Jensen Beach

Detectives say they located the body after excavating for hours in the woman’s back yard.

A handyman has been arrested after the body of a woman was found in the septic tank of a Jensen Beach home Saturday, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives say they located the body after excavating for hours in the woman’s back yard. MCSO believes the victim is 57-year-old Cynthia Cole. Cole was reported missing in February after being...

Florida officials say they are looking for a ‘hamburglar’ who broke into two restaurants, fixed himself some food, and then stole money.

Florida officials say they are looking for a ‘hamburglar’ who broke into two restaurants, fixed himself some food, and then stole money.

Martin County Sheriff’s Office posted photos on Facebook showing the animal that made itself at home inside the Jensen Beach home.

A rising high school football star drowned when he was caught in a rip current in Jensen Beach Saturday.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a boater who went missing off Jensen Beach.

A deputy from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office was forced to open fire after confronting an armed burglar inside a Jensen Beach bank.

As a noxious algae bloom fouls beaches on Florida’s Atlantic coast, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to reduce the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee that many blame for fueling the problem.

A smelly, “guacamole-thick” muck is fouling a stretch of beaches promoted as Florida’s “Treasure Coast,” where lawmakers and residents blame the federal government, saying the algae crisis is fueled by freshwater flows controlled by Army officials to protect an erosion-prone dike.