St. Lucie County (Florida)

Tigers star slugger Miguel Cabrera is once again in trouble with the law and alcohol. He was arrested around 11:00 p.m. last night in Fort Pierce, Florida, after police found him pulled over on the side of the road with smoke coming from his car....

A Florida man - accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey - is using his wide waistline as a defense in a murder case. Edward Ates is accused of driving to the Garden State from his Fort Pierce home and shooting his 40-year-old son-in-law Paul...

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has added 24 Florida sheriffs — and three former sheriffs — to her list of endorsements. That makes a law-enforcement trifecta for her, having earlier won the nod of the Police Benevolent...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott, a first-time candidate who once joked that he hoped to learn the names of all 67 Florida counties before Election Day, has learned enough to appoint “grass-root” chairpersons in every county. His...

DAYTONA BEACH — As both candidates for governor took turns appearing on each other's turf on Wednesday, Republican nominee Rick Scott told a crowd of party faithful here that Florida government had run amok and only more conservative leadersh...

David Cassidy's mug shot after a DUI arrest in St. Lucie County. Photo credit: Handout art The David Cassidy mug shot was certain to stun anyone who fondly remembers the handsome actor from “The Partridge Family.” Cassidy, 60, was charged...

 Thirty more businesses and local government agencies in Florida have signed up for help paying medical costs of their early retirees — people who aren't yet eligible for Medicare. Created by the Affordable Care Act,  the Early Re...

MIAMI -- Former teen idol David Cassidy was ordered to serve a year of probation and had his license suspended for six months after pleading no contest Wednesday to a DUI charge in Florida. Among the other terms of the plea, the former star of the TV...

If the Florida Legislature lessens the state???s role in growth management, as expected, Palm Beach County Commission Chairwoman Karen Marcus said she will push for the county to maintain requirements for developers to help pay for new roads and schools.....

Angela C. Ferranti's plan didn't work. The 25-year-old Port St. Lucie woman found in her bra and panties after a Mar. 31 traffic crash told a Port St. Lucie officer she stripped off her clothes in an effort to 'conceal her scent' from a police dog,...

Donna M. Townsend, a Port St. Lucie mom, is accused of getting a 14-inch-long kitchen knife and telling her 14-year-old son 'she might as well kill him' -- all because he didn't want to sit for a haircut, reports TCPalm.com. She's also accused of...