Fort Pierce News

S.M. Wells, one of the Florida Highwaymen folk artists, will have a one-man show featuring some of his works and will demonstrate his technique at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Leesburg Public Library, 100 E. Main St. via The Orlando Sentinel

“I noticed that he was an O-positive blood type, and I'm O-positive and so I thought I'd e-mail you and see if I was a possible candidate for kidney donation”

A police officer in Florida hopes his rare medical condition will allow him to help a man facing a long wait for a new kidney, reported West Palm Beach, Fla., TV station WPBF. via WGAL

“Investigators from the Martin County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division Cold Case Squad have arrested Daryl Cheatham and Omar Cortez Johnson in conjunction with the 1991 carjacking and shooting death of 34-year-old Allan Dale Matzek.”

Police in South Florida believe they have solved the 1991 murder of a Jacksonville man. via WTLV

Port St. Lucie police are trying to find out how a pit bull ended up with a bullet in her back. via WPEC-TV West Palm Beach

Hoping to generate leads in the city's first homicide of the year, police released a sketch of the man who shot a 20-year-old in the face Feb 3. during what detectives now suspect was an attempted robbery. via Palm Beach Post

“The dogs will not be euthanized”

Fourteen dogs seized in July from a man accused of torturing them will be transported to a no-kill animal shelter rather than remain in the custody of the local humane society, where some could face the ... via Palm Beach Post

“There are people who know they are positive and don't come in”

Ask those battling the disease on the front lines why St. Lucie County has the worst HIV/AIDS rate among African-Americans, and you'll get a common response: the small, close-knit community contributes to a ... via The Palm Beach Post

“That is an advantage for companies to market it because they get profit off of it every single year”

A plant-destroying virus farmers call one of their worst enemies may soon be an ally in the fight against crop pests and mosquitoes, according to this article from Tom Nordlie. via KPC Media Group, Inc.

“I was a weather man, a meteorologist. I wasn't a news person. I didn't have my rolodex filled with detectives and federal agents. . . Who the hell knew what I was doing.”

With just over a year to go in his five-year sentence, former TV weatherman Bill Kamal has filed new motions in federal court to vacate his sentence, Local 10 has learned. via Local10

“And just in the last year, she took him away from the family.”

Authorities say natural causes killed a 21-year-old who died suddenly and suspiciously Jan. via Palm Beach Post

Two young women were killed late Tuesday night in a traffic accident on State Road 60, east of Lake Wales, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. via News Chief

Fort Pierce deputies are looking for a murder suspect following the city's first killing of the year. via WPEC-TV West Palm Beach

Photovoltaic Solar Cells Inc., PVSO, a fully reporting company under the Securities Laws of 1934 is currently awaiting the beginning of trading on the OTC BB by its market maker. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

“It's hard not to with the similar descriptions.”

The same person may be responsible for a shooting death and another incident over the weekend in which a man was shot in the ankle, according to Fort Pierce police. via Palm Beach Post

“We realize the greatest opportunity for us is to stay focused on small- to medium-size hotels”

The Providence Group LLC announced Monday it is opening an office in Ft. Lauderdale in order to expand its hospitality management services. via Bizjournals

A man arrested in Halpatiokee Regional Park south of Palm City last week on charges of attempted robbery and kidnapping is not a juvenile, as authorities first thought. via Palm Beach Post

Your News: 33 senior managers complete criminal justice leadership program Submitted by Larry Long Friday, February 1, 2008 The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 33 senior ... via Naples Daily News