Port Saint Lucie FL

The luck of the Irish is taking over Jupiter this weekend as the 6th Annual Jupiter Irish Fest returns to Abacoa Town Center — and for the first time ever, admission is absolutely free. The two-day celebration will run Saturday, March 14 (11 a.m. – 10 p.m.) and Sunday,...

STUART – A majority of the City Commission selected its top candidate for city manager, along with an alternate choice, during the March 9 meeting after interviewing 13 finalists over two days. The search follows the firing of former City Manager Michael by a previous commission majority last fall without cause.

FORT PIERCE -- Two men were arrested on March 12 during a traffic stop in Fort Pierce where St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office deputies found guns and Oxycodone in the car, according to a sheriff’s office Facebook posting. Deputies stopped a car driven by Cardell Timothy Battle, 22,...

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....

Police arrested a 71-year-old school bus driver in Florida and charged him with lascivious molestation after a 9-year-old student reported inappropriate behavior during a school bus ride. According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, the case began March 4, when a school resource deputy received a report about...

PORT ST. LUCIE — The Government Finance Corporation Board members here approved a $6 million purchase and sale agreement March 9 that will realize a years-long community goal of wooing Costco to Port St. Lucie and place the city in a select group of 13 other communities around the United States to boast both a Costco...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — A California man attempted to extort the owners of a $45 million Sailfish Point home in Martin County by filing a fraudulent legal claim, prompting a white-collar investigation. According to MCSO, Kevin Lewis Walker submitted a $45 million offer on a luxury home in Sailfish...

STUART — The Stuart City Commission began discussing how to spend its share of Martin County’s half-cent sales tax, with one potential project, the future of the former high school building on Ocean Boulevard, drawing particular attention because of interest from the local arts community. The half-cent sales...

The long-awaited Vero Beach U.S. Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic in the 777 37th Street building east of Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital will finally open for business in two weeks. “The West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System will begin to see patients at the Indian River VA Clinic starting March...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — A traffic stop on the Treasure Coast led detectives to a stolen handgun and Oxycodone, uncovering what investigators say was an armed convicted felon behind the wheel. According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, detectives with the Special Investigations Division conducted the...