Bridge tender and supervisor have been fired after woman’s fatal fall from...
Carol Wright, 79, was pushing her bike across the Royal Park Bridge when the bridge tender lifted the bridge to allow boat traffic. She plunged some 60 feet to her death.
View Article2 high school students in critical condition, 2 others hospitalized after car...
Four students who attend Royal Palm Beach Community High School were taken to the hospital, two in critical condition, after a car drove onto the sidewalk where they were waiting for their school bus.
View ArticleFinal report shows evidence found in Miya Marcano’s apartment in hours after...
The report released Tuesday confirmed several details that Miya Marcano’s family had previously made public, including that a security guard at Arden Villas discovered potential evidence in her...
View ArticleFlorida Democrats pull party fundraiser from Disney after backlash
Florida Democrats will choose a new venue for its gala after the party's decision to hold the fundraiser at Disney World sparked backlash.
View ArticleHere are the latest election results in the Boynton Beach runoff — and other...
Thousands of voters hit the polls Tuesday, selecting Boynton Beach’s newest city commissioner and deciding races in five other communities across Palm Beach County.
View ArticleMan mauled by tiger at southwest Florida airboat attraction
A caretaker was feeding a tiger in its enclosure when another worker who wasn’t authorized to be with the tiger entered the enclosure, deputies said. The tiger attacked the 50-year-old man and caused...
View ArticleTornado strikes New Orleans as storms move into Deep South
A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, ripping down power lines and scattering debris in a part of the city that had been heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina 17...
View ArticlePride admit mistake after forcing supporters to take down ‘Gay’ sign
In a statement, the club said it “wrongly focused on signage policies and procedures, instead of allowing the important meaning of this message.”
View ArticleSeaWorld adds room for manatee refugees of marine bloodbath
SeaWorld Orlando adds space for surging number of manatees victimized by Florida's environmental disaster.
View ArticleFew apply for vacant Broward School Board seat. Will Gov. DeSantis choose...
An appointed School Board candidate would fill out the remaining months of Rosalind Osgood's District 5 seat until an elected candidate is sworn in this November.
View ArticleFormer Trump aide Paul Manafort removed from plane in Miami for revoked passport
Paul Manafort was indicted on a broad array of financial crimes as part of Robert Mueller’s investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. He was pardoned by Trump in 2020.
View ArticleFlorida manatees eat ‘every scrap’ in food trial, officials say
Manatees have eaten virtually all of the estimated 160,000 pounds of lettuce provided at a warm-water power plant site where manatees typically congregate during cold months, officials said.
View ArticleWorkers who died when falling wall crushed them at Boynton construction site...
Two workers who were killed when a wall fell on them at a Boynton Beach apartment complex construction site have been identified.
View ArticleDelray Police officer arrested, accused of pretending to be on a military...
A 25-year-old Delray Beach Police officer has been arrested and accused of grand theft for lying on her time sheets for claiming to be on military leave.
View ArticleFlorida fines largest Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over...
Florida fined its largest Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over software problems that delayed payments for the state’s sickest and neediest children.
View ArticleFinal results for Palm Beach County’s runoff elections expected by Thursday
Palm Beach County’s runoff elections went smoothly Tuesday, helping decide races that were too close to call earlier this month.
View Article‘Teachers welcome the support’: More school cops on the way amid a trying...
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel this school year for teachers whose classrooms were plagued by violence, fights and disruptions.
View Article15-year-old girl dies after out-of-control car hits high school students...
Tiana Johnson, one of the four high school students who was hit by a driver while waiting for at their school bus stop Tuesday morning has died, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
View ArticleWelcome to Florida: Here’s what you need to know about our weather
Here's what you need to know about South Florida weather, including wet season/dry season, hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning, flooding and climate change.
View ArticleFentanyl test strips could reduce overdoses, deaths. Florida Legislature said...
To help reduce the soaring numbers of overdoses and deaths, South Florida elected officials tried to legalize fentanyl test strips. The Florida Legislature rejected the move.
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