Youth Guidance and Gifford Youth Activity Center recognize volunteers

Man critical after being struck by vehicle Friday in Sebastian

SEBASTIAN — A 70-year-old Brevard County man was critically injured after being struck by a pickup truck while walking across U.S. 1 last week, fire rescue crews and sheriff's officials said. An update on his condition was not immediately available on Monday. "All indications are that the pedestrian was crossing the roadway improperly," said Sgt. Kevin Jaworski, a spokesperson with the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. "Impairment is suspected for the pedestrian." The driver of the pickup and two passengers were not hurt, Jaworski said. The crash involving the Indian Harbour Beach man and the pickup happened at 9:30 p.m. Friday in the 1400 block of U.S. 1, north of Main Street and just west of Mo Bay Grill in ...

Votes in for primary election

Update: Workers tallied votes after polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday in what many considered a must-watch election season. The races for sheriff, school board and county commission were of high interest among constituents. There was a 34.24 percent voter turnout for this year's primary election in Indian River County, the supervisor of elections' website shows. Out of 118,221 registered voters, there were 40,477 ballots cast, according to the 9:13 p.m. update. The unofficial results were posted on the supervisor of elections' website. As of 9:13 p.m., early votes, election day ballots and mail in votes were completely reported, the supervisor of elections website shows. Here are the unofficial results: U.S. Senator John Columbus              ...

Another twist in the sheriff’s race primary

Deborah Cooney, a no-party-affiliation candidate for sheriff who initially filed to run as a Democrat, said she plans to temporarily register as a Republican this month and vote in the Aug. 18 primary elections. She recommends the county’s other non-Republican voters do the same. “I am opposed to closed primaries, in general, and this is the best response to that ill-informed policy, short of enacting new statutes,” Cooney said in an interview conducted via email over the past two weeks. “As I talk to the folks in the county, I am learning that many registered Republicans are not really die-hard Republicans,” she added. “They just want to vote in the Republican primary . . . . There are never any ...