Leroy Bethel, Vero Beach

‘Drawing people together’: GYAC Turkey Giveaway brings happiness, laughter

GIFFORD — Turkey giveaways are not just about the food, but also about building community relationships through service and laughter, organizers say. That's the mantra that leaders with the Gifford Youth Achievement Center held as they passed out 200 turkeys to families during the 18th Annual Turkey Giveaway on Monday evening. "Service is the pillar to building a solid community," said event co-organizer Freddie Woolfork, GYAC's longtime director of public relations and facilities operations. "The volunteers here are helping out while also getting to know each other, writing down each other's phone numbers and knowing their names. This is about finding common ground and working as a team." As the holiday season quickly approaches, community leaders want to make sure ...

Missing pilot who took off from Sebastian found dead in Bahamas

A missing pilot who took off from Sebastian Municipal Airport earlier this week was found dead inside his plane in the Bahamas, according to U.S. Embassy Nassau officials. Christopher Moore's wife, Stayce Love, led search efforts in the Bahamas to find her husband. A private search team located the aircraft Thursday in a marshy area in the vicinity of Marsh Harbour, said Connor Pascale, Coast Guard Liaison officer with the U.S. Embassy Nassau. Marsh Harbour is a town in the Abaco islands. The team found Moore's body in the red, white and blue aircraft. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force, U.S. Coast Guard and family and friends of Moore had searched for any sign of the man or the plane since ...

Family, friends, volunteers continue search for missing pilot in Bahamas

Family and friends of Christopher Moore, along with volunteers, are continuing the search for the pilot who went missing after his aircraft disappeared over the ocean near the Bahamas. Volunteers are searching on foot along nearby shorelines, with boats and aircrafts for any sign of Moore or his plane along the flight path, said Moore's wife, Stayce Love. Love, who is leading the search, said they tracked a possible cell phone ping of the plane's location on Thursday. Further details on the ping were not immediately available. Love said Moore's last known location was near Marsh Harbour, a town in the Abaco islands. "He was radioing five miles out from Marsh Harbour," Love said. Moore lifted off on Sunday morning ...