St. Lucie County (Florida)

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...

Heading for the courthouse? Here's a no-brainer FloriDUH tip: Leave your stash of drugs at home. Winter Haven cops say Demetrius Nickerson tossed away a bag of pot at the Polk County Courthouse shortly after setting off the security metal detector,...

Floridians who have endorsed Mitt Romney  - FL AG Adam Putnam is the state chairman - FL CFO Jeff Atwater is the state finance chairman - FL AG Pam Bondi is the national advisor - State Sen. John Thrasher (District 8-Jacksonville) - State Sen. JD...

Have a court date with the judge? Then act respectfully and dress appropriately. And leave your dope at home. As Stanley B. Ramos, 32, passed through security at the Manatee County Courthouse, guards found a crack pipe in plain view in his backpack,...

Newt Gingrich reached for the votes of social conservatives on Saturday, bringing a church full of people near Winter Park to its feet with promises to end abortion and embryonic-stem-cell research and to make English the official language. Gingrich, who...

In good times we had good Samaritans; nowadays we have opportunists. Joel E. Ervin, 28, is accused of finding a lost cell phone, then texting the owner saying he had found the phone — and then demanded $300 for its safe return, reports The News-...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be running fourth in the latest poll of how Republican presidential contenders are doing in Florida, but that's not stopping him from moving aggressively to set up an organization in the Sunshine State. Today, Perry's campaign...

Florida Power & Light has proposed adding about 23 cents to a monthly bill for a customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt-hours. That’s on top of a $2.49 monthly increase next year for environmental and other costs. Public Service Commission employees...

The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Ryan Matthew Curp, 25, of Longboat Key, on Florida's Turnpike in Fort Pierce after finding him so confused "and unaware of his surroundings" that he could barely identify his 6-year old daughter, who was in the...

By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Progress Energy Florida faced two key questions Tuesday as it asked regulators to approve passing along about $140 million in nuclear costs to customers: Will it ever build two reactors in...

Undercover investigators for the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said Elizabeth Hunt, 47, would slip a bag of marijuana to customers who asked for extra meat with their subs at a Fort Pierce Subway restaurant, reports TCPalm.com. The investigators...