TCPalmCast | News updates from the Treasure Coast

Residents speak out about algae blooms in Blue Cypress Lake and 13-year-old Brant Murray has quite a fish story after spotting a great white shark. Eve Samples also shares an update on the Florida Voices project. More outrage over algae: http://bit.ly/2t9uFQT Shark shocks anglers off Stuart coast: http://bit.ly/2thV2n2 Florida Voices: https://www.tcpalm.com/news/florida-voices/

Animal Services is getting calls for critters in unusual places and students show improvement on math, science and reading tests. Turtles, gators come out to play: http://bit.ly/2t0ynfL Students show improvement as Florida releases test results: http://bit.ly/2HT8ToS

U.S. Rep Brian Mast invites the Corps to swim in our waters. Plus well-known Vero Beach developer wants to add the post office to his downtown portfolio. Swim in algae-laden waters: http://bit.ly/2sXTvDn Bids to buy Vero Beach post office: http://bit.ly/2Mmga4h

(Producer's Note: This episode was published a bit early (whoops) but we didn't want to delete it so ... you're welcome!) Hutchinson Island residents don't want 380 lights installed on A1A, and a multi-year lawsuit against the Florida Legislature is headed to trial in July. Vero Beach police identify man found dead in car: bit.ly/2LK4neX Hutchinson Island residents push back on lighting project: bit.ly/2JPsDPA Amendment 1 lawsuit headed to trial: bit.ly/2l8w5H3

A small red berry (growing in Vero Beach) that could help cancer patients, and one Treasure Coast city was named to the 'Happiest Seaside Town' list. TCPalm links: Heat stroe vote: bit.ly/2y8nkpK Happiest Seaside Town: bit.ly/2sSkrnI

Jon Santucci chats about our all-time all area team plus (more) algae on today's podcast. Algae keeps blooming: bit.ly/2LGFZdX Fort Pierce cancer cluster meeting: bit.ly/2JvD1wv All-time all-area team: bit.ly/2JClcI0

Reporter Melissa E. Holsman drops some knowledge on a case from her Uncertain Terms project. (Spoiler alert: Melissa and TCPalmCAST producer Dacia Johnson are working on another podcast.) Little Jim: bit.ly/2JqAJhZ Wine and walk with TCPalm: bit.ly/2xUR1KL 1977 Stuart killer: bit.ly/2JtjzMP Meet the 2 dozen juvenile killers who could go free: bit.ly/2kZOkOM

Sorry, this is a long one. But toxic algae is kind of a big deal. Plus, an update on the investigation into the death of a Lake O angler. Murphy won’t run for governor: bit.ly/2HqeFyh "Slightly" toxic algae: bit.ly/2sEFI4l Body of missing fisherman Nik Kayler found: bit.ly/2M9Y9ps Water quality map: http://data.tcpalm.com/beach-water-quality/

We might be looking at another lost summer. In other news, the St. Lucie County artificial reef program got a pretty cool donation -- it just needs to make sure all the drugs are cleaned off. Vero Beach Film and Wine Fest: bit.ly/2kRFGBN Artificial reef: bit.ly/2LoL9eH Road rage: bit.ly/2HpJKCe Weekend picks: bit.ly/2sO53br

Sorry, no Tesla Roadster this time but we're still pretty excited about the next Falcon Heavy launch. Plus, 11 years after his sentence, a convicted killer is off death row; we explain why. Next Falcon Heavy launch: on.flatoday.com/2sI6B6v Jensen Beach pitcher drafted: bit.ly/2sxC9g7 Fort Pierce killer off death row: bit.ly/2sCTOSW There's gold in rust, Fort Pierce fabricators find: bit.ly/2Lp979I Family thanks deputy 3 years after saving baby: bit.ly/2JmUUcR

"I can see algae here on the east shore of the lake, and it's getting sucked through the dam." - Mark Perry, executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart Blue-green algae: bit.ly/2Llky1W Cleveland Clinic: bit.ly/2sM8Fe3 Jeff Greene joins governor race: bit.ly/2M0gllE

Is human waste polluting Blue Cypress Lake? Plus, columnist (and transplant) Gil Smart talks hurricane tips that are actually useful. Is human waste polluting Blue Cypress Lake? bit.ly/2snfB1O New golf entertainment: bit.ly/2xCya7a #HurricaneHacks: bit.ly/2J5erhA

Watch out for big, warty toads! Plus, we talk about rising senior college football prospects on the Treasure Coast. Toxic toads: bit.ly/2J5ALrt 'Disaster preparedness' sales tax holiday: bit.ly/2J2bcHO Discharges begin: bit.ly/2kCq0lL Super 11: bit.ly/2JjfttB

Bunfest is back! Plus, see, er, hear, what NASA is doing to monitor Lake Okeechobee. NASA to track algae blooms: bit.ly/2LJuVhb Habitat for Humanity: bit.ly/2srdngS Weekend picks: bit.ly/2H795k2 Bunfest: bit.ly/2smNMFK

Here's to no guacamole in our water (and how you can help), plus some not-so-good news on 3rd-grade reading scores. Condo fire: bit.ly/2kxrJJ3 Third-grade reading scores: bit.ly/2kCGGK9 Fertilizer ban: bit.ly/2slHxlL