The EPA created a 12-mile, 9,500-acre aquatic preserve and designated it a no-discharge zone from Vero Beach to Fort Pierce.

Sheriff Eric Flowers of Indian River County is seeking a significant budget increase to raise deputy salaries and prevent them from leaving for better-paying departments.

Due to a large brush fire, Indian River County has issued a road closure near the area of Southwest 27th Avenue and Oslo Road ...

Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that caused widespread destruction and killed more than 130 people.

Car crash along I-95 in Indian River County kills 1, injures 2 Deputies located one occupant who was pronounced dead at the scene, a spokesperson for the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said.

The heated budget battle in Indian River County continues, with members of the Sheriff's Office once again appearing before county commissioners Tuesday.

WPTV is taking up-close look at how a proposed housing development in Indian River County is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises. The protected species is beloved in Florida and ...

An 87-year-old Vermont man lost his life on I-95 while attempting to rescue a turtle, resulting in the highway being shut down for hours in Indian River County.

Waste Management began delivering new recycling bins to residents in Indian River County in June. Complaints have begun about the deliveries.

Going out to eat? See which Indian River County restaurants were rated best by inspectors, and which failed the test.