Photos – Memorial Day Service at Vero High

‘Reigniting pride’ – Head coach, former standout aims to bring excitement to VBHS basketball

James Dawson eyed the hoopsters as they defied gravity, leaping into the air and gliding with precision to dunk the ball.  The squeaks of gym shoes and shriek of the whistle filled the air as the basketballers ran the court to practice for their first upcoming match, a home game, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19. The Vero Beach High School Fighting Indians will face-off against the Astronaut High School War Eagles.  It was all a familiar vibe for Dawson, who remembers hearing the crowds cheering in the stands and his family watching carefully as he played on the court, laying up shots into the nets and working in lockstep with his teammates. “Being in that environment…there’s no better feeling ...

VBHS student arrested after gun found in backpack

VERO BEACH — A Vero Beach High School student was detained after deputies found a loaded 9 mm handgun, along with a magazine containing 10 rounds, inside his backpack after he walked through a metal detector early Thursday. Classes had not yet started when the incident took place, said sheriff's Capt. Joe Abollo, a spokesperson for the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. Deputies later learned the firearm was stolen out of Okeechobee County. Abollo said there was no threat made to the 2,636-student campus located at 1707 16th Street in Vero Beach. Michael Anthony Bell Jr., 18, of Fort Pierce, was charged with attempting to enter a school property with a weapon or firearm, carrying an unlicensed firearm, grand theft ...

Etched in history: Plaque at VBHS honors accomplishments of Dr. Hudson

VERO BEACH — Dr. A. Ronald Hudson - the first Black principal at Vero Beach High School - was honored on Sunday with two plaques bearing his image at the campus. The unveiling of the plaques along with a special reading were part of the renaming of the high school's main office to the "Dr. A. Ronald Hudson Administrative Suite." "I have so many fond memories of my tenure at Vero Beach High School, both as a teacher as well as a principal. It was always a pleasure coming to work every day to meet such a lovely and engaging group of teachers, staff, students and volunteers," Hudson, 93, of Vero Beach, said to the crowd. "Vero Beach High School ...