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One winner of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $233,852.22, the Florida Lottery said Saturday. The winning ticket was bought in Port St. Lucie, lottery officials reported.

At this time Hurricane Ike no longer appears to be an immediate threat for St. Lucie County, so the county’s Hurricane Information Hotline (772-462-2745) will be de-activated at 8 p.m. today. The line will remain closed until further notice.

Sen. Bill Nelson advocated a bipartisan approach to developing alternative energy sources to wean the United States from its oil dependence during a speech before the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches on Friday afternoon.

Hurricane Ike may appear to be heading for the Florida Keys, but because the "cone of probability" still includes our area, officials aren't taking any chances.

"Ike will be a major hurricane that will pose a serious threat to St. Lucie County," Administrator Doug Anderson said Friday.

The campgrounds at the Savannas Recreation Area no longer may be open during summer.

Indian River Medical Center has laid off 42 employees, hospital officials said Friday. The cutbacks, which began last week, span all departments and positions ranging from managers to nurses.

Martin County High School seniors Stephen Ponga, left, and T.J. Caruso, both 18, examine a photograph taken by Magnum Photos photographer Steve McCurry on Sept. 11, 2001.

Two Stuart city commissioners will be automatically returned to office — one candidate's opponent withdrew and another didn't draw an opponent — after the deadline for qualifying for the race passed at noon Friday.

Her daughter had her face half ripped off, and there is nothing she can do about it.

The Heathcote Botanical Gardens' Kids Gardening Program ensures a crop of gardeners for the future. Children and their parents learned about apples and more late Thursday afternoon.

The state of Florida recently received an award from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators nationally recognizing the state for reducing fatalities involving commercial vehicles.

A 19-year-old Stuart woman who died Thursday from a traffic crash with a dump truck was identified on Sept. 5.

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The opening of a new charter school drew 258 more students than projected from the district's public school this year, but district officials don't think it's enough of a loss to affect staffing.

A Palm Bay teen has improved from critical to fair condition two weeks after an accident on his all-terrain vehicle, a spokesman at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne said Friday.

Renovations to Humiston Park may not be completed until next summer because of delays in obtaining the necessary permits for the work.

Members of the county's elections canvassing board have halted their weeklong attempts to verify who won a razor-thin race between Circuit Judge Richard Wennet and William Abramson.

According to Army Corps of Engineers spokesman Barry Vorse, the South Florida Water Management District has filed a request for a pre-storm draw down of some of the major canals located south of Lake Okeechobee. Tropical Storm Hanna, although there was no direct hit on Florida, dropped 4.4 inches of rain on the Everglades Agricultural Area basin adjacent to the southeast corner of the Lake Okeechobee.