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Vero Beach breaks daily heat record Friday

VERO BEACH — Summertime is approaching...and so is the heat. The week ahead will show more seasonally warm temperatures, with the heat index expected to reach 103 degrees on Tuesday, meteorologists said. Last Friday, Indian River County broke a nearly 50-year-old heat record. The intense, hot and dry weather comes as county officials issued a burn ban last week. The ban remains in effect until further notice as firefighters battle small brush fires as they pop up. Vero Beach broke the daily heat record when the temperature soared to 96 degrees on Friday. The high surpassed the previous record of 95 degrees, last set on the same day in 1976, said Tim Sedlock, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service ...

Man charged in New Year’s Day stabbing that left 1 seriously hurt

VERO BEACH — A man was jailed after police said he stabbed another man following an argument over a seating table arrangement at a popular island eatery during a New Year's celebration. The wounded man was taken by ambulance to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, officials said. Michael Anthony Gaudiani, 66, of Seagrape Lane, Vero Beach, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Gaudiani was released Tuesday from the Indian River County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Vero Beach police responded to reports of a stabbing about 2 a.m. Monday at Grind and Grape - a bar with live music - located on Bougainvillea Lane. Officers found the injured man ...

Vero Beach breaks daily rainfall record from weekend storms

Vero Beach broke the daily rainfall record after drenching showers slammed Florida and other parts of the east coast over the weekend, meteorologists said. Wet weather was not in the forecast this week, but could return with a 40 percent chance of showers next Monday - Christmas Day, meteorologists say. "It will continue to stay dry through much of tomorrow," said Derrick Weitlich, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Melbourne. "Rain chances will pick up as we get closer to the weekend." Weather experts reported 2.13 inches of rainfall in Vero Beach on Saturday. The amount surpassed the previous daily record of 1.55 inches last set on the same day in 2003, Weitlich said. Another cold front followed ...