Boca Raton FL

We noted your [Feb. 1] editorial in support of the Town Council approval of the Paramount Theater application. First, you should have acknowledged that the application was only narrowly approved by a 3-2 vote. READ MORE: Palm Beach decision on Paramount building should preserve it | Editorial Second, you state that...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.(WSVN) — A high ranking Miami Dade deputy was removed from his position and arrested on a battery charge after being caught in a sting operation in Delray Beach. 50-year-old Lieutenant Christopher Diaz was busted by 561 Predator Catchers, a group who’s mission is to target adults...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Crews are working to repair a water main break that occurred in Fort Lauderdale. City of Fort Lauderdale crews responded to the area near Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest First Avenue on Friday afternoon. Officials say there was a gas leak that occurred during unrelated ongoing...

I investigated widespread elevator breakdowns that leave disabled and elderly residents trapped in their condo buildings for weeks or months without repairs. WATCH BELOW: 'It could last for days and that's not acceptable,' Ken Graff tells WPTV's Dave Bohman. My investigation revealed systemic problems with...

PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. (CBS12) — Over 17,000 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $130 million, was offloaded in Port Everglades on Friday. The United States Coast Guard said the contraband resulted from four interdictions in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Crews say they offloaded a total of 17,750...

The search is on for a suspect accused of a brutal assault and robbery of a bicyclist in Oakland Park, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO). The attack took place before 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, leaving the victim hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The BSO reports that the assailant, an adult...

In the year since Mary Gingles, her father and a neighbor were hunted down in a quiet Broward neighborhood, Mary’s estranged husband Nathan Gingles — accused in the triple murder — has lambasted the conditions inside jail, portrayed himself as a victim of corruption and tried to have his cousin get custody of his...

Days after Mary Catherine Gingles was hunted down and shot to death by her estranged husband, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony vowed to “send the fear of God” to his deputies for a cascade of failures that led to the death of her, her father and an innocent neighbor on a quiet Sunday morning in Tamarac. Tony fired...

Before there were glass storefronts and valet lanes, this site was a mangrove swamp. In 1943, Hugh Taylor Birch left a 112-acre stretch of that lowland in northern Fort Lauderdale to Antioch College in Ohio. Starting in the early 1950s, the college filled the swamp, then sold off portions for...

A rollover crash on Florida's Turnpike in Boynton Beach on Saturday sent several people to the hospital and killed one person, officials said. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, crews arrived at the northbound Turnpike, around Mile Marker 90, after receiving reports of a roller crash. At the scene,...