A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be part of a bigger pattern playing out across the state.

The Vero Beach area men, ages 20 and 21, each were indicted July 15 on 5 charges, including first-degree murder.

WPTV is taking up-close look at how a proposed housing development in Indian River County is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises. The protected species is beloved in Florida and their ...

Toxic algae in the north part of the Stick Marsh prompted a July 16 health alert from the Florida Department of Health office in Indian River County. The toxin microcystin level was 0.25 on July 10, ...

Now Jones is back in his original location and doing better than ever. The county allowed him to return and suspended his code-enforcement violation. At the same time, the county is trying to revise ...

Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers is ramping up his call for increased funding from the County Commission, warning ...

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the suspects in a home invasion case on the Treasure Coast that claimed three lives late last year.

Two Northeast Florida teachers were awarded a $20,000 check on Thursday morning for being selected among the five finalists for 2026 Teacher of the Year.

Colleton County resident John Glenn Creel, chief of the Edisto Natchez-Kusso tribe of South Carolina, points to his father’s enlistment in the U.S. Navy as an example of how society tries to erase the ...

The Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) on Wednesday announced the award of $9.2 million in grants for projects that will restore habitat, create jobs and improve the resiliency of Washington’s ...

BUFFALO - Wildflowers dot hills, trails and roadsides each June and July in Johnson County. The rainbow hues are something that Heather McIntosh looks forward to on her near-daily walks along the ...