Woman arrested for stabbing another with comb on bus

Phone, clothing left behind helps police nab Mulligan’s robbery suspect

VERO BEACH — A phone with text messages and calls to a getaway driver and a Mulligan's employee, along with DNA extracted from a mask, helped detectives make an arrest in the armed robbery of a beachside restaurant that occurred in mid-August. Officers said the suspect left behind his phone, mask, and other items during his escape. After the robbery, the suspect met up with the Mulligan's employee at a barbecue in Gifford, reports show. Police on Wednesday arrested Sederick Maurice Upton, 43, of the 2400 block of 42nd Street, Gifford, on charges of robbery with a firearm, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping or false imprisonment and burglary with assault. Upton was held Saturday at the Indian River ...

Man dead, woman seriously hurt in stabbing at residence

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A man stabbed his wife several times before turning the knife on himself Tuesday following an argument about divorce, sheriff's officials said. Deputies described the domestic violence incident as an attempted murder-suicide. The woman was hospitalized with serious injuries while the man died from his wounds, said Sgt. Kevin Jaworski, a spokesperson with the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. The incident happened about 7:50 a.m. Tuesday at their home in the 600 block of 10th Street, east of U.S. 1 and south of the Vero Beach city limits. The married couple - in their 60s - got into a dispute about their relationship and how it was leading to divorce, Jaworski said. "The husband armed himself ...

Retired educator honored for sowing seeds in lives of county’s youth

It is a peaceful space that A. Ronald Hudson finds filled with restful moments amid the citrus groves. Here in the orchard, the lessons of harvesting and sowing remain a constant in life – in and out of the field. “I would go in the grove, get on my tractor and forget about everything else,” said the longtime educator, of the therapeutic feeling he gets from minding the land, years after trading in a life of walking the school hallways and guiding students. “I’m strictly a nature person,” said Hudson, who turned 93 on July 1, talking of tending to the soil, planting oranges and grapefruit about a mile from his Vero Beach home. Hudson worked in the citrus groves ...