Port Saint Lucie FL

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Dutch Bros Coffee is planning to open its first Fort Pierce location in early 2027, bringing the drive-thru beverage chain to the Treasure Coast. The shop will be located at 2050 S. U.S. Highway 1, according to a company announcement on Monday. It will be the company's 43rd location in Florida and its third on the state's east coast.

In September 2014, a homeowner in Jensen Beach signed a contract with a pool renovation company to refinish the swimming pool at the house. The price was $5,095. About a week later, on or about September 16, the company accepted $2,550, almost exactly half.

Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital — Approximate Site of Alleged Fentanyl Diversion. A 54-year-old intensive care unit nurse at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital has been arrested after police say a patient's family member watched her draw fluid from a fentanyl IV line, pocket the syringe and walk out of the room, then come back the following night and try again. Leslie Ann Pope, of Jupiter, was taken into custody on October 8.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A family member’s watch over a critically ill loved one led to the arrest of an ICU nurse accused of taking fentanyl from the patient’s IV infusion at Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, Port St. Lucie police said. Port St. Lucie police...

MARTIN COUNTY — A Palm Beach County firefighter hoping to build his forever home on a Southeast Loxahatchee River Road lot has been in limbo for months as Martin County officials grapple with land development regulations that appear to prevent him from obtaining a building permit, even as similar properties already have homes.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A former surgeon turned Wall Street analyst is taking on his city, its mayor and surveillance technology company Flock Safety in federal court. He has no lawyer and wants the city's license plate cameras gone for good. Dr. Steven Greer filed the lawsuit...

Florida’s order to remove automated license plate readers from state highway property has not stopped some police departments from planning to monitor the same roads. Longboat Key officials are working to relocate Flock Safety cameras onto municipal or approved private property while keeping them directed toward passing vehicles. Florida revoked highway camera permits on August […]

FORT PIERCE — A resident’s complaint during public comment Oct. 6 prompted an impromptu discussion among commissioners and staff, offering an update on a long-delayed Lakewood Park stormwater project that is still awaiting final grant approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Ocala Avenue resident David Alice served...

West Palm Beach, Fla. (WPEC) — * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Martin County in east central Florida... * At 523 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing. heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain. have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to...

FORT PIERCE — Local artist Daniel Paul Carter has earned an ‘Accepted Art’ acknowledgment in the A.E. Backus Museum’s Best of the Best contest for his pen-and-ink drawing, ‘IBBY,’ featuring an ibis. The recognition, presented Oct. 4, places Carter’s work among pieces selected for...