Micco News

When Vero Beach Police Sgt. Terrance Nelson steps behind the microphone and keyboard for Monday's Law Enforcement Memorial Service for fallen officers, he said he'll be inspired by a woman he was never able to meet.

DEBORAH SILVER/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Joe Mullaney, a seasonal resident who lives in the Town of Orchid Island and is a volunteer, makes two bowls full of fresh salad for the approximately 100 people who will be fed during the Lord's Table lunch in Fellsmere on Thursday.

Six years ago, a 26-year-old Sebastian woman woke to find she had been beaten and left in a car trunk her assailant had locked her in to avoid going back to prison.