TCPalmCast | News updates from the Treasure Coast

The governor has made changes for the environment, education, infrastructure and the state budget. Were they all good ideas? As Common Core falls and charter schools rise, parents start speaking out on education reform: http://bit.ly/2t8fOpl Millions for textbooks may be on hold after DeSantis announces end to Florida Standards: http://bit.ly/2Gp9IZJ Gov. DeSantis wants tax cuts, more money for schools and environment: http://bit.ly/2HUTPg1 Gov. DeSantis​ announces executive order to eliminate vestiges of Common Core: http://bit.ly/2Bn5pea DeSantis to Trump: Make Army Corps keep Lake Okeechobee level lower to curb discharges: http://bit.ly/2MSp89P Three more members of SFWMD board resign as DeSantis asked: http://bit.ly/2UHQ7I2 Governor wants ban on smokable medical pot ended: http://bit.ly/2DfYP9c

Columnist Laurie K. Blandford explains what cigar box guitars are and where you can listen to them this weekend. Plus producers Dacia Johnson and Hannah Schwab look at this week's trending stories on TCPalm. Cigar Box Guitar Festival puts Treasure Coast on the musical map: http://bit.ly/2DLqzUG How to see 6 classic country concerts within 3 months on the Treasure Coast: http://bit.ly/2CIeEp1 Police identify Vero Beach woman found dead in car that crashed into canal: http://bit.ly/2sYsZJq Crash into canal south of Vero Beach leaves man severely injured: http://bit.ly/2ToZCM6 Police cracking down on Port St. Lucie's speedway: http://bit.ly/2MJv0lN More major restaurant chains are heading to the Treasure Coast: http://bit.ly/2HVtQ8j

Reporter Tyler Treadway and columnist Gil Smart explain why the FWC's move is good but not enough to fix Florida's water issues. Anglers, environmentalists laud FWC for suspending herbicide spraying, including Roundup: http://bit.ly/2B8CJFC SFWMD board member Rick Barber resigns at Gov. Ron DeSantis' request over sugar land lease: http://bit.ly/2sTksHC 12 Days of Christmas fulfilled Indian River Lagoon nonprofits' wishes, but more help needed: http://bit.ly/2sUoM9K Temporary Lake O Roundup ban no magic bullet — but that's why it's the right call: http://bit.ly/2FWHhTz Turning the Toxic Tide: Florida must reinvent the way it manages growth: http://bit.ly/2RrrNbg

Entertainment columnist Laurie K. Blandford is back to break down what country artists are performing on the Treasure Coast this winter. Plus, this is the weekend to eat, drink and be merry with some great festivals. How to see 6 classic country concerts within 3 months on the Treasure Coast: http://bit.ly/2CIeEp1 Here's why some county fairs can't afford big concerts anymore: http://bit.ly/2FMNhhs Port Salerno Seafood Festival, Taste of Little Italy, Groovin' & Tastin' top this weekend: http://bit.ly/2S0UEYv Here's where you can play tennis for free across the Treasure Coast: http://bit.ly/2RLNKa6

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Starting Dec. 25, check out what lagoon groups need help this holiday season: https://www.tcpalm.com/news/indian-river-lagoon/ Will El Nino or hurricanes bring Lake Okeechobee discharges and algae blooms in 2019?: http://bit.ly/2BzDeaS Nonprofits launch lawsuit over Lake O releases, say feds must stop using Florida rivers 'like a toilet': http://bit.ly/2rNdiEz Mast, Posey try to block deadline extension for Virgin Trains to sell controversial bonds https://bit.ly/2PQGXWP Congress OKs harmful algal bloom bill to fund research, monitoring, mitigation https://bit.ly/2Ac7Xep

Holidays at McKee, Christmas Road Trip, winter concerts, running Santas top this weekend: http://bit.ly/2EDqaW3 Things to do on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day include holiday lights: http://bit.ly/2QIN3xS 'Intense' storms could bring damaging winds, possible tornadoes, experts warn https://bit.ly/2S9SBxV 5 killed in crash: Tanner Dashner had blood-alcohol content three times the legal limit, report says https://bit.ly/2LtTaju

Tyler Hadley to be resentenced for murder of parents in Port St. Lucie home: http://bit.ly/2SU39kM Arrest made in fiery crash that killed 5 in St. Lucie County https://bit.ly/2EtYeDa Women accused of using drone to deliver phones, tobacco to prisoner in Indiantown https://bit.ly/2rJOMnN Major League Baseball, Indian River County reach agreement for Historic Dodgertown lease https://bit.ly/2CmRplq

DeSantis transition team on environment: State's ecological problem all about dirty water: http://bit.ly/2Br8g4O SFWMD will pump Lake O water into boulder zone via deep injection well as a test: http://bit.ly/2BokISV SFWMD board OKs 2 water farms: http://bit.ly/2R5Csw6 SFWMD drops option to buy U.S. Sugar land south of Lake O: http://bit.ly/2SWinWA Deputy suspended for leaving door open before 5 accused killers attacked inmate https://bit.ly/2R2GxkK Florida Power & Light finalizes $185 million takeover of Vero Beach electric system https://bit.ly/2CiCOrh

St. Lucie West Centennial running back Cedrick Wilcox IV makes college choice: http://bit.ly/2S76z3T Jon Santucci's football recruiting 60-second dash: http://bit.ly/2SEyqId And the top high school football players of 2018 are ... http://bit.ly/2SM2VMD EAA reservoir: Rubio, Mast worried, but Army Corps insists project won't be delayed https://bit.ly/2CfCrOd No sale: Real estate firm pulls out of $14.5 million deal with Port St. Lucie for former VGTI building https://bit.ly/2UNvElR

Indian River will file new lawsuit against Virgin Trains, seek to avoid crossing-maintenance costs: http://bit.ly/2LhQ2r1 Enthusiasm grows for a Virgin Trains station in Stuart — but will we get one? http://bit.ly/2PyOnhb Virgin Trains hits, kills pedestrian: http://bit.ly/2zXapVS Thunderstorms, hail, tornadoes possible Friday in Treasure Coast, meteorologists forecast https://bit.ly/2QrvS3A Teen shot after jewelry store robbery in Jensen Beach on life support https://bit.ly/2Esw7Fp Pickleball project finally gets OK in Sebastian; courts could be ready for play by August https://bit.ly/2QAcKkg

Police: Woman in video stealing cash from kids arrested in Fort Pierce https://bit.ly/2LhnkXu Toddler taken off life support after being found face down in Port St. Lucie pool https://bit.ly/2ULFEMG

Pig problem: Rise in barnyard-turned-backyard critters a handful for Humane Society: http://bit.ly/2EfdyU6 Katharine the Shark heads toward warmer water; surfaces near Port Salerno https://bit.ly/2EgY02j Brian Mast: SFWMD board should resign over sugar land lease on EAA reservoir site https://bit.ly/2La5DsK Riverfront park in Port St. Lucie to feature kayak launch, hiking trails on St. Lucie River https://bit.ly/2QtO2lt

Nation Christian CEO Mike Woodbury answers to recorded tirade toward former student-athlete: http://bit.ly/2rvwl6c Nation Christian football coach, players pile on complaints against CEO Mike Woodbury: http://bit.ly/2EmHYol Young couple saved by Stuart police after boat hits wake, flips, tosses them into river https://bit.ly/2RN3qFZ Chekingson Sinclair, of Port St. Lucie, found guilty in murder of wife, unborn child https://bit.ly/2SzkNdw

Surveillance video catches woman stealing from children at Food & Fuel gas station in Fort Pierce https://bit.ly/2RPuAfi Fly the Whale resumes flights in March from Fort Pierce to Tallahassee https://bit.ly/2G6SstL