Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the legality of a controversial $10 million donation during a Wednesday visit to Fort Pierce. He was there to announce grants for vocational training that included $4.9 million to Miami Dade College’s aircraft mechanics program.

When their marijuana-growing operation failed in Fort Pierce, two men traveled to Miami to get their hands on cocaine. Their second venture didn’t last long either. They fell for a trap on Interstate 95 and their text messages built a case against them.

It's a modern-day pirate's tale. Florida Fish and Wildlife investigators have recovered 37 gold coins they said were stolen.

The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday released the identities of the six victims who were killed by a tornado last week inside their Fort Pierce community.

A series of large, violent tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton hit the Spanish Lakes Country Club mobile home community in Fort Pierce Wednesday, causing significant destruction and four deaths.

Hours before making landfall, Hurricane Milton spawned a tornado outbreak along Florida's east coast.

Lawyers for Donald Trump will ask the judge presiding over his classified documents case to prevent prosecutors from using evidence seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate and recordings made by one of his former attorneys.

Former President Donald Trump is anticipated to appear at a hearing on Thursday in Fort Pierce regarding his classified documents case.

Former President Donald Trump has spent several hours at a federal courthouse in Florida for a closed hearing in his criminal case charging him with mishandling classified documents.

The Florida Department of Health in St. Lucie has issued a rabies advisory, after an incident at a Fort Pierce movie theater.

Attorneys representing the family of Gloria Serge, 85, who was killed by an alligator last year in her own community in Fort Pierce, announced Thursday that they have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the community where she lived.

Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property manager, Carlos De Oliveira, has pleaded not guilty to scheming with Trump to try to delete security footage sought by investigators probing the former president’s hoarding of classified documents.

Former President Donald Trump will now stand trial in May of next year on charges he mishandled classified material, according to a court filing Friday.

An Amber Alert was issued Friday morning for a 12-year-old boy from Fort Pierce who is believed to have been taken by his father, authorities said.

The federal judge handling the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has set a tentative date and location for his trial.

A brave 13-year-old girl fought off a shark while being attacked at a Florida beach Thursday and now she is sharing her heroic story with Local 10 News.

Detectives were investigating the source of the emails and calls that prompted false alarms on Tuesday at university and college campuses in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and St. Lucy counties.

A Florida woman turned $10 into $2 million after playing and winning the 100x The Cash scratch-off game, Lottery officials announced this week.

Seven people, two of who are minors, have been arrested in connection with an ongoing street racing operation in Miami-Dade County, authorities announced Wednesday.

We're now hearing the chilling 911 call made after an elderly woman was attacked by an alligator Monday while walking her dog.

The man wanted for questioning in the deadly mass shooting that left a mother dead and 11 others wounded during a Martin Luther King Jr. event in Fort Pierce is no longer a person of interest, ABC affiliate WPBF reports.

No arrests have been made yet following a mass shooting in Fort Pierce on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but authorities have identified a person of interest in connection to the crime that left a mother dead and many others injured.

A 30-year-old woman has died following a shooting that broke out between rival gang members during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Fort Pierce, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday.

Several people were injured during a shooting Monday in Fort Pierce.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference on Crawl Key in Marathon on Friday.

The St Lucie County Sherriff's Office is releasing the results of an investigation after one of its deputies was caught on camera shooting a suspect who was reported to be acting aggressively toward officers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Charlie Crist debated their differences on Monday night at the Sunrise Theater in Fort Pierce.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came out swinging on Tuesday morning.

A young surfer receives a memorable birthday gift off the coast of Fort Pierce.

A 68-year-old woman is the latest Floridian to claim her winnings after playing a Florida Lottery scratch-off game.

Officials said Joseph Furey Lusk, 47, contacted the girl less than a month after being released from state custody from 2018 Florida conviction for traveling to meet a minor.

A woman who admitted to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Broward County couple pleaded guilty to two federal charges connected to the crime.

A Florida cruise line employee faces federal charges after prosecutors say he enticed an underage girl he met on a cruise into having sex with him and recording it.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Monday afternoon at the Havert L. Fenn Center in Fort Pierce.

A new $200 million program is geared at tackling the problem of early illiteracy and below-level reading for young students in Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce.

The earthquake happened 100 miles off the coast of Florida and experts are weighing in whether it could have had anything to do with the Surfside condo collapse almost a week later.

Local non-profit Beyond the Teams consists of a group of Navy Seal veterans who take on challenges to raise money for charities associated with the Navy Seal Museum in Fort Pierce. Their latest challenge? Traveling from Key West all the way to Fort Pierce via canoe.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – A 39-year-old man from Miami remains hospitalized after he was shot in the face Sunday after complaining about the service inside a Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Fort Pierce, authorities confirmed. According to Fort Pierce police spokesman Mike Jachles, the incident occurred just before 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the smoothie shop on Okeechobee Road. Jachles said the victim was complaining about the length of time it was taking for his order when a man entered the business, confronted the customer and shot him in the face. Anyone with further information about the shooting is asked to call Detective Joselito Simon at 772-577-0753 or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers at 800-273-TIPS. All Crime Stoppers tips will remain anonymous and those with information that leads to an arrest may be eligible for a cash reward.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – The body of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper who was fatally shot after he stopped to help a motorist was escorted across the state Friday morning. Trooper Joseph Bullock was killed Wednesday on Interstate 95 in Martin County. The tow truck driver, who hasn't been identified, said Reed was upset about having to pay for a towing service when he shot Bullock. Trooper Joseph Bullock was fatally shot by Frankin Reed III, who was then shot to death by a Riviera Beach police officer. (FHP, Martin County Sheriff's Office)Shortly thereafter, a Riviera Beach police officer who was passing by shot Reed, killing him.

It was hard to believe the big difference between Wednesday morning's surf in Fort Pierce and surrounding areas compared to Tuesday. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Google StreetviewPALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - Authorities are closing three service plazas on the Florida Turnpike ahead of Hurricane Dorian's impending tropical storm-force winds, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. The three service plazas are in West Palm Beach, Fort Pierce and Fort Drum. The closures affect the service plazas' convenience store, food plaza and fuel pumps. The West Palm Beach plaza closed at 5 p.m. Monday, the Fort Pierce plaza closes at 8 p.m. and the Fort Drum plaza closes at 8 a.m. Tuesday. For more information, visit the Florida Turnpike site."

FORT PIERCE, Fla. – A clip from a 2012 documentary showing Omar Mateen at work was discovered Wednesday on YouTube. "They want more disasters to happen because that's where their money-making is," Mateen said in the video. It’s unclear if Mateen knew he was being taped for the 2012 documentary about the BP oil spill. "My son was a victim and got trapped in the scheme of this ISIS idea," Mateen’s father, Seddique Mateen, said. Seddique Mateen, who has been candid in his conversations about his son, wouldn't say if he thought his daughter-in-law could have prevented the attack.