Vero Beach

Kaitlyn Hunt, Florida Teen, Arrested and Expelled From School For Gay Relationship UPDATED

UPDATE: The Indian River County Sheriff's Office is holding a press conference today at 1:30 p.m. at 4055 41st Avenue in Vero Beach. Those who are supporting Kaitlyn are being encouraged to attend and be a part of a peaceful rally by wearing t-shirts, and carrying signs. A star student at Sebastia ... More >>

Injured Pit Bulls Used For Dog Fighting Rescued In Indian River County

Three pit bulls and a puppy suspected of being a part of a dog fighting ring have been rescued by Indian River County police. The dogs were found at a home located at 4565 33rd Avenue in Vero Beach, and had injuries consistent with dog fighting, according to officials. When police found the dogs, ... More >>

Kashi Ashram: Claims of Rape, Child Abuse, and Kidnapping

Florida Man Accused of Having Drugs in Pants, Claims Pants Aren't His

A Vero Beach man explained to an Indian River County Sheriff's deputy that the pants he was wearing where the cop found crack cocaine and marijuana were not his but were, in fact, stolen pants. "As I began to search his pockets, he stated quickly that the pants he was wearing were not his," an arre ... More >>

Do You Care About Florida Craft Beer? Why the 64-Ounce Growler Bill Matters

Over the past couple of years, there's been a lot of talk about helping small businesses to grow. And it makes sense. In a slowly recovering economy, wouldn't you want to do what is possible to allow small companies to expand and hire?Well, apparently not.In order to help bring down costs -- and the ... More >>

One Way Out: Millionaire Guma Aguiar Disappeared Off Fort Lauderdale Beach; Where Could He Have Gone?

Man Accused of Stuffing $450 Worth of Shoes and Clothes in Pants

A man in Vero Beach was arrested for allegedly stealing $450 worth of shoes and clothes.In his pants. Byron Harvey, 38, was was arrested September 10 after cops went to a Bealls store in the 5900 block of 20th Street in Vero Beach and saw him in a dressing room, according to an affidavit. That's w ... More >>

346-Pound Man Punches Domino's Pizza Guy for Forgetting His Garlic Knots, Cops Say

Remember those Domino's Pizza ads in which they were all sorry about their shitty pizza and promised to make things better? Well, one Vero Beach man ain't buying it. According to a police report, a Domino's Pizza deliveryman forgot to bring 48-year-old, 346-pound Robert Wheeler the garlic knots al ... More >>

South Florida Planned Parenthood Offering Free Cervical Cancer Screenings

Good news, all you women who don't want to die! Several lovely things are happening to help you stay alive this month: If you have insurance, as of today (or soon, depending on your plan), you'll no longer face copays for numerous reproductive health screenings, contraceptives, breastfeeding supplie ... More >>

Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?

Jack White Finally to Release Solo Album. Finally.

​For quite some time now, Jack White has been busting his bum to produce the music of, and thus blow up the careers of, quality musicians through Third Man Records. He's worked with a range of talent from the Queen of Rockabilly Wanda Jackson to South Florida's Jacuzzi Boys. White also spent ... More >>

The Kills, January 28 at Revolution Live

Q&A: The Kills' Alison Mosshart Talks the Dead Weather, Discount, and 90210

​If you grew up in South Florida and are old enough to remember the mid- and late '90s, you might remember the band Discount. The Vero Beach punk ensemble was led by then middle schooler Alison Mosshart. The once-underaged songstress is now a grown woman living in London as one-half of the Kills a ... More >>

Triton Submarines Races to the Bottom of the Ocean for Fame and Fortune

That's Not Funny: Comedy Club Owners Trade Putdowns in Email Exchange

Perry Sak: Which club will he choose?​Last week, we heard from Pete O'Neil, the newcomer to Fort Lauderdale who decided to speak out about the FDA's antiquated ban on blood donations by homosexual men. That's not the only issue he's going to battle for -- it appears he's taking to the bullhorn in ... More >>

Sleep With 16-Year-Olds, Get 30 Years. 15-Year-Olds? Probation!

Harvey​I hope Denise Harvey is too preoccupied with her own ongoing legal to dramas to keep abreast of the ones unfolding back home. Remember Denise? She was the 42-year-old Vero Beach baseball mom who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sleeping with a 16-year-old. Thusly sentenced, she did ... More >>

The Electronic Talking Rosary

I can haz batteries?​It ain't easy being Catholic. You gotta give things up for Lent, remember the holidays of approximately 10,000 saints, listen to the moralization of child molesters' accomplices every Sunday. You've gotta forget about extra-coital orgasms, oral sex, wanking, sodomy, abortion, ... More >>

Skimming U.S.A.

Ben Prestage's One-Man Band Show Coming to Little Munich

Country Heartthrob Jake Owen Hits Round Up

White and Blue

Max Mermelstein, the Snitch Who Brought Down the Cocaine Cowboys, Hid for Two Decades

Boynton Beach Police Release Names of Those Charged in Platinum Showgirls Case

Flickr: nightride​Stephanie Slater, spokeswoman for the Boynton Beach Police Department, just sent across a list of the people charged in connection with alleged crimes at Platinum Showgirls gentleman's club. It's a long list, and it starts with the owners, who face the severest penalties:Matt Bar ... More >>

Miami's Ketchy Shuby Brings the Downtown Soul

Power Plays

Idyllic Florida landscape courtesy of FMPAResidents of Lake Worth, many of whom have made small but successful careers specializing in complaining about their high utility bills, might not know the city actually gets the power to turn their fans and nuke their frozen dinners not from the beleaguered ... More >>

Mother's Day Road Trip to Costa D'Este

Estefans: Still cookin'Almost makes me want to be somebody's mother, this news: The new oceanfront luxury resort in Vero Beach owned by South Florida royals Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Costa D'Este, is putting together Mother's Day packages Latina-style, serving Cuban-fusion cuisine for breakfast, lu ... More >>

The House That Madoff Money Built

You want to know how you would have been living if you'd hooked up with Bernie Madoff and started illegally raising for him right at the swindler's start in the 1960s? You have to look at how Fort Lauderdale's Michael Bienes lived. I've written a lot about the philanthropist who claims he, too, ha ... More >>

Sugar Daddy

For bailing out Big Sugar, Charlie Crist gets a hero's medal. Sweet!

The Ink-Stained Unemployed

Newspapers will shrink as veterans are forced out the door

Reading Miranda

Henry's Solid State

"All Florida" is surprisingly strong

Carl Hiaasen Has Left The Area

The Winner Was Huh?

The good and the so-so. The Boca Museum takes its pick.

The Doctor's Trials

Meet Hollywood's Donald Tobkin: caring M.D., feared lawyer, accused felon

Pipe It to Me

Hold on a Bahamian Minute

Mean Streets

The Kills journey to the dark edge of sound

The Corrupter

The sheriff is selling out the public. Do you give a darn?

Liberté. Fraternité. No Way.

The Libertarians' slate is full this fall. So how come they're not out stumping for votes?

The Shrinking Garden

With aching back and heavy heart, Adam & Eve sell off some of Palm Beach County's finest junk

Billa-bing Billabong

The best local tunes migrate to the county line

Best Book by a Local Author

Orchid Blues by Stuart Woods

Dance to the Radio

Palm Beach DJs dose the mainstream with a weekly air-drop of cutting-edge techno

A Frenetic Fest

This year's Fort Lauderdale International Film Fest offers everything from terrorists to overamped adolescents

Juris Imprudence

"Boca Museum Artist Guild Juried Competition and Exhibition" and "49th Annual All Florida Competition and Exhibition"

Heaven on Wheels

The denizens of the Gold Coast roller rink may be getting on in years. But they still let the good times roll.

I Smell Theme

East City Bistro

Undercurrents

Man Your Battle Stations

WXEL wages a ceaseless and ill-fated campaign against its larger public-television rival WPBT and SunFest

Folk Explosion!