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A former administrator at a South Florida nursing school was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring with the owner and recruiters to sell about 1,000 fake diplomas for millions of dollars to students recruited from Texas. Stephanie Dorisca, the ex-director of nursing at Techni-Pro Institute in Boca Raton, was convicted...

The Palm Beach County School District has rejected requests from a trio of charter school operators who want to establish charter schools on the campuses of district-operated schools deemed underused because of declining enrollment . Mater Academy, BridgePrep Academy and Somerset Academy all sent the district a...

MIRAMAR, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities said they have located a man a day after he went missing while he was taking his dog for a walk in Miramar. Miramar Police said 45-year-old Marvin Durham had been last seen walking his dog near the 7200 block of Pembroke Road at approximately 8:30 a.m., Thursday.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A man found himself behind bars after he allegedly tried to flee law enforcement on a dirt bike that was stolen out of North Carolina. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO), a deputy observed three men riding dirt bikes near Haverhill Road, just south of Okeechobee...

Boca Raton city council members unanimously adopted an ordinance that will limit anchoring on waterways within the city limits, enabling officials to take advantage of a state statute that allows cities to tackle the plague of abandoned vessels that have left in waterways across Florida. The ordinance establishes a...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Palm Beach County officials have approved the application of a controversial artificial intelligence data center project near Wellington despite growing concerns from nearby homeowners. The project, known as Project Tango, will span 202.67 acres between Southern Boulevard and 20 Mile...

DAVIE, Fla. — The former interim athletics director at Nova Southeastern University was booked into the Broward County jail on Friday on charges that he defrauded the Davie school by submitting fake invoices. John Sung was initially arrested in late November in East Providence, Rhode Island, where he had...

Alex Michael Lutz faces several charges, including aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Keep your red or blue Christmas lights on the house and not on the car— that's if you don't want a ticket. The West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD) is warning drivers that while red and blue lights on the front of a car may look festive, they’re actually illegal.

Source: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, District of Illinois. Federal agents say they stopped a terrifying plan before it ever reached a Florida campus. Devontay Shields, 35, pleaded guilty in Chicago federal court this week to a single count of attempted kidnapping after prosecutors say he plotted...