Boca Raton FL

FLORIDA — Thousands of Florida residents are without electricity late Thursday morning, according to the latest statewide outage data. As of the most recent update, 4,123 homes and businesses across Florida are experiencing power outages. That figure represents about 0.04% of the 10,898,601 electric customers tracked...

A tragic accident has claimed the life of a man in Deerfield Beach after being struck by a Brightline train on Monday night. The Broward Sheriff's Office has reported that the collision occurred near the intersection of West Hillsboro Boulevard and Dixie Highway at approximately 9:20 p.m. In a scenario that is...

A Coconut Creek man was arrested after police say he raped and violently attacked his wife during an argument that stemmed from allegations of infidelity and the existence of a child outside their marriage. According to a Coconut Creek Police Department arrest report, Sir P. N. Fearon, 30, was taken...

The families of the victims of the 2018 shooting at a Parkland school gathered Thursday to mark eight years since the tragedy. The Feb. 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left 17 people dead and more injured and had a massive impact on the community. Family members...

Florida’s life expectancy has reached a new high – South Florida Leads the Way. Bottom Line: We’ll take good news where we can get it, and over the past week we received a double dose of good news based on data from the CDC. U.S. life expectancy bounced back to 79 years most recently – that's up just over seven...

‘Our city is being taken from us’: West Palmers protest as ‘masters of the universe’ convene Good afternoon! Welcome to West Palm Pulse – your weekly newsletter about central Palm Beach County. Downtown West Palm was replete with so-called masters of the universe this week – tech and finance titans who make the U.S....

Police in Fort Lauderdale said they've identified a child who was caught on camera brutally killing a duck last month. Video released by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department showed the incident that happened back on Jan. 18 in the 300 block of Southwest 8th Avenue. The video shows two young...

Shoppers check out the merchandise at the 2025 Wayside House Spring Boutique and Trunk Show. Photo provided by Wayside House. How can a shopping spree be good for someone else? When the spree is to benefit Wayside House, a nonprofit organization based in Delray Beach that focuses on women’s substance abuse and...

February 2, 2026 – Board-certified radiation oncologist Robert H. Press, M.D., has joined the Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health, at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, and will serve as clinical director of proton therapy. He specializes in treating central nervous system tumors, head...

Town Manager Trey Nazzaro (foreground), Police Chief Richard Jones and Town Clerk Reneé Basel constitute three changes in leadership jobs in Gulf Stream in recent years. Nazzaro’s promotion in January follows Jones’ hiring from Ocean Ridge in 2023 and Basel’s promotion in 2022. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star.