A man’s body has been found in an RV on the Indian River Lagoon and 69th Street. The man’s identity has not been released and the death is under investigation as a possible overdose.
A serious cheese recall has been initiated by the FDA due to possible listeria in some cheese sold across the US, including some in Florida.
Now that pennies are being phased out (thanks, inflation!), there are some decisions to be made about prices that don’t end in a 0 or a 5. Some say the standard should be to round down, other say to round up. I’m sure this will consume much more time of our legislator’s agendas than necessary, but here we are.
If you were traveling on the turnpike yesterday morning, you may have experienced a traffic shutdown. The shutdown was due to a propane fire on a truck.
A local nonprofit in Vero Beach is helping dementia patients treat their anxiety with an unusual solution: Robotic pets.
The famous Food Pyramid has been flipped upside down. Those in the health and wellness space have known for a long time that the food pyramid was created by processed food lobbyists, not doctors and nutritionists. It is worth noting that obesity and diabetes rates in the US have skyrocketed since the introduction of the original food pyramid, and the US is the only developed country in the world where the current generation has a lower life expectancy than the generation that came before it. Things that make you go hmmm…
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