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5 days ago | 
tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin
Pope Leo XIV was Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, from 2015 to 2023. Vera Pajares, of Vero Beach, attended masses officiated by then Bishop Robert Prevost. Pajares remembers him as a kind person whose speeches were filled with positivity. VERO BEACH — Before he was Pope Leo XIV, was Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, from 2015 to 2023, where a Vero Beach woman attended many Masses he officiated. Although Vera Pajares said she never had the opportunity to talk to him, she remembers him as a very kind person.
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1 week ago | 
tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin
MARTIN COUNTY −A $2.5 million yacht was reported stolen from Blowing Rocks Marina/Tiki Bar in Jupiter and was pursued by the Martin County Sheriff's Office on the Intracoastal Waterway May 5. The pursuit ended in an arrest and recovery of the yacht.
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1 week ago | 
tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin
A yacht was reported stolen in the afternoon of May 5 and multiple Martin County Sheriff's Office units were in pursuit. Nikilai Vilkov, 29, was charged with grand theft motor vehicle, resisting arrest with violence, and aggravated fleeing with injury or damageHe is in the Martin County Jail without bond and he is on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Olivia Franklin |Crystal Vander Weit
MARTIN COUNTY −The Sheriff's Office pursued a luxury yacht reported stolen that was traveling north along the Intracoastal Waterway in the Hobe Sound area on May 5, according to sheriff's officials. The 68-foot, three-story yacht was stolen from Blowing Rocks Marina/Tiki Bar in the 18400 block of Southeast Federal Highway in Jupiter earlier that evening, sheriff's officials said.
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1 week ago | 
tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin |Crystal Vander Weit
MARTIN COUNTY −The Sheriff's Office pursued a luxury yacht reported stolen that was traveling north along the Intracoastal Waterway in the Hobe Sound area on May 5, according to sheriff's officials. The 68-foot, three-story yacht was stolen from Blowing Rocks Marina/Tiki Bar in the 18400 block of Southeast Federal Highway in Jupiter earlier that evening, sheriff's officials said.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Olivia Franklin
MARTIN COUNTY — A Stuart man won $1 million on a $50 "500X THE CASH" scratch-off game on a ticket he bought at a Speedway gas station in Davie. Brett Hold, 45, of Stuart, chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $640,000 and claimed it at the Florida Lottery’s Headquarters in Tallahassee, according to the Florida Lottery news release. Hold went in to claim his payment on Jan. 16, 2025, according to the Florida Lottery press office, which announced the win May 6.
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1 week ago | 
tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin
A 66-foot luxury yacht was stolen from Blowing Rocks Marina in Tequesta on May 5. Martin County ground units, marine units, SWAT team members and criminal investigations detectives were on the scene. The Department of Homeland Security assisted in the investigation. MARTIN COUNTY — The Sheriff's Office pursued a luxury yacht reported stolen that was traveling along the Intracoastal Waterway in the Hobe Sound area on May 5, according to sheriff's officials.
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1 week ago | 
tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin
Stuart police issued over 30 parking tickets at Costco from April 25 to April 27. STUART — Over 30 parking tickets were issued by the Stuart Police Department on opening weekend for the new Costco store on South Kanner Highway, according to police officials. Stuart police issued 31 parking tickets at Costco on April 25-27, according to police spokesperson Lt. Brian Bossio.
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1 week ago | 
tcpalm.com | Olivia Franklin
A 911 video calling system was officially launched on May 1, 2025, in Martin County. The link dispatch sends to the caller is a one-time use link. Martin County Fire Rescue, Stuart Police, Sewall's Point Police, and Jupiter Island Public Safety are also using the new system. MARTIN COUNTY — The Sheriff's Office launched a 911 live video call system on May 1 that allows first responders to see what's going on at the site before they arrive.
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1 week ago | 
tcpalm.com | Corey Arwood |Olivia Franklin
Nationwide protests erupted May 1 against the Trump administration, its policies and the billionaires supporting them. More than 1,000 demonstrations and rallies were scheduled in every state and abroad on May 1, which is historically known as May Day or International Workers' Day. Protests centered on opposition to President Donald Trump and billionaire supporters, including Elon Musk, who has led the Department of Government Efficiency's slashing of the federal workforce.
