Jarret Romanello, The St. Lucie Post May 12, 2021 Three years ago, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Captain Charles Scavuzzo died in the line of duty, leaving behind a wife and three children. Devasted by the loss, the Scavuzzo’s lean on one another to overcome their grief as they navigate life after an unthinkable tragedy […]
Forgiving Her Son’s Killer
Jarret Romanello, The St. Lucie Post May 11, 2021 On April 23, 1987, a massacre in Palm Bay, Florida, left 14 injured and six dead, including police officers Gerald Johnson and Ronald Grogan. Officers Johnson & Grogan had less than a year on the force when they tried to rescue hostages at a supermarket during […]
A Mother’s Dream
Jarret Romanello, The St. Lucie Post May 9, 2021 This Mother’s Day, two Florida men are headed north to make their mom’s dream come true. Their journey started on youth football fields in Martin & Broward County and will continue Sundays this fall in the NFL at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. Raised by […]
Leaving Politics at the Door to Build a Better Fort Pierce.
Jarret Romanello, The St. Lucie Post May 6, 2021 Fort Pierce’s Mayor Linda Hudson’s strength is in her vision, not a label. “When you walk through the door of Fort Pierce City Hall, you leave partisanship behind you,” Mayor Hudson explains. Born in Fort Pierce and raised off South Jenkins Road, her dad owned the Sunrise Ford […]
Helping Veterans Navigate the Judicial System.
Memorial Day is an important reminder that not all who return from war, return unscathed. For those who defend our freedoms, there is often a psychological toll and many returning military members find it difficult to reintegrate into society. Sometimes they find themselves in a difficult place that may lead to a criminal act. For […]
A Field of Dreams
Jarret Romanello, The St. Lucie Post April 6. 2021 (ST. LUCIE COUNTY) Lawnwood Softball fields has a new name in memory of a teen that died in 2019. On New Year’s Eve 2017, Layne Chesney, a softball standout from Lincoln Park Academy, sustained injuries during a horrific accident at a friend’s house. While tending to […]
Love to Serve
(OCALA, FL) After Michael Edwards completed boot camp, he married his high school sweetheart, Kylie Tuman, before the Air Force quickly shipped him off to Okinawa, Japan, to be an F-15 Crew Chief. With her husband overseas, Kylie graduated nursing school and is moving to Japan to start her career and be closer to her […]
County to Redraw District Boundaries
Every 10 years, federal, state, and local governments participate in the U.S. Census count. A Constitutional requirement, the national Census effort counts how many people live in each city, county and state. This information is used for a number of purposes from federal allocation to schools and roads to re-drawing of the boundaries for elected […]
Keep your Clerks of Court Services in Motion
Since I’ve had the honor to be sworn in as your Clerk & Comptroller in January, we’ve implemented new services designed to improve the way we serve the public. We’ve increased our service hours, hired staff for essential services, and launched a partnership with Turbo Court to help you file cases easier. While these positive […]
KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE
On the morning of February 14, 2017, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School said goodbye to their family and went to school. Little did they know that some of them would never return home. In the hours that followed, Nikolas Cruz, a former student, would take the lives of 17 students and staff and […]