VERO BEACH — New Orleans resident Lionel Sims broke a hole in his roof to be rescued from Hurricane Katrina’s devastating flood waters in August 2005, but he had to leave behind a best friend, his dog Peanut.

Rescuers said they couldn’t take the dog.

Sims didn’t know if Peanut was dead or alive for about two months, until an American Red Cross volunteer tracked it to the Humane Society of Indian River County and Vero Beach.

And the two were reunited.
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PALM CITY — The Palm Cove Golf Club is offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest for vandalism to its golf course.

The club has been vandalized before but never like this, said Jay Pacholczak, Palm Cove Golf Club greens superintendent, who added a $2,500 reward is being offered. (more…)