Port Saint Lucie FL

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Firefighters battled a speedboat fire at a Marriott hotel on Thursday. According to Martin County Fire Rescue (MCFR), at 11:04 a.m., crews responded to a blaze at the Marriott IRP Hotel & Convention Center docks. When firefighters arrived, they found a 25-foot speedboat actively on fire....

STUART — Stuart police officers responded to the Roosevelt Bridge on the morning of March 10 after a woman in distress called for help and indicated she intended to end her life. Officers arrived at about 9 a.m. and found the woman straddling the bridge railing, according to a...

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla (CBS12) — A 29-year-old Port St. Lucie man is facing multiple felony charges after Florida Highway Patrol troopers say he walked along the Florida Turnpike with a knife, resisted arrest and attacked a trooper. According to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest report, the incident happened...

PORT ST. LUCIE — After years of anticipation from residents, Port St. Lucie has finalized a deal that clears the way for a Costco retail store to be built in the city. City officials agreed March 9 to sell about 23 acres of land in the Southern Grove area to Costco Wholesale Corp. for $6 million. The site, located...

SEBASTIAN — Discount grocery chain Aldi is growing its reach in the Treasure Coast with three new stores slated to open in Sebastian & Micco this spring, and Vero Beach on March 19, 2026, company officials confirmed. The German-based retailer has been pushing into new markets across the U.S....

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A West Palm Beach man was arrested Tuesday night after deputies say he rode a motorized bicycle while intoxicated with a child seated on the back, resulting in minor injuries to the child when the bike fell. According to an arrest affidavit from...

PORT ST. LUCIE — A 5-year-old boy with autism who was reported missing March 9was later found in a body of water and pronounced dead, according to Port St. Lucie police. Officers responded around 8 p.m. March 9 to a home in the 700 block of Southwest Crean Terrace after receiving a report of a missing child.

A 41-year-old Port St. Lucie man will spend much of the next decade behind bars for a deadly pre-dawn hit-and-run in Boca Raton. Carlos Madeira Cardoso was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in Florida state prison after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of a crash that killed 65-year-old pedestrian Martin Albert...

SOUTH HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. (CBS12) — Beachgoers on South Hutchinson Island will see new restrictions and round-the-clock construction beginning this month as a major sand renourishment effort gets underway at Fort Pierce Beach. Portions of Seaway Drive and some of the parking areas at Jetty Park will be closed...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 72-year-old former Colorado neurosurgeon faces several charges of attempted murder after a Vero Beach shootout that left him and a U.S. Marshal wounded last week. Thomas Steffens, who was wanted on outstanding out-of-state warrants for sexual assault, was released from the hospital over the...