STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a motorcyclist was fatally injured in a crash with a Florida police officer.

News outlets report the crash occurred early Saturday on Interstate 95 in...

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a former Florida deputy has been arrested following a series of questionable drug arrests.

Treasure Coast Newspapers reports Steven O'Leary was arrested...

STUART, Fla. (AP) _ Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (SBCF) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $23.3 million.

The bank, based in Stuart, Florida, said it had earnings of 45...

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Twenty people have served notice they will file a lawsuit against a Florida sheriff's office and a fired deputy for a series of questionable drug arrests.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A judge has rejected a constitutional challenge to Florida's insanity defense law made by the attorneys for a man accused of killing a couple and chewing the husband's...

STUART, Fla. (AP) — The Chinese masseuse shrinks into her chair as the Florida sheriff's detective tells her deputies installed hidden cameras in her spa's ceiling. He knows she and other women...

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A judge will allow as evidence a video of a former college student struggling against his restraints at a Florida hospital on the night he's accused of killing two...

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida teen is dead after being caught in a rip current while swimming at the beach and being pulled away from shore.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Health officials say two people have died amid a hepatitis A outbreak declared in one Florida county.

Treasure Coast Newspapers reports Martin County and state officials...

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A forensic psychologist says a former college student believed he was "half-dog, half-man" when he fatally attacked a man and woman at their home and was found biting one of...

LAKE PARK, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they've arrested the "Ball Cap Bandit" suspected in four bank robberies in Florida.

An FBI news release says 37-year-old Rodrick Domonique Jones was arrested last week in Lake Park on federal bank robbery charges.

Investigators say Jones robbed two Chase branches located in Delray Beach and Stuart in 2016. Officials say he robbed the same Delray Beach bank again in 2017 and then the same Stuart bank again in 2018.

STUART, Fla. (AP) _ Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (SBCF) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $16 million.

The Stuart, Florida-based bank said it had earnings of 31 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were 47 cents per share.

The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 46 cents per share.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a sheriff's deputy shot a man who charged at him with a pair of scissors.

Martin County Sheriff's officials said on Facebook that deputies were called to a home on Monday afternoon to remove a man who was trespassing at his parents' home.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida deputy has been fired, and nine people he arrested on drug charges have been released from jail.

Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that Martin County Sheriff Will Snyder announced Deputy Steven O'Leary's termination during a news conference Tuesday.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Florida jewelry store owner who fatally shot a teen during a robbery won't be charged.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A trial date has been set for a former college student accused of randomly killing a Florida couple and chewing the face of the dying husband.

Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that Circuit Judge Sherwood Bauer Jr. on Monday set a June 17 trial date for 22-year-old Austin Harrouff.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a woman and her adult daughter tried to deliver tobacco and cell phones to a Florida prison inmate with a remote-control drone.

A Martin County Sheriff's Office news release says 40-year-old Casandra Kerr and 22-year-old Cencetta Didiano were arrested outside the Martin Correctional Institute early Sunday morning. Kerr was charged with introducing contraband into a correctional facility, and Didiano was charged with aiding in the effort.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff says a Florida father is "absolutely shattered" after fatally shooting his 30-year-old son who'd gotten into a confrontation with his younger brother over a game of pool.

Martin County Sheriff William Synder told a news conference that Joseph Maloney got into a violent struggle early Sunday with his brother, 26-year-old James Maloney.

STUART, Fla. (AP) _ Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (SBCF) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $16.3 million.

The Stuart, Florida-based bank said it had earnings of 34 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 37 cents per share.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 41 cents per share.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say a suspect fired at an officer, led authorities on a lengthy chase on Florida's Turnpike and then suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Miami-Dade County Police Detective Alvaro Zabaleta tells The Miami Herald that the suspect began to fire Saturday at an officer who tried to approach the driver after noticing a crash.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Being in touch with nature is one thing. But gardening au naturel is quite another for some neighbors of a Florida man who's been doing yard work in the nude.

The miffed residents tell news outlets they've called the Martin County Sheriff's Office, but the man continues to do yard work naked.

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A former high school counselor in West Virginia is charged with using a school computer program to inflate grades in order to obtain college scholarships for her daughter.

U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart says in a news release a federal grand jury in Beckley indicted 49-year-old Mellissa Krystynak of Stuart, Florida, on six counts of mail fraud.

The statement says Krystynak was a counselor from 2011 until 2017 at Greenbrier West High School, where two of her children also attended.

STUART, Fla. (AP) _ Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida (SBCF) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $17 million.

The bank, based in Stuart, Florida, said it had earnings of 35 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 38 cents per share.

The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 42 cents per share.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Tourism, fishing and public health are being threatened by contaminants discoloring stretches of beaches at the southern end of the Florida peninsula.

Blue-green algae that covers much of Lake Okeechobee has been growing and flowing through canals connecting the freshwater lake to sensitive estuaries on the east and west coasts of the state. Residents and business owners fear the thick, toxic slime could strand their boats in marinas during peak tourism months.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say a carjacking suspect fleeing from deputies fired at the officers and rammed a patrol car before being arrested.

The Martin County Sheriff's Office reports 25-year-old Juan Carlos Carmenate stole an SUV at gunpoint Friday from a Palm Beach County gas station, firing a gun and narrowly missing one victim.

The suspect drove north into Martin County, followed by a Palm Beach sheriff's helicopter.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A large fire at a Florida condominium complex has destroyed at least 10 units.

The Martin County sheriff's office says a section of the Cedar Pointe Villages complex in Stuart was engulfed by flames on Monday night. Firefighters contained the flames at the complex, a community for people 55 years or older near the Atlantic Ocean.

TEQUESTA, Fla. (AP) — High school seniors Cole Hammer and Garrett Barber won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship on Wednesday, beating Marc Dull and Chip Brooke 4 and 3 at Jupiter Hills.

The 18-year-old Hammer, from Houston, is set to play at Texas next fall. Barber, from Stuart, Florida, also is 18. He's headed to LSU.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say a man they found in possession of two gopher tortoises, said he didn't want to keep them as pets — he planned to eat them.

Martin County Sheriff's officials said they found 28-year-old Robert Lane digging into the ground Sunday pulling out gopher tortoises at Seabranch Preserve State Park.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials say a 76-year-old man has died of injuries suffered in a boat crash.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokeswoman Carol Lyn Parrish tells news outlets that Matthew Jones died after the boat that he was on collided with another boat in the St. Lucie River on Tuesday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Glen Wood is sitting out the Daytona 500.

Wood has done most everything at "The Great American Race," driving in the inaugural edition in 1959 and winning five Daytona 500s as team owner. He not only had a seat somewhere at every Daytona 500, the 92-year-old Hall of Famer had attended every Speedweeks since 1947.

Wood will have a different view for Sunday's race: from his home.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A 14-year-old bicyclist was killed in a crash on a Florida highway.

TCPalm.com reports Jaidyn T. Ryan, of Stuart, was pronounced dead at the scene Monday night. FHP spokesman Lt. Alvaro Feola says Ryan was riding his bicycle eastbound across U.S. 1 when he ran into a southbound van driven by 51-year-old Alan C. Rithamel, of Wisconsin.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man complaining about his dinner to police has landed in trouble.

The 51-year-old man was charged with misusing the emergency 911 line after he called dispatchers twice to complain about the size of the meal served to him at Crabby's Seafood Shack in Stuart.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — The rector of an Episcopal church in North Carolina accused of pointing a gun at another vehicle in Florida is set to receive a year of probation.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three people from a sinking boat off Florida's Atlantic coast.

The agency said in a news release that the 27-foot boat started taking on water off the coast of Stuart on Saturday afternoon. A good Samaritan called the Coast Guard.

A Coast Guard crew "dewatered" the boat and escorted it back to port without further incident.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff says one of his deputies acted in self-defense when he fatally shot a man wielding a machete.

The shooting occurred Oct. 27 a short time after Martin County Deputy John Welliever told dispatchers he was going on foot patrol in a neighborhood. Within minutes, he reported shots had been fired.

A second deputy arrived at the scene as Welliever was giving CPR to 46-year-old Jerry Richardson. Richardson, who was black, was shot five times.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Installing security cameras might be a good idea for most retail businesses — but not for drug dealers.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A 3-year-old girl is recovering after being bit by a shark at a Florida beach.

The girl's mother, Jessica Veatch, told Treasure Coast Newspapers that the attack occurred Sunday at a Stuart beach on Florida's east coast.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A young child is being treated after being bitten by a shark in Florida.

The Palm Beach Post reports that the child was bitten Sunday afternoon in the water off Bathtub Reef Beach, which is about 45 miles north of West Palm Beach.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Deputies in Florida have killed a dog that was "viciously" attacking a woman.

Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that the attack happened Monday morning in Stuart, which is north of West Palm Beach. The 63-year-old woman sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott's mantra is jobs, jobs, jobs.

The small-government, tea party-backed Republican isn't necessarily known as an environmental governor. He touts gutting regulations and state agencies, including ones that protect the environment. Many environmentalists criticize his record and say he puts business interests before protecting water and natural lands.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — The rector of an Episcopal church in North Carolina is facing criminal charges in Florida after police say he pointed a gun at another vehicle in an apparent road rage incident.

Media reports say 35-year-old Rev. William Rian Adams is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Martin County, Florida records show he was released from jail on $15,000 bail.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — An 11-year-old Florida boy is charged with stealing an SUV that police say he quickly crashed.

The Treasure Coast Newspapers report that the boy sneaked out of his house early Friday in Stuart and began checking vehicles in the neighborhood to see if they were unlocked.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — With enormous paws and perky ears, Bak has no problem getting petted by strangers and mugging for the camera.

The 14-month-old pooch, a German shepherd born in Germany, began training about four weeks ago and is the latest Stuart police canine.

"We both kind of have the same type of personality," said Cpl. Nick Briglia, Bak's partner. "We're very kind of laid-back for the most part, unless something gets us going."

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Four counties along Florida's Treasure Coast make up a cluster with high rates of both deaths from liver disease and algae blooms.

TcPalm (http://bit.ly/2rKxzbN ) reported Sunday that the cluster in Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties is the only one of its kind in the state.

Nationwide, there are 65 such clusters, according to researchers at Ohio State University.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man is facing a hate crime charge after he told them he attacked a convenience store clerk because he doesn't like Arabs.

BOSTON (AP) — A convenience store magnate who twice ran for governor of Massachusetts has died. Christy Mihos (MY-hohs) was 67.

His sister tells the Cape Cod Times he died Saturday in hospice care in Stuart, Florida, after a battle with cancer. His death was confirmed by the Haisley Funeral Home, which is handling arrangements.

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida college student accused of randomly killing a couple in their garage and chewing on the dead man's face told television psychologist Phil McGraw he was fleeing a demon-like figure named Daniel and only had a vague recollection of the slayings.

In a 22-minute interview released Tuesday by prosecutors, Austin Harrouff said he lost his wits as he walked back to his father's home after storming out of a restaurant where they had an argument.