Fort Pierce News

Complaints about loud music and frequent late-night visitors led authorities to raid an apartment this morning where they arrested four and found a kilogram of cocaine, drug paraphernalia and weapons. via Palm Beach Post

“It's taken years off my life, but without all of the volunteers, the program would never have grown to the size it has now”

At 10:24 a.m. Monday in west Pembroke Pines, Mayor Frank Ortis cut a 4-foot green ribbon, concluding a transition of swamp and melaleuca that took eight years. The land is now 56 acres of nature preserve and soccer fields called West Pines Soccer Park & Nature Preserve.

In May, after the grass matures a little more, about 150 children who play on all-star teams will test out the field. In August, up to 1,800 recreational players will begin using the site at 350 SW 196th Ave. They'll move from nearby Chapel Trail Park, with room for only 1,400 players. 'On sign-up day, people line up like it's a concert,' Commissioner Angelo Castillo said. Most of the players weren't even born when the area west of Interstate 75 began booming with families, after Hurricane Andrew wiped out part of Miami-Dade County in 1992. Read more

“There's a lot of family events here”

Gil and Kathi Coombes have run charter boats for years, but it wasn't until their mates went topless in January that their business really took off. via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4

“Oh it's been great. We've got a lot of phone calls, a lot of phone calls”

Gil and Kathi Coombes have run charter boats for years, but it wasn't until January that their business really to took off. via WTLV

City officials in Fort Pierce, Florida, have booted the topless Smokin' Em Charters fishing service from the city marina for clashing with the facility's family-friendly atmosphere. via WCAX-TV Burlington

“The issue is really the banking crisis”

The credit crunch has crimped a Boca Raton developer's plans to convert an aging Fort Pierce outlet mall into a biotechnology mecca. via Palm Beach Post

A Fort Pierce woman originally arrested in December for using a church credit card to pay personal bills is facing more than 300 additional criminal charges, according to preliminary paperwork released this ... via Palm Beach Post

The search for a public parking spot downtown will become much easier Tuesday when the city opens its 465-space parking garage on Avenue A near City Hall. via Palm Beach Post

“We weren't sure what it was at the time”

A young manatee died Thursday afternoon shortly after being rescued by state scientists near the Fort Pierce Inlet. via Palm Beach Post

“We do get visitors at night from time to time, but it's very rare”

Thieves are resorting to a new low: stealing from the dead. They slip into cemeteries under the cover of night and make off with bronze flower urns from grave sites, then sell them to scrap dealers, leaving ... via Palm Beach Post

“I drove up to Fort Pierce Wednesday afternoon to surf at the North Jetty”

A high surf advisory in effect for the Treasure Coast until 8 p.m. Thursday was exciting surfers but couldn't have come at a worse time for students on Spring Break . via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

POLICE IN FORT PIERCE ARE INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED GANG RAPE OF A 16-YEAR OLD GIRL WHO SAYS SHE WAS ATTACKED BY THREE MEN AT DREAMLAND PARK. via WBZT-AM West Palm Beach

A TREASURE COAST MAN LOST A PORTION OF HIS LEG AND SUFFERED SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A PICKUP TRUCK WHILE PUSHING HIS DISABLED CAR OUT OF THE ROADWAY. via WBZT-AM West Palm Beach

“She didn't make too much commotion. She was scared. She was in fear.”

A teen is gang-raped in broad daylight in a public park. Fort Pierce Police need your help finding the men responsible. via WPEC-TV West Palm Beach

By Ed Killer Monday, March 17, 2008 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Trout fishing doesn't require the luck of the Irish today. via The Stuart News

“My mom, Mrs. Cookie and I got up about 4 a.m. to start cooking breakfast”

' The composure and sense of responsibility to help those who are in need is a distinguishing trait of many Soldiers. via KWTX

“We've put together a team of professionals who know the community very well”

Opening soon. Workers put finishing touches on the landscaping outside Riverside National Bank's newest location. via FloridaToday.com

Standard & Poor's said the end is in sight for writedowns by the world's financial institutions on debt linked to subprime mortgages. via Bloomberg

Police continue to investigate the crash that killed a 9-year-old Fort Pierce girl Sunday. via Palm Beach Post

Wal-Mart associates makeover teen's bedroom BY STAFF REPORT FLORIDA TODAY TITUSVILLLE - A Titusville teenager received a bedroom makeover, thanks to several Wal-Mart associates. via Floridatoday.com