Roadway resurfacing to close 16th Street this week

Polls open for 2024 General Election

This story will be continuously updated for election coverage.  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Following a high turnout for early voting, residents flocked to precincts on Tuesday - Election Day - to cast their choices for county and city seats, along with the highly-watched, historic U.S. Presidential race. As of 8 a.m., 66 percent of county residents cast ballots for this year's general election, the elections' website showed. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Indian River County. Residents must vote at their assigned precincts. Precinct information can be found by checking voter registration cards, calling the Supervisor of Elections Office at 772-226-4700 or visiting the elections' website. Voters must also bring a photo and signature I.D. The ...

2 seriously hurt in multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 1

GIFFORD — Two people suffered severe injuries following a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 1 that left a person trapped inside an automobile, sheriff's deputies said. Indian River County Fire Rescue crews used rescue machinery to free the individual from the wreckage, said Sgt. Kevin Jaworski, a spokesperson for the Indian River County Sheriff's Office. The wreck involving a silver van, Subaru Outback and an unknown third vehicle, happened about 11 a.m. Monday in the 4500 block of U.S. 1, east of Old Dixie Highway in Gifford. Jaworski said the vehicles had heavy damage from impact. One person was flown to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce, while the other individual was taken by ambulance, Jaworski said. Florida Highway Patrol ...

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 ...