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Detective says home nursing aide showed ‘no remorse’ in defrauding island seniors

Indian River Shores Public Safety Detective Ken Barrett has seen just about everything in his nearly four-decade law ...

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COVID threat greatest now for 65+group

The pandemic continues to wane in Indian River County. The number of new weekly COVID-19 cases here declined ...

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Vero Beach and Shores differ on pace of lawsuit over water-sewer service territory

When Indian River Shores Mayor Brian Foley and Vero Beach Mayor Robbie Brackett met on Dec. 21 to ...

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State Attorney’s Office rolls with changes in Vero

At a time when the State Attorney’s Office is losing some of the most senior members of its ...

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COVID-19 cases here drop to pre-Omicron surge levels

New COVID-19 infections reported to the Florida Department of Health declined another 34 percent this week, approaching pre-Omicron ...

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Four more years? Would you believe two new 17th Street projects?

Nearly a year and a half into the epic 17th Street bridge repair project, the Florida Department of ...

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Vero finally in ‘Green Zone’ for COVID-19

Most of Florida has stayed in the public health ‘Red Zone’ throughout the Omicron surge this winter, but ...

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Shores Town Clerk Laura Aldrich retiring after 17 years

After nearly 17 years of service to the Town of Indian River Shores and a total of 23 ...

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Home health aide for elderly couple pleads no contest

Moments before jury selection was to begin, defendant and former home health aide Chiquita Lashae McGee decided not ...

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COVID cases again down sharply here

New COVID-19 infections here fell another 45 percent this past week – the case count down to 286 ...

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Island filling up as holiday weekend approaches

Frigid northern weather – combined with fatigue over big-city mask mandates and vaccine passports, and steep drops in ...

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COVID cases continue to decline here

New COVID-19 infections locally fell by another one third over the past week, down from 758 to 517 ...