Tour brings participants up to date on Indian River County schools

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Even though she is a big supporter of public schools, Marsha Benjamin actually has never visited classrooms in the Indian River County School District.

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Sebastian River girls basketball team receives championship rings | Video of season

Team honored in ceremony at the school after winning Class 7A title in February.

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Sebastian River girls basketball team receives championship rings | Video of season

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Keen Road in St. Lucie County closed due to brush fire; Storm dumps 2-4 inches of rain

A severe thunderstorm that passed through Indian River and St. Lucie counties brought 2-4 inches of rain. A wind gust of 63 mph was recorded at the St. Lucie County Airport.

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Keen Road in St. Lucie County closed due to brush fire; Storm dumps 2-4 inches of rain

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Arlo Guthrie sponsors benefit concert for Kashi at Roseland home

Folk music and giving back clearly runs through the veins of the children of folksinger Arlo Guthrie and his wife, Jackie. The family is sponsoring a Kashi Ashram benefit concert at their home to prove it.

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Indian River County to poll about 4,000 about water, sewer services

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — About 4,000 county property owners — in the South Beach area and three neighborhoods near the Vero Beach Municipal Airport — can expect letters from county officials in November asking whether they favor switching from Vero Beach to the county for cheaper water and sewer services when the city franchise expires in 2017.

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Indian River County felony arrests: May 22, 2012

Matthew Williams, 26, 3900 block of 46th Place, Vero Beach, driving while license suspended habitual offender. Sheila Cothern, 28, 1700 block of Avenue E, Fort Pierce, scheme to defraud a financial institution.

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More shigellosis ‘stomach flu’ cases reported in Indian River

Health officials are urging parents and teachers to promote hand-washing in children to halt a local outbreak of shigella infections.

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Rally at Waldo’s to welcome Vero Beach minister home from 3,300-mile benefit cycling trip

The Rev. Scott Alexander will be wheeling into Waldo’s this afternoon, fresh from his 3,300-mile cycling trip from California.

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6 in Vero Beach displaced when fire starts in unoccupied triplex unit

A fire in an unoccupied triplex on 19th Place temporarily displaced six people living in the adjoining two units, according to Indian River County Fire Rescue.

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Russ Lemmon: McMullen breaks with tradition in sheriff’s race

Bill McMullen, expected to be incumbent Deryl Loar's toughest challenger in the Indian River County sheriff's race, is taking a calculated risk in the weeks leading up to the all-important Republican primary.

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