Melbourne Beach News

Campus life at the University of South Florida went on as usual Friday while health officials investigated a presumed case of tuberculosis involving a student.

DEBORAH SILVER/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Beatrice Ottomanelli, 16, of Melbourne Beach celebrates with Noah Bank, 6, of Vero Beach after Noah kicked the ball into the goal during TOPSoccer practice at the soccer fields at Hobart Park next to the Indian River County Fairgrounds in Vero Beach on Sunday.

The prehistoric Ais Indians hunted, fished and gathered food along the Indian River Lagoon in Brevard, Volusia and Indian River counties, where they established villages.

The first recorded documentation of the presence of Europeans in Florida occurred in 1513, with the arrival of the Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon and his crew of explorers.