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Palm Beach Police arrested a West Palm Beach man on a pair of charges after they said he punched one person in the nose and later pointed a gun at another person outside of a busy restaurant. The 25-year-old man faces a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge of simple...

Palm Beach County’s animal shelter still euthanizes animals , but at a much lower rate than in previous years. Jan Steele, the director of Animal Care & Control , recently appeared before county commissioners to discuss the agency’s operation. Among the topics discussed was the euthanization rate. The shelter would...

Kalalou Caribbean Bar & Grill was ordered closed after a Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspection uncovered 21 health-code violations. A July 30 inspection reported over 50 rodent droppings along the back-kitchen dry-storage wall and over 100 flies on clean dishes, shelves, and floors of...

MIRAMAR, Fla. — A dog walker who was on a path along a canal found someone dead in a canal on Monday morning in Miramar, police said. Miramar police officers responded to a canal that is connected to a lake in a residential community west of University Drive and between Pembroke Road and Miramar Boulevard.

A plane that departed from North Perry Airport in Broward County crash-landed in the Everglades Tuesday morning, officials say. Around 8:20 a.m., a Cessna 172 landed on a dirt road in the Everglades in western Broward County after reporting engine issues, according to an FAA spokesperson. There were two people...

Newly released 911 calls captured the frantic pleas for help after a boat in Fort Lauderdale overturned last month, sending four people to the hospital. According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the incident happened on July 25 near Fort Royal Isle and Ocean Boulevard. In one of the calls made...

It might be hard to believe Horacio (A2381025) is only four-years-old and weighs 51-pounds. His heartbreaking plight is being shared as Florida’s Broward County Pet of the Week by volunteers who are hoping his story will be shared; someone will see his photo, fall in love with him and finally give him the care and...

A man is facing a slew of serious charges after Margate Police say he kidnapped, exploited, and repeatedly robbed a disabled man. According to an MPD arrest report, Donte Antwon Dixon Jr., 19, of Pompano Beach, was arrested on August 1 in connection with a string of crimes against a 22-year-old victim, who has autism...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 19-year-old Fort Lauderdale man is facing DUI manslaughter charges in connection with a fatal crash that police say occurred late last year. Jail records show Brandon Robert Gunn is facing one count each of vehicular manslaughter with DUI causing death to a human and vehicular manslaughter...

A person was rushed to the hospital after they were possibly electrocuted at Jacaranda Golf Club in Plantation on Monday, officials said. The incident happened at the club at 9200 W. Broward Boulevard where the person suffered a cardiac arrest on top of a freezer, Plantation Fire officials said. Officials...