Treasure Coast

They’re out there. In the deep blue waters, miles off the beach, there is a watery highway. It’s like the Atlantic Ocean’s version of Interstate 95 with lanes heading north and south. But instead of cars and trucks, fish and turtles of all shapes and species and sizes use the warm currents of the Gulf Stream and its eddies...

The population of sharks is declining because of overfishing and rising ocean temperatures — and the declining population can greatly impact our planet. NBC 6’s Carlos Suarez reports

Many beaches along the Treasure Coast are reopening on Monday, just one month after cities were forced to close the area due to the coronavirus pandemic. In Martin County, commissioners voted on Friday to reopen most beach access points with very little restrictions – unlike counties to the north. Beach goers are allowed to sit, sunbathe and bring items like…

Law enforcement along one part of Florida’s Treasure Coast say they have noticed a major increase in the weeks since the coronavirus pandemic began: the number of arrests for drivers under the influence of alcohol. The State Attorney’s Office for the 19th district, which includes Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties, said data for a one month...

A councilwoman in a Florida city is apologizing for an online post in which some say she called local residents “fat and obese.” Earlier this week, Sebastian city councilwoman Pamela Parris was taking about how a recent herbicide ban was good, writing that “given just how fat and obese our population has become some good old-fashioned gardening would do them…

Officers were called to a neighborhood in Port St. Lucie on Thursday when residents spotted a car spinning in reverse, going in circles for an hour.

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Officials in Port St. Lucie are looking for 36-year-old Victoria Alpert, who allegedly stole thousands of dollars in both cash and heirlooms from the homes she worked in as a live-in employee.

Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told NBC affiliate WPTV-TV there have been more than 20 cases in the last week – including one where six teens from Broward were arrested and another involving a carjacking suspect arrested near Miami.

Surveillance video from Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, shows a driver desperately attempt to fight off a carjacker at a Mobil gas station in Palm City, Florida. Jaquay Marlon Jean, 21, was arrested a day later in North Miami in connection with the carjacking.

Potential owners ventured to the Good Karma Pet Rescue in Hallandale, which took part in bringing the animals to the area along with the Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Palm Beach County.

Residents in Stuart have complained that the smell of chicken and grease from a Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen located near their homes does not allow them to be outside.

A woman suspected of shooting and killing her 8-year-old daughter and stepfather in an apartment complex along Florida’s Treasure Coast has been taken into custody, authorities said.

Sharonda Johnson was arrested on charges that include grand theft and witness tampering for the incident that took place at Fort Pierce Central High School.

Deputies from the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office got a call Thursday morning alleging dozens of animals were in distress at a home in Fort Pierce.

NBC affiliate WPTV-TV said the incident occurred in Palm City on Monday afternoon when the fixed wing single engine Piper plane landed along Southwest Martin Highway.

Officials from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office posted a photo with two deputies holding the Goldendoodle and Red Husky puppies that were taken from the Paradise Puppies Boutique in Port St. Lucie last Thursday.

Mary Nash and Joseph Zingo of Stuart donated a 2003 Hyundai SUV to Ashley Harrison, who gave birth to her baby boy six weeks ago and has been living at a shelter in the area for the last two months.

Martin County Sheriff’s Office officials say they received a call from the mother of the siblings just before 6 a.m. from their Stuart home saying that one of the sons, 30-year-old Joseph Maloney, was acting irrationally.