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TUESDAY 5-6: 7PM HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRING CHORAL
CONCERT
THURSDAY & FRIDAY 5-8 & 9: 7:30 PM JENSEN BEACH HIGH'S DRAMA
STUDENTS PRESENT THE PLAY "WHAT ABOUT SARAH?" TICKETS
$10
FRIDAY & SATURDAY 5-9 & 10: 23RD ANNUAL STUART
SAILFISH CLUB LADY ANGLER'S FISHING TOURNAMENT. AT
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DINNER DANCE SPONSORED BY ST LUCIE COUNTY PARKS & REC AT THE FT PIERCE COMMUNITY
CENTER FOR CHILDREN 12 AND YOUNGER. $20 COUPLE. 461-1792
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News
Written
by Tom Teter
MONDAY MAY 12
I-95 HAS REOPENED NORTH OF VERO BEACH. A BRUSH FIRE IN
SOUTHERN BREVARD AND NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FORCED THE FHP TO
CLOSE I-95 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. THE HIGHWAY
REOPENED AROUND 6AM
A RED FLAG BRUSH FIRE ALERT WILL BE IN EFFECT STARTING AT NOON.
THIS MEANS CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR BRUSH FIRES TO START AND SPREAD
IN MARTIN & ST LUCIE COUNTY A
SMALL BRUSH FIRE BURNED IN NORTHERN ST LUCIE COUNTY SUNDAY IN AN OLD
CITRUS GROVE. SUNDAY'S WINDS MADE IT HARD TO PUT OUT
A 19 YEAR OLD PORT ST LUCIE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE LEG OUTSIDE SEASICK
SAM'S BAR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ANOTHER MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED
LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WEEK BEGINS TODAY HONORING LAW OFFICERS
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. THE ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE WILL HOLD A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 10AM AT THE SHERIFF'S HQ ON
MIDWAY ROAD
WEEKEND EDITION MAY 10 & 11
45 TO 50 CATS DIED IN A FIRE
ON HUTCHINSON ISLAND FRIDAY. ST LUCIE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE SAYS
THE FIRE WAS AT A DUPLEX ON AUQUA RA DRIVE NEAR FT PIERCE.
SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ATTIC BY TIME FIREFIGHTERS GOT THERE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO RESCUE TEN CATS. THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE
WERE NOT HOME AND THE RED CROSS IS HELPING THEM.
ONE TICKET HIT
LOTTO SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WAS A $2 PLAY AND WINS THE BASE
JACKPOT OF $6 PLUS AN EXTRA $10 MILLION. IT'S THE FIRST TIME A
"MAKE-YOUR-OWN-JACKPOT" TICKET HAS HIT THE LOTTO JACKPOT SINCE IT
STARTED IN MARCH. THE NEW JACKPOT FOR THE $1 BASE PLAY IS
$3 MILLION. LOTTO TICKETS MATCH FIVE NUMBERS ARE WORTH $4,530;
FOUR NUMBERS $66.50 AND THREE RIGHT PAYS $4.50
YET ANOTHER BIG FANTASY 5
JACKPOT WINNING TICKET WAS SOLD ON THE TREASURE COAST. IT WAS
A QUICK PICK SOLD AT THE PORT SALERNO WINN-DIXIE STORE FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT'S DRAWING. IT WILL SPLIT THE $251,000+ JACKPOT WITH A
TICKET SOLD IN ST PETE. BOTH ARE WORTH $ALMOST $126,000.
IT'S THE SIXTH WINNING FANTASY 5 TICKET SOLD ON THE TREASURE COAST
IN TWO WEEKS
SOUTH FORK AND JOHN CARROLL HIGH'S ARE BOTH GOING TO THE STATE HIGH
SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. SOUTH FORK SWEPT DAVIE NOVA
WINNING THE BEST TWO OF THREE SERIES BY SCORES OF 15-7 AND 7-1.
THE BULLDOGS HIT 6 HOMERS IN THE FIRST GAME. JOHN CARROLL
SHOCKED NATIONALLY RANKED CLEARWATER CENTRAL CATHOLIC WINNING THEIR
GAMES 10-8 IN AN EXTRA INNING GAME AND WITH A 2-0 SHUTOUT IN GAME
TWO. SOUTH FORK AND JOHN CARROLL PLAY IN THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES NEXT WEEK IN SARASOTA
THE BRUSH FIRE BURNING ALONG THE EDGED OF A DRY SECTION OF LAKE
OKEECHOBEE IS HALF CONTAINED. THE FIRE STARTED OUT LAST
WEEKEND AS TWO SMALL FIRES THAT HAD BEEN DELIBERATELY SET AND MERGED
INTO TWO. SMOKE FROM THE MUCK & BRUSH FIRE WILL DRIFT OVER THE
TREASURE COAST THIS WEEKEND
TREASURE COAST CONGRESSMAN TIM MAHONEY WILL PASS OUT DOZENS OF
CONGRESSIONAL AWARDS TO TREASURE COAST TEENS TODAY. STUDENTS
WHO EARN THEM HAVE HAD TO MAKE EXTRA EFFORTS TOWARD PERSONAL
IMPROVEMENT AND DO COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT. THE AWARDS
CEREMONY IS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 AM AT JENSEN BEACH HIGH
THE 16th ANNUAL STAMP OUT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE IS TODAY (SATURDAY).
TREASURE COAST POSTAL CARRIERS WILL BE COLLECTING NON-PERISHABLE
FOODS LEFT OUT BY THE MAIL BOX. THE HOUSE OF HOPE WILL
DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD IN MARTIN COUNTY WHILE IN ST LUCIE COUNTY IT'LL
BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK
FRIDAY MAY 9
TREASURE
COAST CONGRESSMAN TIM MAHONEY SAYS SENATOR BARAK OBAMA TOLD HIM
THURSDAY FLORIDA'S DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT CONVENTION
WILL BE SEATED AND THEIR VOTES WILL COUNT
THE WINDS HAVE SWITCHED TO THE SOUTHWEST WHICH WILL BLOW SMOKE FROM
THE MUCK & BRUSH FIRE BURNING IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE OVER THE TREASURE
COAST AND PALM BEACHES THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS ARE MONITORING THE SMOKE TO SEE IF ANY HEALTH ALERTS MAY
BE NECESSARY
TWO 17 YEAR OLDS HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH VANDALIZING THE 15th GREEN
AT MARTIN DOWNS COUNTRY CLUB. THEY ALLEGEDLY CARVED A
SWASTIKA, A MALE BODY PART AND THE INITIALS AB AND WP, STANDING FOR
ARYAN BROTHERHOOD AND WHITE POWER AND LEFT A DEAD ARMADILLO ON THE
GREEN. A FRIEND OF THEIRS TOLD MARTIN COUNTY DETECTIVES THE
BOYS TOLD HIM THEY HAD CAMPED OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE LAST WEEKEND.
ANOTHER WINNING FANTASY 5 LOTTERY TICKET HAS BEEN SOLD IN OUR AREA.
A TICKET SOLD AT THE CHEVRON STATION ON GATLIN BLVD IN WESTERN PORT
ST LUCIE WAS ONE OF THREE WINNING TICKETS SOLD FOR THURSDAY NIGHT'S
DRAWING. EACH IS WORTH $75,129. IT'S THE FIFTH WINNING
FANTASY 5 TICKET SOLD IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS IN MARTIN AND ST LUCIE
COUNTY
IN EARLIER TREASURE COAST NEWS...
MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DR SARAH WILCOX SAYS IT'S
FITTING THAT THE DISTRICT'S OUTSTANDING FCAT WRITING TEST SCORES
COMES DURING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK. 4th, 8th & 10th
GRADERS ALL SCORED ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE. ST LUCIE COUNTY
SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE PLEASED THAT TEST SCORES AT MOST SCHOOLS WERE
UP.
FORESTRY OFFICIALS THE BRUSH FIRE BURNING ALONG LAKE OKEECHOBEE
COULD BURN FOR WEEKS, MAYBE EVEN MONTHS. THAT'S BECAUSE ITS A MUCK
FIRE WHICH BURNS MOSTLY UNDERGROUND
MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THERE'S A GROUP OF MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
USING THE INTERNET TO TARGET STUDENTS THEY DON'T LIKE FOR BEATINGS.
THE BEATINGS BEGAN IN FEBRUARY DUE TO A DISPUTE OVER A BOY.
THE GIRLS ARE USING MySPACE PAGES TO TARGET OTHERS FOR BEATINGS.
PORT ST LUCIE
POLICE AND ST LUCIE COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE AT PORT ST LUCIE HIGH
SCHOOL THURSDAY WAITING FOR A STUDENT PROTEST THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
THERE WERE RUMORS THAT FIRED BIKINI TEACHER TIFFANY SHEPARD WOULD BE
AT THE CAMPUS TO RETRIEVE PERSON ITEMS FROM HERE CLASSROOM. SHE
NEVER SHOWED UP AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS ORDERED STUDENTS TO LEAVE
CAMPUS AT 2:15 THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THE MOTHER OF STUDENT INVOLVED IN A FIGHT AT ST LUCIE WEST
CENTENNIAL WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY. DEPUTIES SAY HER DAUGHTER AND
ANOTHER GIRL WERE FIGHTING IN THE STUDENT PARKING LOT AND SHE
SEPERATED THEM WHEN HER DAUGHTER WASN’T GETTING THE BEST OF IT. MOM
WAS ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, FOR LETTING THE GIRLS GO
BACK AT IT
SHE MAY BE THE OLDEST PERSON ON THE
TREASURE COAST. LEONA VOGEL OF PORT ST LUCIE CELEBRATED HER
106th BIRTHDAY THURSDAY
SOUTH FORK AND JOHN CARROLL HIGH PLAY REGIONAL FINAL BASEBALL SERIES
TODAY. IF THEY WIN, THEY'LL ADVANCE TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK
THURSDAY MAY 8
TREASURE COAST STUDENTS
SHOWED IMPROVEMENT ON THE FCAT ESSAY PART OF THE TEST THIS YEAR.
MARTIN COUNTY 4th, 8th AND 10th GRADERS ALL SCORED ABOVE THE STATE
AVERAGE. SEAWIND & PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY AND JD PARKER
SCHOOL SHOWED BIG INCREASES IN SCORES. SO DID INDIANTOWN
MIDDLE AND JENSEN BEACH HIGH. ST LUCIE COUNTY STUDENTS ALL DID
BETTER, BUT 8th AND 10th GRADERS SCORED BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.
26 OF THE 37 SCHOOLS MADE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OR HAD 90 PERCENT OF
THEIR STUDENTS PASS THE FCAT WRITING TEST.
A 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN DIED
IN A FLORIDA TURNPIKE CRASH LATE LAST NIGHT IN THE HOBE SOUND AREA.
THE FHP SAYS 70 YEAR OLD KAREN GOLDING WAS THROWN THRU THE
WINDSHIELD OF A MOTOR HOME DRIVEN BY HER HUSBAND. THEY WERE
GOING SOUTH WHEN THE MOTOR HOME HIT A SLOWER-MOVING TURNPIKE
MAINTENANCE TRUCK THAT WAS BEHIND A TRUCK CLEANING DEBRIS FROM THE
HIGHWAY AT THE 133 MILE MARKER. THE CRASH CLOSED THE
SOUTHBOUND TURNPIKE LANES FOR ALMOST 6 HOURS
PRESIDENT BUSH TODAY SIGNED
THE LEGISLATION DESIGNATING THE JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE AND 126 ACRES
AROUND IT AN "OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA." IT'S THE FIRST
LIGHTHOUSE ON THE US EAST COAST TO BE SO NAMED. THE
DESIGNATION WILL HELP PRESERVE THE AREA FROM DEVELOPMENT AND SHOULD
HELP TOURISM. THE BILL WAS SPONSORED BY TREASURE COAST
CONGRESSMAN TIM MAHONEY.
NuCO2 SHAREHOLDERS VOTED
TODAY TO SELL THE COMPANY TO AURORA CAPITOL GROUP IN LOS ANGELES FOR
$30 A SHARE. THIS WILL TAKE THE COMPANY PRIVATE. NuCO2
IS THE NATION'S LARGEST SUPPLIER OF CARBONATION USED IN SOFT DRINKS
AND HAS ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN STUART. THE $487 MILLION
DEAL IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE BY THE END OF THE MONTH
PATRICK HAYES FILED PAPERS
TODAY TO RUN AGAINST MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER LEE WEBERMAN IN THIS
FALL'S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. HAYES RAN AGAINST WEBERMAN FOUR
YEARS AGO AND GOT BEAT.
TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOL
IN WESTERN PORT ST LUCIE WAS EVACUATED BY A BOMB THREAT THIS
MORNING. POLICE HAVE CHARGED A 16 YEAR OLD STUDENT FOR
ALLEGEDLY MAKING THE PHONE CALL AND POLICE ARE CHECKING TO SEE IF
ANY OTHERS WERE INVOLVED
A TRUCK ROLLOVER SPILLED
HUNDREDS OF BOTTLES OF GATORADE ON HIGHWAY 27 NEAR WESTON FLORIDA
TODAY. THE TRUCK RAN OFF THE ROADWAY, THE DRIVER OVERCORRECTED
AND ROLLED OVER IN THE MEDIAN. WESTON IS IN WESTERN BROWARD
COUNTY RIGHT ALONG THE EVERGLADES
IN EARLIER TREASURE COAST NEWS...
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A CRASH ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE OVERNIGHT
IN THE HOBE SOUND AREA. BOTH SOUTHBOUND TURNPIKE LANES WERE
CLOSED FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS BY THE 11:23 PM CRASH. REPORTS FROM
THE SCENE INDICATED ONE PERSON WAS THROWN THRU THE WINDSHIELD OF A
MOTOR HOME DURING THE CRASH
THE US SENATE VOTED NOT TO INCLUDE HURRICANE WINDSTORM DAMAGE
COVERAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT'S FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, A PLAN PUT
TOGETHER BY TREASURE COAST CONGRESSMAN TIM MAHONEY. THE BILL
PASSED THE US HOUSE SO THE WHOLE THING NOW GOES TO CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE. IT'S POSSIBLE, THOUGH A LONG SHOT, THAT HURRICANE
COVERAGE MAY YET SURVIVE.
THE TREASURE COAST'S OTHER CONGRESSMAN ALCEE HASTINGS SAYS HILLARY
CLINTON SHOULD STAY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AS LONG AS SHE WANTS.
HE SAYS SHE'S EARNED THE RIGHT TO DECIDE FOR HERSELF WITHOUT
PRESSURE FROM PARTY LEADERS HOW LONG TO STAY IN THE RACE
NEW HOMES ARE SELLING STEADY AT THE TOWN OF TRADITION.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE AVERAGED SELLING A HOME A DAY THE PAST FEW
MONTHS. 617 FAMILIES MOVE IN TO NEW HOMES IN TRADITION LAST
YEAR. 57 HOMES SOLD DURING FEBRUARY & MARCH
RICK LUSSEY HAS FILED AGAIN TO RUN FOR MARTIN COUNTY PROPERTY
APPRAISER. IT'S THE 6th TIME HE'S RUN. HE'S LOST EVERY
TIME
INSURANCE AGENT TERRY MOSELY HAS FILED TO RUN AGAINST ST LUCIE
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CAROL HILSON
WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING STUDENTS ON THE TREASURE COAST. WE HAVE A
TOP CHEF AND SEVERAL TOP STUDENT ENGINEERS. DANIEL CLARK OF MARTIN
COUNTY HIGH WON THE GOLD IN CULINARY ARTS AT THE FLORIDA SKILLS USA
COMPETITION HELD LAST WEEK IN BRADENTON. JENSEN BEACH HIGH HAD TWO
WINNERS…SAM BALLARD IN ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING AND NICK LORD IN
TECHNICAL DRAFTING. TREASURE COAST HIGH STUDENTS WORKING IN TEAMS
ALSO BROUGHT HOME GOLD FOR AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, CRIME
SCENE INVESTIGATION AND ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY. SASHEL
MARQUIS-WEDDERBURN OF TREASURE COAST HIGH WON IN SPEECH
WEDNESDAY MAY 7
THE PORT ST LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL
SCIENCE TEACHER WHO CLAIMS SHE WAS NOT REHIRED BECAUSE SHE WORKS AS
A BIKINI MATE FOR A CHARTER FISHING BOAT HAS AN OFFER FROM PLAYBOY
MAGAZINE. TIFFANY STEPHENS SAYS PLAYBOY HAS OFFERED HER
$25,000 FOR EACH PHOTO THEY RUN OF HER. SHE HASN'T DECIDED IF
SHE'LL DO IT
ST LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL
HIGH WAS EVACUATED FOR A SHORT TIME TODAY WHEN AN AC-AIR HANDLER
BEGAN SMOKING. THE FIRE ALARMS WENT OFF AND STUDENTS WERE
EVACUATED UNTIL THEY FOUND OUT THE CAUSE. POWER WAS TURNED OFF
AT THE CAMPUS FOR A TIME AS WELL
A PORT ST LUCIE WOMAN TOLD
AUTHORITIES HER HUSBAND RIPPED HER LEG OFF DURING AN ARGUMENT.
SHE HAS AN ARTIFICIAL LEG AND SAID HE BECAME POSSESSED AFTER THEY
LEFT A BAR AND STARTED YELLING AT HER, RIPPING HER ARTIFICIAL LEG
OFF DURING THE ARGUMENT ALONG CASHMERE BLVD. POLICE CHARGED
THE HUSBAND WITH DOMESTIC BATTERY.
A PORT ST LUCIE WOMAN SAYS
SHE WAS ROBBED WHEN SHE HAD CAR TROUBLE IN STUART THIS MORNING.
THE VICTIM SAYS SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND PULLED IN TO THE PARKING LOT
OF A BAR ON INDIAN STREET WHEN THE CAR OVERHEATED. ANOTHER CAR
PULLED UP AND A GUNMAN JUMPED OUT TAKING HER PURSE WITH $1000 CASH,
A WATCH AND BRACELET.
IN EARLIER TREASURE COAST NEWS....
7:30 AM UPDATE: THEY HAVE
REOPENED I-95 BETWEEN FT PIERCE AND VERO BEACH. THEY CLOSED
ALL SIX LANES BETWEEN MIDWAY ROAD AND VERO BECAUSE OF THICK FOG
EARLIER THIS MORNING
MARTIN COUNTY WILL BUILD AN AQUATICS COMPLEX. COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS DECIDED TUESDAY TO BUILD A $5 MILLION COMPLEX WITH A
50 METER POOL ALONG WILLOUGHBY BLVD BY 2012. COMMISSIONS ALSO
AGREED TO ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO KEEP THE CURRENT COMMUNITY POOL AT
MARTIN COUNTY HIGH OPEN UNTIL THEN
A FT LAUDERDALE DEVELOPERS WANTS TO BUILD A $150 MILLION 350 ROOM
HOTEL NEAR THE DOWNTOWN FT PIERCE POWER PLANT. THE PROJECT
WOULD ALSO INCLUDE RETAIL SHOPS.
PEOPLE ALONG SOUTHBEND BLVD IN PORT ST LUCIE ARE UPSET ABOUT INITIAL
PLANS TO BUILD A NEW K-8 SCHOOL WITH THREE-STORY TALL BUILDINGS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ASKED THE CITY'S P&Z BOARD TO POSTPONE A ZONING
HEIGHT VARIANCE VOTE FOR TWO WEEKS WHEN THEY'LL BE BACK WITH NEW
PLANS FOR SMALLER BUILDINGS
A FT PIERCE BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT HAS BEEN CAUGHT. POLICE SAY
WILLIAM "SCOOBY DOO" BOWLING IS THE MAN WHO HELD UP THE BANKATLANTIC
BRANCH ON VIRGINIA AVENUE TUESDAY MORNING.
MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED
PLANS TO BUILD A GIANT NATURAL GAS STORAGE FACILITY NEAR INDIANTOWN
TREASURE HUNTERS HAVE FOUND SOME INTERESTING ITEMS IN THEIR SEARCH
OFF THE ST LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT FOR A SUNKEN SPANISH TREASURE SHIP
A SWASTIKA CARVED INTO THE 15th GREEN AT MARTIN DOWNS COUNTRY CLUB
BY VANDALS IS BEING TREATED AS A HATE CRIME
FIRE DESTROYED A HOME IN HOLIDAY PINES IN NORTHERN ST LUCIE COUNTY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
TUESDAY MAY 6
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT IS
ASKING THE STATE TO HAVE CUSTOMERS PAY FOR EXPANSION OF SEVERAL
POWER PLANTS. FPL WANTS TO PASS ALONG $259 MILLION IN COSTS TO
EXPAND SEVERAL POWER PLANTS, INCLUDING THE ST LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT, TO CUSTOMERS STARTING NEXT YEAR.
THAT WOULD COST A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER USING 1 THOUSAND KILOWATTS A
MONTH ANOTHER $2.51 A MONTH
MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
APPROVED A GIANT NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANK FACILITY FOR INDIANTOWN
TODAY. THEY LISTENED TO FOUR HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE
VOTING 4-1 TO APPROVE THE TANK THAT WILL STORE 8 BILLION CUBIC FEET
OF GAS TO INSURE MORE STABLE SUPPLIES OF THE FUEL THAT WILL BE PIPED
TO POWER PLANTS AROUND THE STATE. THE PROJECT IS STILL GOING
THRU THE FEDERAL APPROVAL PROCESS
SIGNS WILL BE GOING UP AT
MARTIN COUNTY BEACHES WARNING NO SEX IS ALLOWED.. COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS TODAY APPROVED 40 SIGNS WARNING PEOPLE NOT TO SOLICIT
SEX AND THAT THE BEACH AND PARKING LOTS ARE PATROLLED BY UNIFORMED
AND PLAIN-CLOTHED DEPUTIES. DOZENS OF MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
OVER THE YEARS FOR LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS SEX ACTS
MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
VOTED 3-2 TODAY TO APPOINT FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER BUD WILCOX TO
THE AIRPORT NOISE ADVISORY BOARD. AIRPORT CRITICS BLAME HIM
FOR THE RUNWAY EXPANSION TEN YEARS AGO THAT THEY SAY LED TO MORE
JETS AND MORE NOISE. WILCOX WAS NOMINATED FOR THE BOARD BY
WITHAM AEROCLUB. A STUART RESIDENT, WHO LIVES IN THE AREA
IMPACTED BY NOISE, DEBRA CARY WAS ALSO APPOINTED TODAY.
COMMISSIONERS VALLIERE AND WEBERMAN VOTED AGAINST WILCOX'S
APPOINTMENT
A FT PIERCE BANK ROBBERY
SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT SHORTLY AFTER THE HOLD UP THIS MORNING. THE BANKATLANTIC BRANCH ON VIRGINIA AVENUE WAS ROBBED AROUND 10:30 AM
A WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY
EMBEZZLED $150,000 FROM A JENSEN BEACH CHURCH WAS SENTENCED TODAY.
CHRISTINA NEILSON,33, GOT 8 YEARS IN PRISON. SHE WAS THE
BOOKKEEPER AT ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED LAST
DECEMBER. SHE WILL ALSO HAVE TO REPAY THE CHURCH
STUART POLICE WILL BET A
BONUS AND A COST OF LIVING RAISE, BUT NOT A PAY RAISE. CITY
COMMISSIONERS TODAY VOTED TO GIVE POLICE A 2.5% INFLATION RAISE AND
BONUSES OF BETWEEN $750 TO $1,000
21 YEAR OLD BRIAN JUSTIN GOODWIN GOT 6 YEARS PROBATION AFTER
PLEADING NO CONTEST TO MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES IN MARTIN CIRCUIT COURT
MONDAY. HE HAD FIRST BEEN CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER
FOR ALLEGEDLY THROWING A SUCKER PUNCH DURING A BRAWL AT A SANDBAR IN
THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON WHICH KILLED A STUART MAN
IF YOU SMELL SMOKE OUTSIDE TODAY, CHANCES ARE IT WILL BE COMING FROM
A BIG BRUSH FIRE BURNING DRY MARSH AREAS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE'S NORTH
SIDE. ITS BURNING AN AREA THAT'S NORMALLY UNDER WATER WHEN THE
LAKE IS AT NORMAL LEVELS
PEOPLE WHO WANT THE COMMUNITY POOL AT MARTIN COUNTY HIGH WILL PUSH
FOR IT AT TODAY'S MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. THEY WANT
THE COUNTY TO AGREE TO HELP OUT WITH FUNDING TO KEEP IT OPEN PAST
NEXT YEAR'S SCHEDULED CLOSING DATE
STUART NEWS: MEL FISHER'S DAUGHTER HAS CHARTERED A TREASURE
HUNTING BOAT TO SEARCH AN AREA OFF HUTCHINSON ISLAND NORTH OF THE ST
LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THIS WEEK FOR A SUNKEN SPANISH TREASURE
SHIP
BONUS CHECKS OF MORE THAN $1,000 ARE COMING SOON FOR MOST ST LUCIE
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
ST LUCIE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY 50 TO 60 COUNTY EMPLOYEES
FACE BUDGET CUT LAYOFFS
MARTIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY 57 COUNTY EMPLOYEES INCLUDING
SOME FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAVE AGREED TO TAKE EARLY RETIREMENT
THE NEW MINI PALM CITY BRANCH LIBRARY OPENS TODAY BEHIND THE OLD
PALM CITY FIRE STATION AT MARTIN DOWNS BLVD AND MAPP ROAD. IT
HAS A BOOK DROP OFF AND A DRIVE THRU PICK UP WINDOW FOR BOOKS
PATRONS REQUESTED. THE LIBRARY OUTPOST WILL BE OPEN WHILE THE
MAIN PALM CITY LIBRARY IS EXPANDED
MONDAY MAY 5
THERE'S A BIG BRUSH FIRE
BURNING ALONG THE EDGE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. TWO FIRES WERE SET
BY SOMEBODY AND SUNDAY THEY MERGED INTO A BIG ONE THAT'S BURNED
3,500 ACRES AS OF MONDAY MORNING. THE FIRE IS BURNING DRIED
OUT MARSHLANDS THAT NORMALLY WOULD BE UNDER WATER. DIVISION OF
FORESTRY OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SCORCH 6,000
ACRES BEFORE THEY PUT IT OUT.
ST LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL IS
BEING ACCREDITED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND
SCHOOLS. THE DISTRICT-WIDE ACCREDITATION MEANS EVERY SCHOOL IN
THE DISTRICT AND EVERY DEPARTMENT AND OPERATION MEETS THEIR
STANDARDS. ONE ONE THIRD OF ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
FLORIDA ARE ACCREDITED. THE ACCREDITATION TEAM ALSO COMMENDED
THE ST LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ITS DEVOTION TO STUDENTS AND
LEARNING
THERE WERE 13 HOME
BURGLARIES OVER THE WEEKEND IN PORT ST LUCIE. 10 OF THEM WERE
WEST OF THE TURNPIKE. IN ONE, THIEVES BROKE IN TO A HOME IN
TRADITION AND GOT AWAY WITH $85,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY. IT
HAPPENED SUNDAY AT A HOME ON SW STRATTON DRIVE IN THE LAKES OF
TRADITION DEVELOPMENT DURING THE 20 MINUTES THE HOMEOWNER WAS GONE
A STUART MAN HAD HIS CAR,
WALLET, CELLPHONE AND CASH STOLEN SATURDAY MORNING BY AN EXOTIC
DANCER HE'D MET AT A BAR FRIDAY NIGHT. HE TOLD MARTIN COUNTY
DEPUTIES SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD STAY AT HIS HOME BECAUSE SHE HAD NO
PLACE TO SLEEP. THE LEFT THE PAPER MOON CLUB, WENT TO HIS
PLACE, HAD SEX AND SHE LEFT WITH THE GOODS
ANOTHER WINNING FANTASY 5
JACKPOT TICKET WAS SOLD ON THE TREASURE COAST. A QUICK PICK
SOLD AT THE CIRCLE K ACROSS FROM PORT ST LUCIE CITY HALL WAS ONE OF
TWO SOLD FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. IT'S WORTH MORE THAN $137,000.
IT'S THE FOURTH FANTASY 5 JACKPOT WINNING TICKET SOLD IN LESS THAN A
WEEK IN MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTY
TREASURE COAST STATE SENATOR AND FLORIDA SENATE PRESIDENT KEN PRUITT
CONGRATULATES THE LEGISLATURE ON HOLDING THE LINE ON TAXES WHILE
COMING UP WITH THE NEW $66 BILLION STATE BUDGET DURING THE SESSION
THAT WRAPPED UP FRIDAY
DRIVERS LICENSE, BOAT REGISTRATION, AND COURT FEES WILL BE GOING UP
THIS NEXT YEAR TO HELP BALANCE THE STATE BUDGET
MARTIN COUNTY OFFICIALS THINKING ABOUT CLOSING THE BRITT ROAD FIRE
STATION THAT SERVES THE TREASURE COAST MALL AND NORTH RIVER SHORES
AREA TO SAVE MORE THAN $1 MILLION A YEAR. THE FIRE STATION IN
STUART OR THE JENSEN BEACH STATION ON SAVANNA ROAD WOULD HAVE TO
COVER
MILITARY PHOSPHOROUS FLARE CLEARED FROM WAVELAND BEACH. THE ST
LUCIE COUNTY BOMB SQUAD WAS CALLED IN TO TAKE IT AWAY AND DETONATE
IT SAFELY
FT PIERCE COUPLE KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN BREVARD COUNTY FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE FHP SAYS JOSEPH SELPH, 42, AND MARINA SELPH, 38,
DIED WHEN THEIR MOTORCYCLE HIT A GUARDRAIL IN THE MEDIAN ON A CURVE
5000 PEOPLE CELEBRATED CINCO DE MAYO WITH A FESTIVAL SUNDAY AT THE
ST LUCIE COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS.
WEEKEND EDITION MAY 3 & 4
AN INFANT DIED IN AN
APARTMENT FIRE IN DELRAY BEACH THIS MORNING. THE FIRST STARTED
IN A BACK BEDROOM OF THE SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT ON AUBURN CIRCLE AND
WAS REPORTED AT 4:11 AM
SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL
ADVANCES IN THE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS WITH A 2-1 WIN FRIDAY OVER WEST
BOCA RATON. JENSEN BEACH LOST TO ROCKLEGE 12-0
130 VOLUNTEERS HELPED PEOPLE
WHO NEED IT IN SATURDAY'S ST LUCIE COUNTY UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING.
THEY PAINTED AND PUT IN LANDSCAPING AT A BOYS & GIRLS CLUB CENTER IN
FT PIERCE
ONE TICKET MATCHED ALL SIX
NUMBERS IN SATURDAY NIGHTS LOTTO DRAWING. IT WAS A $1 BASE
JACKPOT TICKET AND IS WORTH $3 MILLION. LOTTO TICKETS MATCH
FIVE NUMBERS ARE WORTH $5,353 FOUR NUMBERS $74.50 WHILE
THREE RIGHT PAYS $5
ONE OF RIO'S FAMOUS PEACOCKS IS RECOVERING AT A PALM CITY
VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE AFTER BEING SHOT AT LEAST 9 TIMES WITH A BB
GUN. MARTIN COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL GOT A CALL ABOUT A PEACOCK
LIMPING NEAR THE FRANCES LANGFORD ESTATE AND FOUND THE WOUNDED BIRD.
ONE PELLET HAD BROKEN ITS LEG. DR MATT SCHMIDT DID THE SURGERY
AND TELLS THE STUART NEWS THE PEACOCK HAD BEEN SHOT WITH A SINGLE
SHOT BB GUN MEANING WHOEVER DID IT HAD MALICIOUS INTENT BECAUSE THEY
KEPT SHOOTING AT THE BIRD
THE OWNERS OF VERO'S HISTORIC PATIO RESTAURANT PROPERTY SAY THEY
WILL REOPEN IN COMING WEEKS
A MAN WANTED FOR A RAPE IN MARYLAND HAS
BEEN FOUND IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. OFFICIALS SAY RICHARD ROBINSON
ALLEGEDLY RAPED A TRANS-GENDERED MAN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND
IN 2005, BUT APPARENTLY ESCAPED TO ST LUCIE COUNTY. HE WAS
ARRESTED IN APRIL HERE FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND DNA TESTS MATCHED
THE DNA OF THE RAPIST. ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DETECTIVES
THINK THERE MAY BE OTHER RAPE VICTIMS HERE
FRIDAY MAY 2
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS APPROVED A NEW $66 BILLION STATE BUDGET.
THE BUDGET IS $9 BILLION SMALLER THAN THE LAST BUDGET UNDER GOVERNOR
JEB BUSH THREE YEARS AGO. LAWMAKERS BLAME LESS STATE REVENUES
DUE TO THE SLUMPING STATE ECONOMY FOR THAT. THIS NEW BUDGET
CUTS MONEY FOR TREASURE COAST SCHOOLS. ADOPTION PROGRAM
FUNDING FOR FOSTER KIDS, SENIOR HEALTH CARE AND HOSPITAL TREATMENT
REIMBURSEMENTS ALSO TOOK A HIT IN THE BUDGET. COLLEGE TUITION FEES
WILL BE GOING UP. SO WILL DRIVERS LICENSE FEES, BOAT
REGISTRATION FEES AND COURT FEES. THE BUDGET STILL HAS TO BE
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST.
THE VICTORY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY IN PORT ST LUCIE WILL REMAIN
OPEN. A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DIRECTOR DR ALAN WEIERMAN SAYS
THEY ADAMANTLY DENY ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE MADE BY ONE CADET AND
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. DCF
HAS REPORTEDLY RECOMMENDED PARENTS TAKE THEIR SON OUT. DR
WEIERMAN CONTINUES THAT HE AND THE VICTORY FORGE STAFF HAVE BEEN
FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE DCF INVESTIGATION AND HOPES IT WILL COME
TO AN END AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THEY MAY CONTINUE THEIR WORK
REBUILDING THE LIVES OF "AT RISK" BOYS. DR WEIERMAN SAYS DCF
HAS THEMSELVES COMMITTED CHILD ABUSE IN THEIR OWN HANDLING OF THE
CASE. ONE OF THE CADETS HAS REPORTEDLY SAID HE WAS SHACKLED
AFTER TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM THE ACADEMY
A MARTIN COUNTY FUGITIVE HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN GEORGIA. MCKENZIE
ROGERS, 28, WAS FOUND IN VALDOSTA GEORGIA. HE'S BEEN ON THE
RUN SINCE CHRISTMAS OF 2006 WHEN HE FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR HIS TRIAL
IN STUART ON CHARGES HE RAN FROM MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIES THE YEAR
BEFORE. JUDGE LARRY SHACK ALLOWED THE TRIAL TO CONTINUE
WITHOUT ROGERS AND THE JURY CONVICTED HIM IN ABSENTIA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S BRUSH FIRE NEAR PANTHER WOODS THAT FORCED THE
FHP TO CLOSE I-95 FOR AN HOUR IN ST LUCIE COUNTY IS OUT. ST
LUCIE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE SAYS THEY HAD 16 FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE
ALONG WITH 3 BRUSH TRUCKS, 3 FIRE TRUCKS, AND 2 WATER TANKER TRUCKS.
A HELICOPTER MADE 9 WATER DROPS ON THE FIRE DROPPING MORE THAN
256,000 GALLONS
FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK A WINNING FANTASY 5 LOTTERY TICKET HAS
BEEN SOLD ON THE TREASURE COAST. A TICKET SOLD AT STAR LIQUORS
III IN STUART MATCHED ALL FIVE NUMBERS THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WAS
ONE OF SIX TICKETS IN FLORIDA THAT DID. THEY'LL SPLIT THE $234
THOUSAND JACKPOT. EACH IS WORTH $39,139. OTHER WINNING
FANTASY 5s WERE SOLD EARLIER THIS WEEK IN HOBE SOUND AND FT PIERCE
PALM BEACH POST: SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE HAS GIVEN A SCIENTIST
THEY WANTED TO RECRUIT A $1 MILLION MORTGAGE
FOR AN OCEAN FRONT CONDO TO LURE HIM TO PALM BEACH COUNTY.
SCRIPPS COO SAYS IN THE WORLDWIDE COMPETITION FOR TOP SCIENTISTS
THEY HAVE TO MAKE OFFERS LIKE THIS. THEY WON'T SAY IF ANY OF
THE MILLIONS IN STATE INCENTIVES TO GET SCRIPPS TO FLORIDA WAS USED
TO LURE THE SCIENTIST.
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE IS DEBATING THE FINAL VERSION OF THE NEW $66
BILLION STATE BUDGET IN TALLAHASSEE. DEMOCRATS ARE CRITICAL OF
BUDGET CUTS REPUBLICANS SAY ARE THE RESULT OF LESS STATE TAX REVENUE
THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED TREASURE COAST STATE REPRESENTATIVE BILL
SNYDER'S BILL THAT GOES AFTER GANG LEADERS. THE MEASURE LETS
JUDGES SENTENCE GANG LEADERS AND RECRUITERS TO LIFE IN PRISON,
OUTLAWS USING THE WEB LIKE YouTUBE TO RECRUIT GANG MEMBERS AND
OUTLAWS GANG TATTOOS, CLOTHING STYLES AND HAND GESTURES USED BY
GANGS
INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATES ITS BIGGEST CLASS EVER
TONIGHT WITH COMMENCEMENT AT TRADITION FIELD. 1,550 STUDENTS
WILL RECEIVE DEGREES.
ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF KEN MASCARA IS ASKING FOR JUST A 1% BUDGET
INCREASE. MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF BOB CROWDER SAYS HE'S AIMING
FOR A 0% INCREASE
ST LUCIE COUNTY GETS AN AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION GRADE OF "A" FOR
HAVING OZONE-FREE AIR. MARTIN COUNTY WASN'T MEASURED
THIES DISTRIBUTORS SAYS IT WILL CLOSE ITS STUART BEER DISTRIBUTION
CENTER IN STUART, LAYING OFF 22 EMPLOYEES. THIES JUST BOUGHT
THE CENTER IN 2005
SOUTH FORK AND JENSEN BEACH HIGH'S BOYS BASEBALL TEAMS BOTH HAVE
REGIONAL PLAYOFF GAMES TONIGHT. SOUTH FORK HOSTS BOCA RATON
WEST AT 7PM. THE GAME WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON WSTU AM 1450.
JENSEN BEACH TRAVELS TO ROCKLEGE. WSTU WILL HAVE REPORTS FROM
THAT GAME DURING THE SOUTH FORK GAME
THURSDAY MAY 1
I-95 WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME
THIS AFTERNOON BY A BRUSH FIRE IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. IT BURNED
NEAR PANTHER WOODS AND SMOKE FORCED THEM TO CLOSE THE INTERSTATE
WHICH REOPENED BEFORE 4PM
UPDATE: THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED A
HOME IN EAGLE MARSH THIS MORNING WAS AN ACCIDENT. IT STARTED
IN A BACK ROOM USED AS A HOME OFFICE. THE HOME ON NW ROYAL OAK
DRIVE WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES BY TIME FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED
AROUND 6:20 THIS MORNING. FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT FROM ALL
SIDES AND FIREFIGHTERS HAD THEIR HANDS FULL KEEPING THE FIRE FROM
SPREADING TO OTHER HOMES
UPDATE:
A DUPLEX FIRE IN PORT SALERNO LEFT TWO FAMILIES HOMELESS. THE
7PM FIRE ON SALVATORI ROAD LEFT 3 ADULTS AND FIVE CHILDREN WITH
NOTHING. THE MARTIN COUNTY RED CROSS IS HELPING THEM
ONE PERSON WAS AIRLIFTED FOR
MEDICAL TREATMENT AFTER AN OXYGEN TANK BLEW UP WEST OF STUART THIS
AFTERNOON. THE TANK BLEW IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTION OFF JACK
JAMES DRIVE NEAR KANNER HIGHWAY AND I-95. WITNESSES FELT THE
CONCUSSION TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF KEN
MASCARA SAYS HE NEEDS A SMALL INCREASE IN HIS BUDGET THIS NEXT YEAR.
HE ASKING FOR ONLY A 1% INCREASE TO COVER THINGS LIKE HIGHER FUEL
COSTS, INCREASES IN JAIL INMATE FOOD AND MEDICAL COSTS AND HIGHER
MEDICAL BENEFIT COSTS FOR EMPLOYEES. THE BUDGET PRESERVES THE
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM AND HAS NO PAY RAISES FOR DEPUTIES
CONGRESS PASSED A
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING BILL TODAY THAT WILL HELP KEEP COMMUNITY
COACH BUSSES ROLLING ANOTHER YEAR ON THE TREASURE COAST. IT
WILL TAKE EFFECT IF PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS THE BILL. THE CHANGE
ALLOWS SMALLER CITIES LIKE PORT ST LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTY TO USE
FEDERAL MONEY MEANT TO BUY BUSSES TO OPERATE THE BUSSES TOO.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE MARTIN COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING TO CONTINUE
RUNNING ALL 18 OF ITS BUS ROUTES ANOTHER YEAR
A 26 YEAR OLD PORT ST LUCIE
MAN ENDED UP IN JAIL AFTER A TRAFFIC CRASH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
AFTER THE CRASH NEAR SAVONA AND GASTONBERRY, JOEL DAIGLE APPEARED TO
PANIC, RUMMAGING THRU HIS TRUNK AND TAKING SOMETHING WRAPPED IN A
BLANKET IN TO THE WOODS. POLICE FOUND THREE STOLEN RIFLES IN
IT. AFTER HIS ARREST, POLICE SAY DAIGLE TRIED TO KICK THE
WINDOW OF THE PATROL CAR AND THEY ENDED UP TASERING HIM
A SEMI HAULING CITRUS FRUIT OVERTURNED NEAR INDIANTOWN THIS MORNING
SPILLING FRUIT ALL OVER WARFIELD BLVD. THE DRIVER WAS
SERIOUSLY HURT AND WAS AIRLIFTED BY THE LIFESTAR MEDICAL HELICOPTER
FLORIDA HAS FALLEN FROM BEING THE TOP STATE NON-HISPANIC WHITES WANT
TO MOVE TO TO 29th ON THE LIST IN JUST THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THE CENSUS BUREAU BLAMES THE SLUGGISH FLORIDA ECONOMY, THE SLOW
HOUSING MARKET AND A HIGHER COST OF LIVING
SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON BEGINS IN MAY. LAST YEAR THE NUMBER
OF LOGGERHEAD NESTS WAS ABOUT HALF WHAT IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO ON
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, BUT THERE WERE DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF RARE GREENS
AND LEATHERBACK NESTS
FIRE DESTROYED PART OF A STUART DUPLEX ON SALVATORI ROAD LAST NIGHT.
FIRE DAMAGED A HOME ON NW ROYAL OAK DRIVE IN EAGLE MARSH THIS
MORNING
THE PORT ST LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER WHO SAYS SHE WAS FIRED
BECAUSE SHE WORKS AS A BIKINI MATE ON A CHARTER FISHING BOAT DID
INTERVIEWS WITH INSIDE EDITION AND ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TV SHOWS.
MEANWHILE THE ST LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE REAL REASON
TIFFANY SHEPHERD IS NOT BEING REHIRED FOR NEXT YEAR IS BECAUSE SHE'S
MISSED MORE THAN 30 DAYS OF WORK THIS SCHOOL YEAR
A STUART MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED AFTER MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIES FOUND HIM
USING A HACK SAW TRYING TO STEAL A LARGE METAL SIGN FROM A BUSINESS
TO SELL FOR SCRAP METAL. THE OWNER SAYS THE SIGN IS WORTH
$15,000.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 30
A SUSPECT IN THE EARLY
MORNING SHOOTING AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY'S MAIN CAMPUS IN
BOCA RATON HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THE LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN LIFTED. FAU HAD BEEN IN LOCKDOWN AND CLOSED AFTER AN EARLY-MORNING SHOOTING
AT AN ON-CAMPUS APARTMENT. TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED DURING A FIGHT
AT A PARTY. THE PERSON INJURED MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN GRAZED
BY A BULLET. THE FAU CAMPUS IN ST LUCIE WEST IS OPEN
THE BODY OF A MAN WAS FOUND
AT A BURNED CAMP SITE IN ST LUCIE COUNTY THIS MORNING.
FIREFIGHTERS PUT OUT A SMALL BRUSH FIRE ALONG OLEANDER JUST NORTH OF
SILVER LAKES ESTATES. THE AREA THAT BURNED WAS A MAKESHIFT
CAMP WITH A TENT WERE THE BODY WAS FOUND
MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DETECTIVES HAVE NOW CHARGED A PENNSYLVANIA MAN WITH A BANK ROBBERY
LAST WEEK IN HOBE SOUND. THEY SAY BRYANT REEVES HELD UP THE
SEACOAST NATIONAL BRANCH AS PART OF A BANK ROBBERY SPREE THAT SAW
BANKS IN BREVARD COUNTY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HELD UP. REEVES
TOLD OFFICIALS HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO MISSISSIPPI AND NEEDED MONEY FOR
DRUGS
TCPALM.COM: LANDMARK THE PATIO RESTAURANT IN VERO BEACH HAS
CLOSED
THE JUPITER LIGHTHOUSE IS
ABOUT TO BE NAMED A US OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA. THE HOUSE IN
WASHINGTON HAS JOINED THE US SENATE IN DESIGNATING THE HISTORIC
LIGHTHOUSE AN OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA GIVING IT AND THE 126 ACRES
AROUND IT ADDED FEDERAL PROTECTIONS. ALL THAT'S NEEDED IS FOR
PRESIDENT BUSH TO SIGN IT. TREASURE COAST CONGRESSMAN TIM
MAHONEY AND US SENATOR BILL NELSON SPONSORED THE IDEA
TREASURE COAST SCHOOLS
ARE GOING TO TAKE A HIT UNDER THE NEW SMALLER STATE BUDGET THAT WILL
BE VOTED ON IN TALLAHASSEE THE END OF THE WEEK. WITH THE ECONOMY THE
WAY IT IS, THERE’S LESS MONEY COMING IN TO THE STATE. ALMOST EVERY
AREA OF GOVERNMENT IS TAKING A HIT INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS. UNDER THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL GET $3.3 MILLION LESS
THIS NEXT YEAR….ST LUCIE COUNTY WILL GET $6.7 MILLION LESS FROM THE
STATE
FLORIDIANS ARE NOT FEELING REAL GOOD ABOUT THE STATE ECONOMY
THESE DAYS. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA’S CONSUMER CONFIDENCE LEVEL
HAS DROPPED TO A 16 YEAR LOW. FLORIDA RESIDENTS SURVEYED HAVEN’T
FELT THIS PESSIMISTIC SINCE THE RECESSION IN 1991. THEY ARE MOST
PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES SAYING THEY EXPECT TO BE
WORSE OFF A YEAR FROM NOW. ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, MORE FLORIDIANS SAY
NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE A BIG TICKET PURCHASE
MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED HIGHER TRAFFIC NUMBERS FOR
THE DOWNTOWN PORT SALERNO AREA THAN ARE NORMALLY PERMITTED. WITHOUT
ACCEPTING MORE TRAFFIC, A DOZEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS PLANNED FOR THE
PORT SALERNO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
PERMITTED. MARTIN COUNTY WANTS THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT AS THEY TRY TO
REVITALIZE THAT AREA
4 PEOPLE ARE NOW RUNNING TO BE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT. VICE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD NANCY KLINE FILED THE
PAPERWORK TO RUN ON TUESDAY. SHE JOINS WAYNE GHENT, WILLIAM OLDS AND
TIMOTHY SINCLAIR WHO FILED EARLIER. SUPERINTENDENT DR SARAH WILCOX
IS RETIRING THIS YEAR
FT PIERCE POLICE ARRESTED A HOMELESS MAN WHO HAD 4 KNIVES HIDDEN
INSIDE HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT IN TO LAWNWOOD
REGIONAL OVER THE WEEKEND. 64 YEAR OLD JERRY MOODY ALSO HAD A
REVOLVER ON HIM WHEN FIRE-RESCUE BROUGHT HIM IN TO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM. HE DOESN’T HAVE A CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT AND IS A CONVICTED
FELON
BATHTUBS AND TOILETS WERE STOLEN OVER THE WEEKEND FROM THAT NEW
HAMPTON INNS HOTEL THAT’S BEING BUILD ON US ONE NORTH OF THE NEW
ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. THE PLUMBERS CAME TO WORK ON MONDAY TO FIND
THIEVES HAD STOLEN TWO BATHTUBS, TWO TOILETS AND FIVE SHOWER DRAINS
TWO MORE MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR SHOWING THEIR SEXUAL ORGANS AT
BOB GRAHAM BEACH. MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIES BUSTED A 72 YEAR OLD STUART
MAN AND A 58 YEAR OLD VERO BEACH MAN FOR PERFORMING “AN UNNATURAL
AND LASCIVIOUS ACT.”
IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS….IN THE BASEBALL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS….SOUTH FORK
AND JENSEN BEACH WON. SOUTH FORK BEAT TREASURE COAST HIGH 3-2 WHEN
NICK ZAHARION DOUBLED IN THE WINNING RUN IN THE 6th.
SOUTH FORK ADVANCES AND PLAYS WEST BOCA FRIDAY. JENSEN BEACH’S JOSH
ZIEMBA THREW A FOUR HITTER TO BEAT MERRITT ISLAND 6-1. JENSEN BEACH
PLAYS AT ROCKLEGE FRIDAY. THE JENSEN BEACH HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM
GOT KNOCKED OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS THANKS TO 3 ERRORS THAT HELPED THE
NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE NATION PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER BEAT THEM 3-0.
THE LADY FALCONS END THE SEASON WITH A 21-7 RECORD
TUESDAY APRIL 29
MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
APPROVED A SCALED-BACK STUART JET CENTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN TODAY.
AT FIRST STUART JET CENTER WANTED TO BUILD 87,000 SQUARE FEET OF
HANGER SPACE TO REPLACE HANGERS DESTROYED BY THE HURRICANES.
THEIR LEASE WITH MARTIN COUNTY PERMITS REPLACING HURRICANE DAMAGED
FACILITIES, BUT THE FIRST REQUEST WOULD HAVE ADDED SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THIS AFTERNOON THEY CHANGED THEIR REQUEST TO BUILD ABOUT HALF THAT
SQUARE FOOTAGE IN NEW HANGERS, AGREEING TO WAIT ON BUILDING THE
OTHER HALF.
MORE TREASURE COAST HOMES
ARE IN FORECLOSURE. REALTYTRAK SAYS 2,240 HOMES IN ST LUCIE
COUNTY ENTERED SOME PART OF THE LEGAL FORECLOSURE PROCESS THE FIRST
THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S 700 MORE THAN WENT IN TO
FORECLOSURE DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2007. IN MARTIN COUNTY
458 HOMES ENTERED FORECLOSURE BETWEEN JANUARY AND THE END OF MARCH,
UP FROM 115 THE YEAR BEFORE
A PORT ST LUCIE MOTHER GOT
34 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR CHILD NEGLECT LATE MONDAY. 25 YEAR OLD JAILEEN SOLIMAN PLEADED NO CONTEST AFTER HER THREE CHILDREN, AGES
10,7 AND 1 WERE FOUND LIVING IN FILTHY CONDITIONS LAST NOVEMBER AT
THEIR BIRKEY AVENUE HOME. A POT BELLIED PIG, A PITT BULL AND 8
CATS ALSO LIVED IN THE HOME
A PORT ST LUCIE MAN HAS BEEN
CHARGED WITH BEING A PEEPING TOM. 34 YEAR OLD ROBERT PINTAGRO
WAS ARRESTED MONDAY NIGHT AFTER A WOMAN NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED TO
POLICE SHE SAW HIS FACE IN THE BATHROOM MIRROR PEERING IN THRU THE
WINDOW AS SHE WAS GETTING READY TO TAKE A SHOWER
HOBE SOUND AND JUPITER
ISLAND GOT HIT BY A POWER OUTAGE AROUND 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
A POWER POLE FIRE KNOCKED OUT POWER TO 1,200 FPL CUSTOMERS.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN HOBE SOUND WERE OUT FOR A TIME
ONE OF THE FIVE WINNING
FANTASY 5 TICKETS SOLD FOR MONDAY NIGHT'S DRAWING WAS SOLD IN FT
PIERCE. IT WAS A QUICK PICK SOLD AT A CUMBERLAND FARMS STORE
ON SHORE WINDS DRIVE AND IS WORTH $43,710
PORT ST LUCIE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TOLD THEIR STAFF LAST NIGHT TO
COME UP WITH CHANGES TO TOUGHEN THE CITY'S NOISE LAW WHICH WOULD
ALSO FINE VIOLATORS. THE NEW STANDARD WILL BE IF YOU CAN HEAR
A NEIGHBOR'S MUSIC, OR FEEL THE BASE BEAT INSIDE A HOME, IT'S
ILLEGAL
FIRE BADLY DAMAGED RAY'S REAL ESTATE IN FT PIERCE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
IT STARTED IN A SHED AND SPREAD TO THE MAIN BUILDING
STUART AND MARTIN COUNTY COULD BOTH SAVE MONEY BY MERGING THE CITY'S
FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE COUNTY'S. BOTH ARE UNDERSTAFFED NOW.
THE STUART FIREFIGHTER'S UNION IS FOR IT. THEY GUESS THE CITY
COULD SAVE $300,000 TO $400,000 A YEAR AND THE COUNTY COULD SAVE BY
NOT HAVING TO PAY AS MUCH OVERTIME
A PENNSYLVANIA MAN HAS REPORTEDLY CONFESSED TO MARTIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DETECTIVES OF ROBBING THREE FLORIDA BANKS JUST DAYS AFTER
GETTING OUT OF PRISON. THEY ALSO THINK HE MAY HAVE HELD UP THE
SEACOAST BANK IN HOBE SOUND LAST WEEK
STUART CITY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THE IDEA AN INDIANTOWN COUPLE HAS
TO OFFER 20 MINUTE HORSE CARRIAGE RIDES THRU DOWNTOWN STUART.
A FT PIERCE MAN
WAS KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN HE SKIDDED THRU AN INTERSECTION AND
HIT A BUILDING AND SIX CARS IN THE PARKING LOT. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY
PATROL SAY JORGE OLASCOAGE WAS DRIVING NORTH ON US ONE AND HIT THE
BUILDING AT THE MINNESOTA AVENUE INTERSECTIONA COMPANY
SPECIALIZING IN OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES IS RELOCATING TO STUART.
THE MARTIN COUNTY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD’S RON BUNCH SAYS
CONTINENTAL SHELF ASSOCIATES HAS MOVED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY TO A
20,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE NEAR I-95 AND KANNER HIGHWAY
CUT BUNCH-GOOD COMPANY. THE COMPANY IS BRINGING 60 HIGH PAYING JOBS.
THE COMPANY SERVICES OFF-SHORE OIL & GAS INDUSTRIES, SUBMARINE
TELECOMS AND SCIENTIFIC MARKETS.
THE CITY OF STUART IS GOING TO OFFER EMPLOYEE BUYOUTS TO TAKE
EARLY RETIREMENT TO SAVE MONEY. CITY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO OFFER
THE PLAN TO 22 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE 62 OR OLDER AND HAVE 30 YEARS ON
THE JOB AND TO HIGH-RISK EMPLOYEES SUCH AS POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.
CITY EMPLOYEES WILL BE OFFERED $5,500 AND HAVE THEIR HEALTH
INSURANCE PAID FOR A YEAR
THE FUTURE OF THE PORT SALERNO AREA IS UP FOR DISCUSSION AT
TODAY’S MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. COMMISSIONS WILL TALK
ABOUT CHANGING THE COMP PLAN TO ALLOW A LOWER-STANDARD OF TRAFFIC IN
THE PORT SALERNO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES. THERE ARE A DOZEN
PROPOSED HOUSING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS PLANNED FOR THE AREA, BUT
PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED UNDER CURRENT TRAFFIC STANDARDS
IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS…..TREASURE COAST HIGH PLAYS SOUTH FORK IN THE
BOYS BASEBALL REGIONALS TONIGHT. THIS GAME FEATURES TWO VERY GOOD
PITCHERS. THE TITANS WILL START PAUL DAVIS WHO IS 8-0 ON THE YEAR
WITH AN ERA OF JUST OVER 1. THE BULLDOGS WILL START KYLE HUNTER WHO
IS 7-0 WITH AN ERA OF LESS THAN 1. GAME TIME IS 7PM AND WILL BE
BROADCAST LIVE ON WSTU WITH COACH RICK MCGUIRE’S COACHES CORNER AT
6PM
THE JENSEN BEACH HIGH GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM HAS TO PLAY THE NUMBER ONE
GIRL’S SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE NATION TONIGHT. THE LADY FALCONS HAVE TO
TRAVEL SOUTH TO PLAY PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER IN THE REGIONAL FINALS.
PEMBROKE PINES BEAT JENSEN BEACH 10-0 EARLIER THIS YEAR
MONDAY APRIL 28
A FT PIERCE REAL ESTATE
OFFICE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY FIRE THIS AFTERNOON. ABOUT A
QUARTER OF RAY'S REAL ESTATE SERVICE WAS DESTROYED AT 33rd STREET
AND VIRGINIA AVENUE AND THE REST OF THE BUILDING SUSTAINED SMOKE
DAMAGE. EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY. PART OF OKEECHOBEE ROAD
HAD TO BE CLOSED BY POLICE WHILE FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED THE BLAZE.
IT APPEARS THE FIRE STARTED IN A SHED NEXT TO THE BUILDING
A COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN
OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES IS RELOCATING TO STUART. THE MARTIN COUNTY
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD SAYS CONTINENTAL SHELF ASSOCIATES HAS
MOVED FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY TO A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE NEAR
I-95 AND KANNER HIGHWAY BRINGING 60 HIGH PAYING JOBS. THE
COMPANY SERVICES OFF-SHORE OIL & GAS INDUSTRIES, SUBMARINE TELECOMS
AND SCIENTIFIC MARKETS.
A 21 YEAR OLD MAN WAS SHOT
IN AN APPARENT DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN FT PIERCE OVERNIGHT.
POLICE SAY A WITNESS TOLD THEM HE AND THE VICTIM, DIAMOND KINDRICK,
WERE WALKING TOWARD A GAS STATION IN THE 2700 BLOCK OF AVENUE M WHEN
A CAR STOPPED AND THREE MEN GOT OUT AND SHOT AT THEM. KINDRICK
WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO A TRAUMA
CENTER IN CRITICAL CONDITION AROUND 10PM SUNDAY
TREASURE COAST CONGRESSMAN
TIM MAHONEY CHAIRED A ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
SOURCES TODAY. IT WAS HELD AT IRCC IN FT PIERCE.
SCIENTISTS FROM HARBOR BRANCH, THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, FLORIDA
ATLANTIC AND FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, FLORIDA SOLAR ENERGY
CENTER ALONG WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND GEOPLASMA
PARTICIPATED IN THE TALKS. MAHONEY OUTLINED HIS PLAN TO
ENCOURAGE FLORIDA'S BIOFUEL INDUSTRY
A ST LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL BUS
DRIVER HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF HIS ROUTE AFTER AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL'S
STEPFATHER COMPLAINED HE MADE SEXUALLY ORIENTED COMMENTS TO HER.
THE BUS DRIVER ALLEGEDLY ASKED ABOUT HER PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND
ASKED IF SHE LIKED BOYS, REPORTEDLY TELLING HER THAT WOULD CHANGE
AFTER WHEN HER BODY WENT THRU PHYSICAL CHANGES WHEN SHE SAID SHE
DIDN'T
A 19 YEAR OLD FT PIERCE
MOTHER WAS CHARGED WITH CHILD NEGLECT SUNDAY AFTER POLICE AND SOCIAL
WORKERS DISCOVERED HER YEAR OLD BABY LIVING IN FILTH. POLICE
REPORT FINDING HUMAN WASTE, DIRTY DIAPERS, ROTTING FOOD, FILTH AND
NO RUNNING WATER AT MARY E FASNACHT'S HOME ON REVELS LANE
THE MOTHER OF THE STUART WOMAN CHARGED ALONG WITH HER BOYFRIEND OF
KILLING HER STEP FATHER WITH A SWORD BLAMES THE BOYFRIEND FOR
BRAINWASHING HER DAUGHTER IN TO THE MURDER. KRISTAN JENSEN
TELLS CBS 12 CHRISTOPHER TOMLINSON IS EVIL
A PORT ST LUCIE MAN WAS ATTACKED BY AN 11 FOOT LONG ALLIGATOR WHILE
RETRIEVING GOLF BALLS FROM A POND AT A TAMPA GOLF COURSE.
DWIGHT MONREAL SAYS THE GATOR GRABBED HIS ARM AND TRIED TO PULL HIM
UNDER. HE FOUGHT WITH THE ALLIGATOR FOR 7 MINUTES BEFORE
PULLING FREE.
A HUGE CROWD OF ADULTS AND KIDS CAME TO A SPECIAL CELEBRATION OF
PHIL KAVANAUGH'S LIFE AT THE BLAKE LIBRARY LAST NIGHT. THE
LIBRARY ENTERTAINER KNOWN AS MR FUNNYBONES DIED LAST WEEK FROM
CANCER
INDRIO ROAD IS OPEN TODAY AFTER A BRUSH FIRE FORCED ITS CLOSING
SUNDAY. ABOUT 50 ACRES BURNED WITH FLAMES COMING CLOSE TO
HOMES AND LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY
WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 26 & 27
A MAN WAS STABBED IN PORT ST LUCIE SATURDAY NIGHT. FIRE RESCUE
REPORTS THEY TRANSPORTED A 37 YEAR OLD MAN FROM THE SCENE IN THE 900
BLOCK OF SW WHITTIER TERRACE. A 17 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN CHARGED.
WHILE AT HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOME, THE TEEN REPORTEDLY STABBED THE
VICTIM WITH A POCKET KNIFE WHILE TRYING TO BREAK UP A DOMESTIC
DISPUTE BETWEEN THE MAN AND HIS WIFE
ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A CRASH ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN PORT ST
LUCIE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CRASH AND VEHICLE FIRE WAS
REPORTED AT 11:30 PM AT THE 138 MILE MARKER SOUTH OF BECKER ROAD.
A CAR WAS STOPPED WITH MECHANICAL TROUBLE WHEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR.
THE FIRST CAR SPUN AROUND AND CAUGHT FIRE TRAPPING THE VICTIM 22
YEAR OLD RICARDO MORALES INSIDE
A BRUSH FIRE IS BURNING IN NORTHERN ST LUCIE COUNTY. IT WAS FIRST
REPORTED AROUND 11AM.. SEVERAL HOMES WERE REPORTEDLY THREATENED BY
THE FLAMES. INDRIO ROAD WAS CLOSED BETWEEN FT PIERCE BLVD AND
EMERSON AVENUE AT 11:19 SUNDAY MORNING.
THE STEPDAUGHTER OF A STUART MAN FOUND MURDERED AND DUMPED IN THE
TRASH IN PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS REPORTEDLY CONFESSED. 19 YEAR
OLD NICHOL THORNHILL REPORTEDLY TOLD MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DETECTIVES THAT SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND 24 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER
TOMLINSON DECIDED TO KILL 48 YEAR OLD GERALD LEE JENSEN BECAUSE SHE
DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY HE TREATED HER MOTHER. THEY TRIED TO MAKE
IT LOOK LIKE SUICIDE, BUT ALLEGEDLY ENDED UP USING A SWORD TO KILL
THE STEP FATHER. THE BODY WAS FOUND AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY
SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS TOOK JAKE LONG, AN OFFENSIVE TACKLE FROM MICHIGAN
AS THEIR TOP PICK IN THE NFL DRAFT. THEY TOOK MICHIGAN
QUARTERBACK CHAD HENNE WITH ONE OF THEIR TWO PICKS IN THE SECOND
ROUND. THE DOLPHINS WERE HAPPY THAT CLEMSON DEFENSIVE END
PHILLIP MERLING WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING WITH THEIR SECOND PICK IN
THAT ROUND.
ONE TICKET MATCHED ALL SIX NUMBERS IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S LOTTO
DRAWING. IT WAS A $1 BASE JACKPOT TICKET SOLD IN MIAMI AND IS
WORTH $36 MILLION. LOTTO TICKETS MATCHING 5 OF THE NUMBERS ARE
WORTH $5,339; 4 NUMBERS $74 AN 3 RIGHT PAYS $5. THE NEW LOTTO
JACKPOT FOR THE $1 BASE PLAY IS $3 MILLION
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES HAS ADVISED
PARENTS TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THE VICTORY FORGE MILITARY
ACADEMY WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE A CLAIM OF CHILD ABUSE. THE
DIRECTOR, ALAN WIERMAN SAYS THE CLAIM STEMS FROM THE STAFF PUTTING
SHACKLES ON THE BOYS LEGS BECAUSE HE REPEATEDLY TRIED TO RUN AWAY
FROM THE PROGRAM WHICH IS A SORT OF MILITARY BOOT CAMP WHICH TRIES
TO STRAIGHTEN OUT DELINQUENTS. THE PARTICIPANTS ARE TOLD WHEN
THEY FIRST ENTER THE PROGRAM THAT THEY COULD BE SHACKLED IF THEY RUN
AWAY. PORT ST LUCIE POLICE HAVE TURNED OVER THE RESULTS OF
THEIR INVESTIGATION TO THE TREASURE COAST STATES ATTORNEY OFFICE .
A 16 YEAR OLD FT PIERCE WESTWOOD HIGH STUDENT WAS ARRESTED AFTER
BRINGING A LOADED GUN TO SCHOOL FRIDAY. OFFICIALS FOUND IT
WRAPPED IN A BLACK BANDANA IN HIS BACKPACK. HE TOLD THEM HE
BROUGHT THE GUN FOR PROTECTION. IT'S THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR
A STUDENT HAS BROUGHT A LOADED GUN TO WESTWOOD HIGH
THURSDAY APRIL 24
A BIG GRANT IS COMING TO HELP BUILD THE NEW CHARLES AND RAE KANE
SENIOR CENTER IN PORT SALERNO. THE $748,000 GRAND FROM THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS WILL BE USED FOR HURRICANE PROOF
GLASS WINDOWS, A COMMERCIAL GRADE KITCHEN AND GENERATOR SO THE
CENTER CAN BE USED AS A HURRICANE SHELTER WHEN IT OPENS IN 2010
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A BANK ROBBER IN HOBE SOUND. A 6 FOOT TALL
MAN CAME IN TO THE SEACOAST NATIONAL BRANCH AROUND 3:16 THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND TOLD THE TELLER HE HAD A GUN, THOUGH HE NEVER SHOWED
ONE. HE RAN EAST AFTER LEAVING. HE WAS WEARING BLUE
PANTS, GREEN SHIRT WITH A RED STRIPE AND A BLACK HAT
IT HASN'T RAINED FOR MORE THAN A WEEK, AND THE BRUSH FIRE DANGER
LEVEL IS BEGINNING TO RISE. WEDNESDAY MARTIN COUNTY
FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED TWO BRUSH FIRES. ONE WAS NEAR WILLOUGHBY
AND POMEROY AND THE OTHER NEAR THE MANATEE CREEK DEVELOPMENT ON COVE
ROAD. SMOKE FROM THAT ONE FORCED THEM TO CLOSE THE GOLF COURSE
AT MARINER SANDS
STUART IS GETTING READY TO SET HIGHER WATER RATES THAT TAKE THE TWO
DAY A WEEK LAWN AND LANDSCAPING WATER RESTRICTIONS IN ACCOUNT.
A CONSULTANT'S STUDY SAYS SOME RATES NEED TO BE RAISED 3 PERCENT TO
OFFSET THE REVENUE LOST BY LESS WATERING. STUART WATER
CUSTOMERS USING LESS THAN 8 THOUSAND GALLONS WOULD ACTUALLY SEE
MONTHLY RATES GO DOWN. BIG WATER USERS WOULD SEE RATES GO UP
WEDNESDAY APRIL 23
A STUART MAN IS IN JAIL CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. MARTIN
COUNTY DETECTIVES SAY 34 YEAR OLD JOSE FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ-LARA
STABBED 20 YEAR OLD GUSTAVO CRUZ IN THE BACK AND CHEST DURING A
FIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. THE TWO HAD REPORTEDLY ARGUED EARLIER IN
THE EVENING AND RODRIGUEZ-LARA WENT BACK TO CRUZ'S HOME WHERE THEY
GOT INTO ANOTHER FIGHT
A RIVIERA BEACH MAN HAS BEEN
ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS OWN GRANDMOTHER IN FT PIERCE.
POLICE FOUND 71 YEAR OLD JEANETTE ANDERSON'S BODY IN HER HOME ON
AVENUE F. INFORMATION LED TO THE ARREST OF 19 YEAR OLD ANTWAN
ANDERSON TUESDAY. POLICE SAY ANDERSON GOT ANGRY AFTER THE
WOMAN YELLED AT HIM FOR BEING ON THE PHONE LATE AT NIGHT. HE
REPORTEDLY TOLD THEM HE BASHED HER HEAD IN AFTER SHE FELL ASLEEP AND
SHOWED NO REMORSE
FT PIERCE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING OVERNIGHT.
POLICE SAY WILLIE LEE PONDER III AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE SLEEPING IN
HIS AVENUE HOME WHEN TWO MEN BROKE IN, DEMANDING TO KNOW WHERE
SOMETHING WAS AND SHOT HIM. HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO A TRAUMA CENTER
IN CRITICAL CONDITION AROUND 3AM
TREASURE COAST HOME SALES ARE UP FOR THE SECOND MONTH IN A ROW.
THE REALTORS SAY 387 HOMES SOLD IN OUR AREA IN MARCH. IN
FEBRUARY, 263 HOMES SOLD. THE MEDIAN PRICE HOWEVER IS $70,000
LESS THAN A YEAR AGO
ST LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MIKE LANNON TOLD THE SCHOOL
BOARD LAST NIGHT THAT WESTWOOD HIGH PRINCIPAL KEVIN BROWN HAS MADE
MISTAKES, BUT HAS NOT DISAPPOINTED HIM. FORMER ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL TERI PINNEY SAYS BROWN HAS CREATED AN OPPRESSIVE
ENVIRONMENT THRU FEAR AND THREATS
THIEVES ARE BEGINNING TO STEAL FUEL AND GAS ON THE TREASURE COAST.
A SEMI PARKED AT THE FT PIERCE DAYS INN WAS DRAINED OF 111 GALLONS
OF SUNDAY NIGHT AND SEVERAL RENTAL TRUCKS IN STUART HAD 30 GALLONS
SIPHONED OFF
THE JUPITER ISLAND TOWN COUNCIL AGREED NOT TO ENFORCE THEIR
ORDINANCE CLOSING HOBE SOUND BEACH AT NIGHT THRU THE END OF THE
YEAR.
THE STATE PLANS TO TURN THE OLD MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S BOOT CAMP
FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN TO A REHABILITATION CENTER FOR JUVENILE
GIRL OFFENDERS
TUESDAY APRIL 22
MORE HOMES SOLD LAST MONTH
ON THE TREASURE COAST. THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
SAYS 387 EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES SOLD IN THE MARTIN-ST LUCIE
COUNTY AREA IN MARCH. THAT IS AN INCREASE OVER THE 263 HOMES
SOLD IN FEBRUARY AND UP 14% FROM A YEAR AGO. PRICES WERE LOWER
HOWEVER. THE MEDIAN PRICE OF A HOME THAT SOLD IN MARCH WAS
$169,700. A DROP OF $70,000 FROM 2007
A SPECIAL CONSOLE FOR THE
FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATION COMMISSION SAYS ST LUCIE COUNTY JUDGE
CLIFF BARNES BROKE THE JUDICIAL ETHICS CODE WHEN HE PUBLICALLY
CRITICIZED OTHER JUDGES AND ST LUCIE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE
WAY FIRST APPEARANCES BY CRIMINAL SUSPECTS ARE HANDLED. OTHER
JUDGES HAD COMPLAINED THAT BARNES WAS TOO LENIENT BY SETTING LOW
BOND OR NO BOND FOR SOME SUSPECTS. BARNES ARGUES HE WAS TRYING
TO HELP RELIEVE OVERCROWDING AT THE JAIL. AN ARTICLE BARNES
WROTE IN THE TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER BROKE THE JUDGES NEUTRALITY RULE, THE
SPECIAL CONSOLE SAID AT THE START OF AN ETHICS HEARING TODAY
JUPITER ISLAND AGREED TO
EXTEND THE SUSPENSION OF A CITY LAW CLOSING THE COUNTY OWNED HOBE
SOUND BEACH AT NIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR TODAY. THE
POLICE CHIEF SAID THAT WOULD GIVE HIM EXTRA TIME TO SEE IF THE
INCREASE IN SHERIFF'S PATROLS WOULD CUT DOWN ON CRIME. IT ALSO
DIFFUSES A SHOWDOWN WITH MARTIN COUNTY OVER WHO CONTROLS THE BEACH.
MARTIN COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
DUNCAN BALLANTYNE SAID TODAY HE MAY RECOMMEND AN INCREASE IN THE
SALES TAX TO FUND ALL THE CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS LIKE NEW PARKS AND
ROADS THE COUNTY WANTS TO BUILD. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WOULD
HAVE TO AGREE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AND VOTERS WOULD HAVE THE
FINAL SAY..
A PORT ST LUCIE MAN WAS
ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS FROM AN AK-47 INTO
THE GROUND IN FRONT OF A FRIENDS HOUSE ON NORTH LOVOY CIRCLE.
MICHAEL CONRAN TOLD POLICE HIS FRIEND WANTED TO FIRE SOME SHOTS FROM
THE RIFLE, SO THEY DID. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE
FRIEND
ONE OF THE FOUR BIG FANTASY
5 JACKPOT WINNING TICKETS FOR LAST NIGHT'S DRAWING WAS SOLD IN
MARTIN COUNTY. IT WAS SOLD AT THE HOBE SOUND WINN-DIXIE STORE
AND IS WORTH MORE THAN $56,000
IN EARLIER TREASURE COAST NEWS....
HUNDREDS WILL LINE THE NEW ROOSEVELT BRIDGE DURING TODAY'S MORNING
RUSH HOUR. EACH WILL HAVE A TEDDY BEAR CALLING ATTENTION TO
CHILD ABUSE. THE EVENT IS ORGANIZED BY HIBISCUS CHILDREN'S
CENTER
THE JUPITER ISLAND TOWN COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TODAY BY THE POLICE
CHIEF TO CONTINUE THE SUSPENSION OF A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION TO
CLOSE THE COUNTY-OWNED HOBE SOUND BEACH AT NIGHT.
TERRI PINEY, AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT FT PIERCE WESTWOOD HAS
RESIGNED. SHE TELLS THE POST SHE INTENDS TO TELL THE ST LUCIE COUNTY
SCHOOL BOARD THAT CONDITIONS ARE "INTOLERABLE" UNDER PRINCIPAL KEVIN
BROWN. BROWN RECENTLY REPLACED THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL HEAD
BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL COACHES, SENDING OUT A PRESS RELEASE BEFORE
TELLING THEM FACE TO FACE
A 40 MILE POLICE CHASE STARTED IN WEST PALM AND ENDED IN MARTIN
COUNTY MONDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS A CAR JACKING AND THE SUSPECTS
SHOWED A GUN. MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIES USED STOP STICKS TO END IT ON
I-95 NEAR KANNER HIGHWAY AROUND 3 PM. 3 SUSPECTS WERE CAUGHT
A FT PIERCE WOMAN DRIVING AROUND TOWN
LAST SUNDAY LOOKED IN THE CAR'S BACK SEAT TO SEE HER 3 YEAR OLD
GRANDSON PLAYING WITH A LOADED HANDGUN
THE PINES SCHOOL IN HOBE SOUND WILL BE SHOWING OFF THEIR DIRTY SOCKS
TODAY. TO MARK EARTH DAY, STUDENTS WILL BE PUTTING WHITE SOCKS OVER
THE TAILPIPE OF THEIR PARENTS CARS AND SUV’S TO SHOW WHAT COMES OUT
OF THE ENGINE MONDAY APRIL 21
A STUART MAN HAS BEEN FOUND
GUILTY OF HIRING A HIT MAN TO KILL A MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY. TAVARIS JAVON CARTER WAS CONVICTED THIS AFTERNOON AND NOW FACES LIFE
IN PRISON. PROSECUTORS SAID HE PAID AN UNDERCOVER DEPUTY
$1,500 HE THOUGHT WAS A HIT MAN TO KILL THE DEPUTY WHO HAD BUSTED
HIM FOR DRUGS. THE DEFENSE ARGUED HE ONLY WANTED EVIDENCE
DESTROYED.
FT PIERCE POLICE ARRESTED
SEVEN TEENAGERS WHO ARE REPUTED GANG MEMBERS ON CHARGES OF INCITING
A RIOT SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER A CONFRONTATION NEAR NORTH 14th AND CANAL
TERRACE. THEY SAID THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE ZOE POUND GANG AND
POLICE SAY THEY WERE OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC AND CUSSING AT POLICE.
BACK UP OFFICERS WERE CALLED IN AND THEY TOLD POLICE THEY WOULD GO
GET GUNS AND WERE NOT AFRAID OF BEING ARRESTED. TWO SQUAD CARS
WERE DAMAGED DURING THE INCIDENT
A CROWD BEAT A MAN IN FT
PIERCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT MAN OUTSIDE A
NIGHTCLUB. POLICE SAY 38 YEAR OLD RAMIRO MELCHOR POINTED A GUN
AT A SECURITY GUARD AT THE CLUB DIAMOND BALLROOM. A CROWD BEAT
HIM WRESTLING THE GUN AWAY. AFTERWORD THEY FOUND THE GUARD HAD
BEEN SHOT IN THE LEG
THE PORT ST LUCIE CITY
COUNCIL VOTED 3-2 TO GIVE UP ON BUYING 30 LOTS ALONG BECKER ROAD
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO BUILD A GATEWAY TYPE BECKER ROAD FROM
I-95 TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE. THE COUNCIL REAFFIRMED ITS
INTENT TO BUILD A SCALED BACK VERSION OF A WIDENED BECKER ROAD,
TRANSFERRING $25 MILLION TO WIDEN FLORESTA DRIVE INSTEAD. THE
30 LOTS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR THE SCALED BACK BECKER ROAD PLANS
GAYLE HARRELL WILL BE ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE BALLOT IN HER CAMPAIGN TO WIN THE TREASURE
COAST CONGRESSIONAL SEAT NOW HELD BY DEMOCRAT TIM MAHONEY.
HARRELL GATHERED THE REQUIRED 4,794 VOTER SIGNATURES IN THE 16th
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. TWO OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, TOM
ROONEY AND HAL VALECHE MAY HAVE TO PAY THE $9,912 FILING FEE IF THEY
DO NOT END UP WITH ENOUGH SIGNATURES.
SOUTHEAST PRINTING DEDICATED
ITS NEW 20,000 SQUARE FOOT PLANT IN PALM CITY TODAY. THE NEW
FACILITY WILL HOUSE THE COMPANY'S FLEXOGRAPHY DIVISION.
SOUTHEAST PRINTING HAS BEEN OPERATING IN MARTIN COUNTY SINCE 1924
CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE TAVARES CARTER
MURDER-FOR-HIRE TRIAL IN STUART. BOTH SIDES FINISHED THEIR
CASE FRIDAY WITH THE DEFENSE ARGUING CARTER ONLY WANTED EVIDENCE
DESTROYED, AND DID NOT WANT A MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY WHO'D BUSTED HIM
DEAD
THE CONFUSION CORNER RAILROAD CROSSING IN DOWNTOWN STUART IS CLOSED
UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 6AM. THE FEC RAILROAD IS DOING
MAINTENANCE AT THE CROSSING
A MAN WAS SHOT IN FT PIERCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND A SECOND MAN
WAS BADLY BEATEN. IT HAPPENED IN THE 3700 BLOCK OF SOUTH US
ONE
WEEKEND EDITION APRIL 19 & 20
HUNDREDS ARE WALKING TO
RAISE MONEY FOR THE ST LUCIE COUNTY MARCH OF DIMES SUNDAY. THE
MARCH FOR BABES USED TO BE KNOWN AS WALKAMERICA. IT'S BEING
HELD AT THE IRCC-FAU CAMPUS IN ST LUCIE WEST.
NOBODY HIT LOTTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE ROLLOVER JACKPOT FOR THE $1 BASE PLAY IS $32
MILLION FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOTTO TICKETS MATCHING FIVE OF
THE NUMBERS ARE WORTH $4,781 FOUND NUMBERS $66.50 WHILE
THREE NUMBERS PAYS $5
A JURY FOUND A COCOA BEACH MAN GUILTY OF MURDERING A PORT ST LUCIE
WOMAN. IT TOOK A FT PIERCE JURY JUST TWO HOURS TO REACH ITS
VERDICT, CONVICTING 18 YEAR OLD ALDEN BENJAMIN WHITE OF SHOOTING IN
TO A CAR HE'D BLOCKED AT 29th AND AVENUE B KILLING EDWINA JACKSON
AND WOUNDING HER BOY FRIEND. INVESTIGATORS LATER FOUND A
CAR WITH A HALF-EATEN BURGER INSIDE WITH HIS DNA. THEY LATER
FOUND THE GUN USED IN THE SHOOTING IN HIS BEDROOM. THERE WAS A
SECOND GUNMAN.
SECURITY HAS BEEN INCREASED AT ST LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH AFTER
OFFICIALS PICKED UP RUMORS OF A THREAT. THEY WON'T TALK ABOUT
THE NATURE OF THE THREAT ONLY TO SAY THEY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
BOTH SIDES HAVE RESTED THEIR CASE IN A MURDER FOR HIRE TRIAL IN
MARTIN COUNTY. TAVERES JAVON CARTER ALLEGEDLY HIRED WHAT HE
THOUGHT WAS A HIT MAN TO KILLED THE MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY WHO BUSTED
HIM ON DRUG CHARGES. THE HIT MAN WAS AN UNDERCOVER DEPUTY.
CARTER'S LAWYER ARGUED HE'D ONLY PAID TO HAVE EVIDENCE DESTROYED.
CLOSING STATEMENTS WILL BE HEARD MONDAY
A CRASH INVOLVING A SEMI TRUCK CLOSED BOTH NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE
FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN MARTIN COUNTY OVERNIGHT FRIDAY. THE TRUCK
JACKKNIFED AND MARTIN COUNTY FIRE RESCUE'S HAZMAT TEAM HAD TO CLEAN
UP A FUEL SPILL
FRIDAY APRIL 18
UNEMPLOYMENT ROSE ON THE TREASURE COAST LAST MONTH. IT'S ALSO
UP FROM A YEAR AGO. THE STATE SAYS THE MARTIN COUNTY JOBLESS
RATE WENT FROM 5.0% IN FEBRUARY TO 5.3% IN MARCH. IT WAS JUST
3.6% A YEAR AGO. IN ST LUCIE COUNTY THE RATE JUMPED FROM 6.3%
IN FEBRUARY TO 6.6% IN MARCH. THAT'S UP FROM JUST 4.4% IN
MARCH OF 2007. IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
IN FLORIDA
SOMEBODY MADE OFF WITH MORE THAN $6,000 WORTH OF POLO AND DESIGNER
SHIRTS FROM DILLARD'S IN TREASURE COAST SQUARE MALL. MALL
SECURITY SAYS THEY GOT AWAY WITH 84 SHIRTS. A SECURITY GUARD
SAW THEM, BUT THE MAN AND WOMAN RAN TO THE PARKING LOT GETTING AWAY
IN A SILVER CHRYSLER. THE GUARD SAYS THEY WERE THE SAME
THIEVES THAT HIT DILLARD'S TWICE BEFORE
THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NAMED MARK CHITTUM THE NEW HEAD OF THE
MARTIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HE'S BEEN THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR SINCE RAY COLLINS WAS ASKED TO RESIGN LAST SUMMER.
HE'S BEEN IN PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION FOR 26 YEARS IN FLORIDA
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN PORT ST LUCIE THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER HE
ALLEGEDLY THREW A BIRDBATH THRU THE FRONT WINDOW OF HIS GIRLFRIEND'S
HOUSE. POLICE SAY JIM ROBINSON DROVE TO THE HOME ON SE
SHIPPING ROAD AND BANGED ON THE DOORS AND OTHER WINDOWS. THE
GIRLFRIEND REFUSED TO LET HIM IN. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY HE
THREW THE BOWL OF A BIRDBATH THRU THE WINDOW
STARTING TODAY YOU CAN WATER YOUR LAWN AND LANDSCAPING TWICE A WEEK
INSTEAD OF JUST ONCE A WEEK UNDER NEW, LESS RESTRICTIVE WATER USE
RULES.
THE COURTS HAVE ORDERED PROSECUTORS TO TURN OVER AN FHP 911 TAPE TO
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WHO SAY IT HAS THE SOUNDS OF THE GUNSHOTS FROM THE
ESCOBEDO FAMILY TURNPIKE MURDERS IN ST LUCIE COUNTY
MARTIN COUNTY'S PARKS & REC ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THEY
TRY TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL AT MCHS OPEN PAST NEXT
YEAR'S SCHEDULED CLOSING.
FPL GOT AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY LOCAL
PLANNING AGENCY ON THEIR REQUEST TO REZONE PART OF THEIR INDIANTOWN
PLANT SITE TO DEVELOP SOLAR POWER AND BIO-MASS POWER GENERATING
CAPACITY
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS NIXED PLANS FOR A SALES TAX FREE DAYS TO
BUY HURRICANE SUPPLIES THIS YEAR DUE TO BUDGET CUTS. THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE TAX FREE DAYS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES
FLORIDA'S BIG 7 HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES MADE A COMBINES $550
MILLION IN PROFITS LAST YEAR.
THURSDAY APRIL 17
THE MURDER-FOR-HIRE TRIAL
BEGAN TODAY IN STUART. TAVARES CARTER,28, IS CHARGED WITH
HIRING WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A HIT MAN TO KILL A MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY
WHO BUSTED HIM ON DRUG CHARGES IN 2006. THE HIT MAN WAS
ACTUALLY ANOTHER DEPUTY. TODAY JURORS HEARD A TAPE WHERE
TAVARES DISCUSSED THE HIT HE ALLEGEDLY WANTED WITH THE UNDERCOVER
DEPUTY.
A MOTORCYCLIST WAS SERIOUSLY
INJURED THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HIS BIKE COLLIDED WITH A PICK UP TRUCK
IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. THE CRASH HAPPENED AT SEAGRAPE AND BARTOW
IN THE INDIAN RIVER ESTATES AREA. THE MOTORCYCLIST HAD TO BE
AIRLIFTED TO A TRAUMA CENTER FOR TREATMENT
A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
HAD TO PEPPER SPRAY A STUDENT WHO ALLEGEDLY CAUSED PROBLEMS ON HIS
SCHOOL BUS TUESDAY AT PORT ST LUCIE HIGH. 18 YEAR OLD PIERRE
MCEWEN REPORTEDLY HAD TO BE DRAGGED OFF THE BUS, THEN FOUGHT WITH
THE OFFICER OUTSIDE. HE'S BEING HELD IN THE ST LUCIE COUNTY
JAIL IN LIEU OF $10,000 BOND
A MISSING ALZHEIMER'S
SUFFERER HAS BEEN FOUND. 91 YEAR OLD GEORGE SHELL WAS FOUND
AROUND NOON TODAY. HE HAD WANDERED AWAY FROM HIS ROCKY POINT
HOME EARLIER TRIGGERING A SEARCH BY NEIGHBORS AND MARTIN COUNTY
DEPUTIES
MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER LEE WEBERMAN IS ASKING TREASURE COAST
CONGRESSMAN TIM MAHONEY TO KILL THE BON AIR BEACH DEAL ON JUPITER
ISLAND. HE WANTS THE COAST GUARD TO GIVE THE BEACH TO THE
COUNTY INSTEAD OF JUPITER ISLAND. MARTIN COUNTY AGREED LAST
YEAR TO THE OFFER IN EXCHANGE FOR ADDING PARKING AT HOBE SOUND
BEACH. JUPITER ISLAND IS CONSIDERING CLOSING THAT COUNTY-OWNED
BEACH AT NIGHT
GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST WANTS THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE A GAS TAX
HOLIDAY THIS SUMMER TO LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS BY 15 CENTS A GALLON.
HOUSE LEADER MARCO RUBIO, WHO USUALLY LOVES TAX CUTS, ISN'T SO SURE
HE LIKES THIS ONE. HE FEARS SOME OIL COMPANIES WOULD JACK UP
THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IF THE GAS TAX IS SUSPENDED.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS IN THE ESCOBEDO FAMILY TURNPIKE MURDERS CASE
SAYS AN FHP 911 TAPE THE DEFENSE SAYS PROVES THEIR CLIENTS COULDN'T
HAVE DONE THE MURDERS IS NOT RELEVANT. THEY SAY THE TAPE COULD
HAVE COME FROM A CALL MADE ANYWHERE ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE, AND NOT
NECESSARILY THE MURDER SCENE IN ST LUCIE COUNTY
THE JESUS HOUSE OF HOPE IS DROPPING JESUS FROM THE NAME AFTER MORE
THAN 20 YEARS. THEY SAY SOME ORGANIZATIONS WON'T DONATE FOOD
AND CASH TO THEIR FOOD BANK OPS BECAUSE OF THE RELIGIOUS CONNOTATION
PORT ST LUCIE TRASH RATES WILL BE GOING UP 75 CENTS A MONTH STARTING
OCTOBER 1st
AUDUBON SOCIETY OFFICIALS SAY NOW THAT THE BABY EAGLES AT TESORO ARE
HUNTING FOR THEMSELVES, THEY WILL LIKELY EAT MOSTLY FISH. THEY
ALSO ENJOY EATING OTHER BIRDS ALONG WITH ROAD KILL
NOBODY HIT LOTTO LAST NIGHT. THE NEW JACKPOT IS $25 MILLION
FOR A $1 PLAY. LOTTO TICKETS WITH 5 OF THE 6 NUMBERS ARE WORTH
$8,603; 4 NUMBERS $92.50 WHILE 3 RIGHT PAYS $6
WEDNESDAY APRIL 16
THE APPEALS COURT HAS UPHELD
A FORT PIERCE MAN'S MURDER CONVICTION. 19 YEAR OLD EDWARD
HARRIS HAD CLAIMED THE TRIAL JUDGE SHOULD HAVE THROWN OUT HIS
CONFESSION AND ALLOWED HIM TO CHANGE LAWYERS. THE APPEALS
COURT DIDN'T AGREE. HARRIS WAS JUST 16 WHEN HE AND OTHERS
PULLED JULIO PAXTORE OFF HIS BICYCLE AND BEAT HIM TO DEATH DURING A
ROBBERY IN 2005. HE'S SERVING A LIFE TERM IN PRISON
FIRE HIT A PORT ST LUCIE
HOME LATE LAST NIGHT. THE BLAZE IN THE 2800 BLOCK OF SE MELALEUCA CAME IN AROUND 11:13 PM, JUST MINUTES AFTER THE FAMILY
WENT TO BED. THE FIRE STARTED IN A BACK BEDROOM OF THE
RECENTLY RENOVATED HOME AND WAS ELECTRICAL.
THREE PORT ST LUCIE CITY
BUILDING INSPECTORS HAVE BEEN LAID OFF. THE THREE WERE HIRED
DURING THE CITY BUILDING BOOM IN 2005 AND EARNED AN AVERAGE OF $21
AN HOUR. CITY OFFICIALS SAY A DOZEN MORE CITY EMPLOYEES COULD
BE LAID OFF IN THE FUTURE DUE TO BUDGET CUTS. THE THREE LAID
OFF WERE OFFERED THE CHANCE TO TRANSFER TO OTHER CITY JOBS THAT DO
NOT PAY AS MUCH
A LOT OF MARTIN COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL SENIORS WILL BE GOING TO COLLEGE IN THE FALL THANKS TO
SCHOLARSHIPS. PRINCIPAL JOANNE HUNT SAYS THEY HANDED OUT MORE
THAN $750,000 DURING SCHOLARSHIP NIGHT THIS WEEK. SOUTH FORK
AND JENSEN BEACH HIGH'S SCHOLARSHIP NIGHTS ARE COMING UP SOON.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE ASKED THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT TO
KEEP THE COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL AT MARTIN COUNTY HIGH OPEN AND NOT
CLOSE IT NEXT SUMMER. THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT
OPEN BUT SAY THEY'LL NEED THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF STUART'S
FINANCIAL HELP
ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS FOUND THE RELATIVES OF A LITTLE
2 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS DROPPED OFF IN THE CAR OF A MAN AT A HOME IN
FT PIERCE TUESDAY. THE WOMAN TOLD THE MAN A WOMAN WHO LIVED
THERE HAD AGREED TO WATCH THE CHILD. THE WOMEN WHO DO LIVE AT
THE HOME DID NOT KNOW THE CHILD AND FOR HOURS NOBODY KNEW WHO HE
WAS. THE BOY IS BACK HOME THIS MORNING AND IT'S POSSIBLE THE
GRANDMOTHER HAD THE WRONG ADDRESS THINKING ANOTHER RELATIVE LIVED
THERE AND WOULD WATCH THE CHILD.
OFFICIALS WITH THE NEW IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL SAY THEY CAN MEET THE
AUGUST DEADLINE TO BUILD THE NEW SCHOOL AND HAVE IT OPEN IN PORT ST
LUCIE IN TIME FOR THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. THEY TOLD
THE PORT ST LUCIE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE
BUILDING SCHOOLS IN JUST A FEW MONTHS
REMEMBER THE STATE AGENCY THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES RUSHED TO
WITHDRAW MONEY FROM LATE LAST YEAR BECAUSE IT HAD INVESTMENTS IN SUB
PRIME MORTGAGES THAT MADE EVERYBODY NERVOUS? THAT AGENCY, THE STATE
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION, HAS HANDED OUT $28,000 IN BONUSES TO
EMPLOYEES FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THE TOP 4 EXECUTIVES DID NOT GET
THEIR BONUS THOUGH. TREASURE COAST STATE REPRESENTATIVE GAYLE
HARRELL WANTS AN INVESTIGATION.
THE PARKING LOT BEHIND DUFFY’S IN DOWNTOWN STUART IS CLOSED OFF. THE
OWNERS ARE REPORTEDLY WORRIED ABOUT LIABILITY IF SOMEBODY FALLS OR
HAS AN ACCIDENT THERE. THEY ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING IT.
THE OWNER TELLS THE STUART NEWS WHY TAKE ON THE LIABILITY WITH NO
INCOME COMING IN FROM THE LOT
A NEW POLL FINDS JOHN MCCAIN WOULD BEAT BARAK OBAMA AND BASICALLY
TIED WITH HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON IN FLORIDA. THE RASMUSSEN
POLL OF 500 LIKELY VOTERS SHOWS MCCAIN LOSING TO CLINTON 45-44, BUT
BEATING OBAMA 53-38.. THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS 4.5 PERCENT.
PORT ST LUCIE CITY OFFICIALS WANT TO RAISE BUILDING PERMIT FEES.
THEY SAY THE CITY LOSES MONEY EACH TIME THEY REVIEW PLANS AND ISSUE
A BUILDING PERMIT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THEY WANT TO RAISE THEM
79 PERCENT FOR HOMES LARGER THAN 2 THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. . PORT ST
LUCIE CHARGES $678 FOR A 2,100 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE NOW. THEY WANT TO
RAISE THAT TO $1,214 STARTING JUNE 1ST.
ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR THE EAGLETS AT TESORO. THEY’VE BEGUN TO HUNT
ON THEIR OWN. ONE EAGLECAM WATCHER REPORTED EMAILED THAT BIRDIE AND
BOGEY HAVE BROUGHT BACK A SNAKE TO THE NEST. WILDLIFE EXPERTS SAY
THEY WILL TAKE LONGER FLIGHTS EACH DAY FROM THE NEST
TUESDAY APRIL 15
FORECLOSURES CONTINUE IN OUR
AREA. REALTYTRAC SAYS 549 ST LUCIE COUNTY HOMES ENTERED SOME
STAGE IN THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS IN MARCH. THAT'S UP FROM 370
IN MARCH OF 2007. IN MARTIN COUNTY THERE WERE 160 HOMES IN
FORECLOSURE LAST MONTH, UP FROM 38 THE YEAR BEFORE. NEVADA,
CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA ARE THE TOP THREE STATES FOR THE NUMBER OF
FORECLOSURES
A NEW POLL FINDS JOHN MCCAIN
WOULD BEAT BARAK OBAMA AND BASICALLY TIED WITH HILLARY RODHAM
CLINTON IN FLORIDA. THE RASMUSSEN POLL OF 500 LIKELY VOTERS
SHOWS MCCAIN LOSING TO CLINTON 45-44, BUT BEATING OBAMA 53-38..
THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS 4.5 PERCENT.
FORMER ST LUCIE COUNTY
BUILDING DEPARTMENT CHIEF DENNIS GRIM GOT 16 MONTHS IN PRISON TODAY
FOR TAKING BRIBES FROM BUILDERS. HE WAS ALSO FINED $20,000 AND
MUST PAY MORE THAN $28,000 FOR THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION COSTS.
HE'LL ALSO BE ON PROBATION FOR TEN YEARS. GRIM WAS CONVICTED
IN MARCH OF ACCEPTING A BRIBE OF FREE STORM SHUTTERS FOR HIS PORT ST
LUCIE HOME IN EXCHANGE FOR RUBBER STAMPING APPROVAL OF BUILDING
PERMITS.
A MACHETE ATTACK LAST NIGHT
IN FT PIERCE. POLICE SAY 50 YEAR OLD TERRY L BRYANT TOLD THEM
HE HAD ARGUED WITH A MAN KNOWN AS "DREAD" EARLIER MONDAY. HE
TOLD POLICE "DREAD" CAME BACK LATER AND ATTACKED HIM IN THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH 9th
STREET
FIRE DESTROYED A GARAGE
EARLY THIS MORNING IN JENSEN BEACH. THE FIRE WAS REPORTED
AROUND 5:40 AM ON NE 16th STREET IN THE NORTHWOOD DEVELOPMENT.
THE HOUSE ITSELF WAS NOT DAMAGED BY FLAMES. NO INJURIES WERE
REPORTED
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS REGULAR
SEASON SCHEDULE IS OUT. THEY WILL OPEN AT HOME SEPTEMBER 7tH
AGAINST THE NEW YORK JETS. THE DOLPHINS WILL PLAY BUFFALO ON
DECEMBER 7th IN TORONTO CANADA. FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES WILL
BE AWAY GAMES INCLUDING THE SEASON ENDING GAME AGAINST THE JETS.
THE 13 TEAMS THE DOLPHINS WILL PLAY THIS YEAR HAD A COMBINED 92-116
RECORD THIS PAST SEASON
A BLACK AND WHITE BOSTON TERRIER SAVED A 10 MONTH OLD BABY FROM
DROWNING IN A POOL NEAR STUART LAST NIGHT. THE BABY FELL IN,
AND NOBODY EXCEPT THE TERRIER NAMED TYSON NOTICED. THE DOG
STARTED BARKING AND SLAPPING AT THE WATER ALERTING THE FAMILY WHO
PULLED THE BABY OUT AND DID CPR UNTIL FIRE RESCUE GOT THERE
TREASURE COAST CPA'S, ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX PREPARERS SAY THIS INCOME
TAX SEASON HAS BEEN A LOT MORE HECTIC THAN NORMAL BECAUSE OF
QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT HOW TO GET AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECK
STUART CITY COMMISSIONERS APPROVED PLANS BY A WAYNE HUIZENGA COMPANY
HAS FOR A NEW MARINA, RESTAURANT, AND DOCKMASTERS BUILDING AT THE
SOUTHPOINT ANCHORAGE NEXT TO THE OLD ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. CRITICS
SAY IT'S TOO MASSIVE AND TOO INTENSE A DEVELOPMENT
THE PALM CITY LIBRARY CLOSES AT 5:30 PM TODAY AND WILL BE CLOSED FOR
ALMOST A YEAR AS A TWO STORY EXPANSION IS BUILT
PORT ST LUCIE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REZONED A 71 ACRE SITE ALONG
SOUTH BEND BLVD LAST NIGHT WHERE ST LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
WANTS TO BUILD A K-8 SCHOOL SOME DAY
A TEAM OF 7 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM MARTIN COUNTY'S THREE HIGH
SCHOOLS WON THE FLORIDA EDUCATION COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC CHALLENGE
OVER THE WEEKEND IN ORLANDO. THE TEAM ANSWERED QUESTIONS ON
EVERYTHING FROM SCIENCE, HISTORY, LITERATURE, GEOGRAPHY, MATH AND
OTHER SUBJECTS.
MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S SGT GEORGE PRIMM WAS ONE OF MORE THAN 100
LAW OFFICERS HONORED LAST WEEK IN TALLAHASSEE BY MOTHERS AGAINST
DRUNK DRIVING. HE HAS MADE 2,896 DUI ARRESTS THE PAST 14 YEARS
MONDAY APRIL 14
THE MANAGER OF ATLANTIC
RECYCLING IN FT PIERCE WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING FOR ALLEGEDLY
DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. NICHOLAS VanVLIET,32, WAS CHARGED
AFTER ST LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS LEARNED A 354 POUND
TAILGATE REPORTED STOLEN LAST WEEK FROM MARTIN COUNTY WAS IN HIS
BUSINESS, ATLANTIC COAST RECYCLING. THE MARTIN COUNTY
BUSINESSMAN THAT HAD THE TAILGATE STOLEN HAD CALLED ALL THE
RECYCLING AND SCRAP METAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA TO SEE IF THEY HAD
IT AND WAS TOLD BY VanVLIET HE DID NOT. THE RIGHTFUL OWNER
LATER LEARNED HE DID AND CONTACTED AUTHORITIES
IT TURNS OUT AN 17 YEAR OLD
WAS NOT SHOT IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AFTER ALL. FT PIERCE
POLICE SAY HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY A FRIEND WHO WASN'T SUPPOSED
TO HAVE A GUN. POLICE SAY 18 YEAR OLD TRAVIS SMITH'S REVOLVER
WENT OFF HITTING HIS FRIEND IN THE FRONT SEAT. SINCE TRAVIS IS
A CONVICTED FELON AND NOT PERMITTED TO HAVE A GUN, THEY MADE UP THE
STORY THAT THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS THE VICTIM OF A DRIVE-BY LAST MONTH
PEOPLE LIVING NEAR A
PROPOSED NEW ST LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL SITE PLAN TO OBJECT TO IT AT
TONIGHT'S PORT ST LUCIE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT BOUGHT THE 71 ACRES ALONG SOUTH BEND BLVD FROM A DEVELOPER
WHO HAD PLANNED TO BUILD HOMES. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ASKING
THE CITY FOR A ZONING CHANGE TO BUILD A K-8 SCHOOL. PEOPLE
NEARBY OBJECT SAYING IT WILL MEAN TRAFFIC AND NOISE. THEY PLAN
TO PRESENT A PETITION AGAINST THE CHANGE TO THE PORT ST LUCIE CITY
COUNCIL TONIGHT
STUART CITY COMMISSIONERS
ARE SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS THE SOUTHPOINTE ANCHORAGE TONIGHT. A
WAYNE HUIZENGA COMPANY HAS BEEN WORKING ON PLANS FOR A 175 SLIP
MARINA WITH 69 BOAT MOORINGS AND A RESTAURANT AT THE SITE JUST SOUTH
OF THE OLD ROOSEVELT BRIDGE. THERE IS OPPOSITION TO THE PLAN
WHICH CRITICS CALL TOO MASSIVE AND INTENSE. THE REVIEW STARTS
AT 5:30 AT STUART CITY HALL
THE MAN FOUND DEAD ON A
PADDLE WHEEL BOAT LAST FRIDAY IN STUART HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 69
YEAR OLD CHARLES MASON. HE WAS A DECK HAND ON THE BOAT AND A
COWORKER SAYS HE HAD BEEN DRINKING THE NIGHT BEFORE. AN
AUTOPSY WILL BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. THE
BOAT WAS ANCHORED AT THE STUART ANCHORAGE.
THE 2006 NATIONAL COLLEGE
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FELL OFF A
TABLE AND SHATTERED. THE WATERFORD CRYSTAL TROPHY WAS SITTING
ON A TABLE IN ONE OF THE SKYBOXES AT THE STADIUM DURING A MOVE LAST
FRIDAY, AND IT FELL WHEN THE TABLE WAS BUMPED. THE UNIVERSITY
OF FLORIDA HAS A SECOND BCS TROPHY AND THE ONE THAT BROKE WAS
INSURED. THE BROKEN ONE WILL BE REPLACED
IN EARLIER TREASURE COAST NEWS....
THE DANGER OF BRUSH FIRES WILL BE HIGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WILDFIRE WARNING
BECAUSE THE COOL WEATHER TODAY AND TUESDAY COMBINED WITH LOW
HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF BRUSH FIRES
AND CHANCES THEY WILL QUICKLY SPREAD.
THE TREASURE COAST HASN'T SEEN AS MANY BRUSH FIRES SO FAR THIS YEAR
AS WE NORMALLY DO. OFFICIALS SAY IT'S BEEN WETTER THAN NORMAL
SO FAR DURING THE DRY SEASON
IT WILL BE COOL TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40s TO LOW 50s IN
MARTIN & ST LUCIE COUNTY.
MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO SEE THE JOB PERFORMANCE
EVALUATIONS OF 15 TEACHERS WHOSE CONTRACTS ARE NOT BEING RENEWED BY
THE PRINCIPAL. AT DOC ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
PALM BEACH POST REPORTS TREASURE COAST STATE SENATOR KEN PRUITT GOT
THE 5 AGENCIES INVOLVED TO AGREE THAT THE CROSSTOWN PARKWAY BRIDGE
PROJECT IS AT LEAST A POSSIBILITY. ALL HAVE REPORTEDLY AGREED
AT A MEETING IN TALLAHASSEE NOT TO RED FLAG THE PROJECT WHICH WOULD
HAVE KILLED IT COMPLETELY
A FT PIERCE POLICE OFFICER'S WIDOW IS FIGHTING THE BUREAUCRACY TO
GET HIS DEATH BENEFITS. THE CITY SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE OFFICER
ERIC PIERRE-JEROME'S PRE-EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAM TO PROVE HE DID NOT
HAVE A PRE-EXISTING HEART CONDITION. HE DIED IN 2006 OF
STRESS-INDUCED HEART ATTACK. THE CITY ADMITS IT MAY HAVE LOST
THE MEDICAL EXAM, BUT SAY THEY CAN'T PAY HIS WIDOW $40,000 IN ANNUAL
BENEFITS WITHOUT IT UNDER STATE LAW
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