St. Lucie County

Three students who attended a high school in Port St. Lucie were arrested Thursday after a school resource officer found a handgun and ammunition on campus.

A former Florida middle school teacher has been arrested after authorities said she hit a student multiple times with a broken broom handle. Cyntyche Darling Lundy, 49, of Port St. Lucie, was arrested Friday on a child abuse charge, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office officials said. The alleged incident happened April 19 at Forest Grove Middle School, where Lundy worked…

Florida detectives have identified a deceased former sheriff’s deputy as the only probable suspect in the rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl in 1983

The two deputies, who shared a 1-month-old child together, committed suicide over the weekend.

Two deputies in one county along Florida’s Treasure Coast, who were the parents of an infant child, took their own lives this past weekend. NBC affiliate WPTV-TV reports St. Lucie County Deputy Clayton Osteen attempted to kill himself just before midnight on New Year’s Eve and was taken off life support Sunday. Shortly after learning of his death, Deputy...

A sperm whale stranded itself Saturday on the shores of a beach in St. Lucie County.

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Deputies along Florida’s Treasure Coast arrested a couple after what they called a “horrific” case of abuse involving three teens found inside their home starving and locked up for months. St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office deputes arrested 40-year-old Oscar Torres and his 32-year-old wife, Brittany Kirschenhofer, on Tuesday after an investigation at their Port St. Lucie home that started...

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A massive fire destroyed more than three dozen cars at a scrapyard along Florida’s Atlantic Coast

Police are investigating the scene along a busy Treasure Coast highway after the body of a woman was found Tuesday morning. NBC affiliate WPTV-TV reports the body was discovered along I-95 in the southbound lanes in St. Lucie County. A man called Florida Highway Patrol deputies after he saw the body when he pulled over with car trouble. Chopper footage…

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Authorities say three people are dead in a Florida community after an apparent dispute over a dog

A teacher along Florida’s Treasure Coast got a special treat this week – getting a chance to see some of her students while bringing them dinner amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. Jennifer Harris, who teaches kindergarten at West Gate K-8 Center in St. Lucie County, delivered pizza kits to her students on Monday as they dealt with the first day…

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A former high school student is suing a Florida school board, saying it mishandled her sexual misconduct allegation against a former school employee.

Representatives from the company were in Jupiter for the meeting Monday to answer questions about the Phase II plan, which will link rail lines from West Palm Beach to the north.

The state’s Brightline passenger trains are being renamed Virgin Trains USA after Richard Branson invested in the new fast-rail project that is scheduled to connect Miami with Orlando. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.

A surfer was hospitalized in “serious condition” after a shark bit him in Fort Pierce.