St. Lucie News Tribune

FORT PIERCE — A man accused of backing over a 12-year-old white-and-gold dog named Daisy on Monday before driving off faces a misdemeanor charge, according to Fort Pierce police. Full Story »

FORT PIERCE — A man was arrested after throwing a hunk of concrete block at another man and missing his intended target but hitting a northbound sport utility vehicle, according to a recently released police report. Full Story »

A new assignment for Wendy Portillo, the teacher who led her kindergarten students to vote out classmate Alex Barton in May 2008, goes before the St. Lucie County School Board today. Full Story »

The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office says it will have more information available later this morning about a robbery at a KFC restaurant. Full Story »

FORT PIERCE At age 16, most girls are texting BFFs the latest gossip heard from high school halls or about the New Moon movie. Full Story »

PORT ST. LUCIE The City Council Monday night agreed to purchase $7.6 million worth of property and move forward with an up to $32 million drainage improvement project to deal with flooding issues east of U.S. 1 and in the Sandpiper Bay community. Full Story »

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FORT PIERCE — The doctors in the Pineapple Playhouse production of “It Runs in the Family” must believe that laughter is the best medicine. They dispense enough of it to cure whatever ails the audience. Full Story »

OKEECHOBEE COUNTY — Three men accused of trying to find a woman to kidnap and rape were arrested after being spotted last week by state and local investigators, an Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office news release states. Full Story »

Hundreds of families will have a merrier Christmas this year thanks to the efforts of Boy Scouts in the Gulfstream Council, which covers the Treasure Coast. Full Story »

FORT PIERCE — Prosecutors dropped mortgage fraud charges Monday against a couple already convicted of taking part in an extensive marijuana growing business. Full Story »

The latest group of third-year medical students from Florida State University’s Fort Pierce regional campus start their rotations Nov. 16 with a variety of community service agencies. Full Story »

Felony arrests: Full Story »

Heathcote Botanical Gardens is presenting a program on Basics of Landscape Design with award-winning nurseryman Gary Roberts. Full Story »

Heathcote Botanical Gardens presents its 22nd Annual Garden Festival, Nov. 21 and 22. Full Story »

Veterans may visit WadaWash Car Wash from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday for a complimentary wash on Veterans Day. Full Story »

Twenty-five people will win an Art Mundo Calendart 2010 calendar that contains 12 original pieces of art, one for each month of the year. Full Story »

PORT ST. LUCIE — Police arrested two roommates Sunday morning on an open house party and other charges after investigators found empty beer containers in their garage, and after minors drank at the residence, according to reports and affidavits released Monday. Full Story »

A 22-year-old Stuart man was arrested on a felony charge Saturday after he shot a female deer on another person’s land, according to an affidavit released Monday. Full Story »

Greg Kellerman gets jazzed when talking about playing the Xbox 360, and about a job at Target he started last week. Full Story »

A 19-year-old man was arrested after police say he was tying a sign to a light post on a sidewalk and physically resisting an officer, according to an affidavit released Monday. Full Story »

FORT PIERCE — A 46-year-old woman who said she fired a shotgun in the air to get people away from her house was arrested early Saturday and taken to jail, according to an affidavit released Monday. Full Story »

STUART — A foreign national with an expired visa was taken into custody following a traffic stop Friday night, police said. Full Story »

A 75-year-old man who died Friday after a rollover crash on Interstate 95 has been identified as Ronald G. Ryan, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release. Full Story »

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — They were 17 and 18 when they enlisted in the Navy along with 35,000 other men who trained on Fort Pierce beaches as pilot and crew of the landing boats that took sailors, equipment and supplies to enemy beaches. Full Story »