Martin County, FL

Community members in Palm City, Florida, expressed their anger at a school board meeting Tuesday night after a picture of six middle school students each holding up a letter to spell out a racial slur circulated on social media. Earlier Tuesday, the superintendent of the Martin County School District, John...

PALM CITY, Fla. -- A half-dozen Florida students posed for a photo outside a middle school while holding large letters that spelled out a racial slur, school officials said. The school will follow its code of student conduct in responding to the pupils' action, Martin County School District Superintendent John Millay said in a statement Thursday. He explained that state and federal laws prevent the district from identifying the students or releasing any other specific information about possible punishment. No school personnel were involved, the statement added.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Check out the pictures from the biggest stories from the past week in news. Student racial slur photo sparks outrage and investigation in Martin County. The Martin County School District says a photo showing a group of six students holding up a letter...

Woman who Threw Rubber Snake At Cop To Dodge Arrest For Crashing Into Multiple Cars Identified. Martin County, Fl (treasurecoast.com)-The Martin County Sheriff has reported that the woman who threw a rubber snake at a cop to dodge arrest for crashing into multiple cars has been identified. This is what...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. – The driver who led Martin County Sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase, causing a rollover crash and later throwing a rubber snake at them, has been identified. According to deputies, Dawn LaShawn Laprade, 54, of Vero Beach drove up to 100 miles per hour...

JENSEN BEACH — After part of a freight train derailed and shook up a Jensen Beach neighborhood Thursday evening, workers were getting the cars back on the tracks in sweltering afternoon heat Friday. Five train cars toppled off the tracks and three derailed but remained standing, Martin County Fire Rescue District Chief Joshua Shell said. ...

MARTIN COUNTY — The school district has completed its investigation into a racist photo taken on a middle school campus and circulated on social media. But it's keeping the findings, the identities of those involved and the details of any discipline under wraps. The photo, taken at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Palm City,...

Officials in Martin County said a Florida East Coast Railway cargo train derailed Thursday afternoon in Jensen Beach.

PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) — The Martin County School District has completed its investigation into a racist picture taken by students on school grounds earlier this week. Although the process is over, it looks like we won’t be learning exactly how, or if, those students will be punished.

A half-dozen Florida students posed for a photo outside a middle school while holding large letters that spelled out a racial slur, school officials said. The school will follow its code of student conduct in responding to the pupils' action, Martin County School District Superintendent John Millay said in a statement Thursday. He explained that state and federal laws prevent the district from identifying the students or releasing any other specific information about possible punishment. No school personnel were involved, the statement added.

In the photo, each of the six students is shown holding up a large letter that spells out the N-word.

A Florida woman decided to make a day of breaking the law and threw a snake at them. Officers in Martin County say what began as a normal traffic stop by a motorcycle officer spiraled out of control after the woman intentionally hit the deputy. Then she decided to lead police on a high speed chase where she allegedly struck another patrol car and a truck with three people inside.

Martin County is expanding a project that helps clean and protect local waterways. Crews planted 2,200 seagrass plants in the Salerno Creek Stormwater Treatment area Friday morning.

A woman is accused of throwing a snake at a Florida deputy after leading authorities on a pursuit that ended in a crash, according to the Martin County Sheriff's Office.

A woman was arrested after she crashed into multiple vehicles, threw a fake snake at deputies in an attempt to get out of a traffic stop on Wednesday afternoon, according to Martin County Sheriff's deputies. Officials say 54-year-old Dawn LaShawn Laprade, with additional charges possible, such as four counts of...

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Martin Country - Thursday May 19, 2022: The Martin County School District has completed its investigation of a racist photo taken by students at the Hidden Oaks Middle School in Palm, however the names of those involved, and what if any discipline was taken against them, will remain under wraps.