, traffic officers conducting group traffic enforcement June 12 near Southeast Veterans Memorial Parkway and Southeast Port S

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Four generations of the same family have spent nearly 90 years working the land at Adams Ranch in Fort Pierce — and now a fifth generation is growing up there. "It's just a way of life," said ranch foreman Billy Adams. "And it's...

Multiple Martin County Fire Rescue crews battle roof fire at Jensen Beach Dillard's store. Authorities are asking residents to avoid the area.

Women in Palm Beach County will have two opportunities next month to receive free mammogram screenings through events hosted by Promise Fund, a South Florida nonprofit focused on increasing survivorship from breast and cervical cancer. The organization will hold free Mammography Screening Days on July 11 in Jupiter and

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Voters will decide in November whether to expand the boundaries of the St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District, a change officials say would allow the district to serve growing areas that are currently outside its jurisdiction. The proposal, House Bill 4011, would increase the size...

Housing costs across the Treasure Coast have climbed so far beyond local wages that full-time workers are increasingly at risk of losing their homes, according to the head of the region's lead homelessness agency. St. Lucie County was recently ranked the 17th riskiest county in the country for housing affordability...

HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Two people, including a Port St. Lucie man, were killed in a head-on crash in Highlands County on Tuesday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at about 12:10 p.m., a 2016 Ford Explorer was traveling on Northwest New Pine Ridge Road. At the same time, a 69-year-old man, of Port St.

MARTIN COUNTY — A 34-year-old Okeechobee man was arrested on multiple animal cruelty charges after investigators found a dead dog and several neglected animals at a ranch in Canal Point, according to the Martin County Sheriff's Office. The investigation began after a media outlet contacted the sheriff's office with...