Boca Raton Announces Selection of New Police Chief
Boca Raton has selected the chief of a 136-member police department in North Carolina to serve as the city’s new top cop, officials announced Monday night. Jarad L. Phelps, who currently serves as chief of the Jacksonville, N.C. Police Department, has been extended a conditional offer of employment following a months-l
Woman fatally struck by car in Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in Broward County are investigating after a pedestrian was stuck by a vehicle. It happened at approximately 8:30 p.m. along the 1700 block of North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. According to Fort Lauderdale police, a woman was struck by a vehicle and rushed...
Whatever Happened to Pirates World? The Forgotten Theme Park Where The Doors Played
The park featured themed areas, rides from the World's Fair, and even a film studio.
Hollywood Beach Horror as Flight Attendant Dies in Suspected Boat Strike
Hollywood Beach turned into a crime scene Wednesday night after the body of 31-year-old American Airlines flight attendant Kellie Melinda Williams washed ashore, her injuries described by investigators as consistent with a boat strike. Two fishermen spotted her in the surf, pulled her to shore and called police, while
Another 561 Predator Catchers sting leads to Miss. man’s arrest in Delray Beach
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A Mississippi man was arrested in Delray Beach after police said he traveled to meet someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy for sex. Franco Vielma Alas, 40, of South Haven, Mississippi, was arrested Friday on charges of traveling to meet a minor for an unlawful sex act and using a two-wa
Worker at Fort Lauderdale food store shoots at man after argument, police say
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A woman grinned big in her Broward County booking photo after police said she had just opened fire on someone and his vehicle while working at a food store in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday. Authorities said the victim’s 1-year-old was inside the car at the time.
Dispute Over Shoes at Boca Raton Bus Stop Leads to Battery Arrest
A 23-year-old man was arrested on a charge of aggravated battery after authorities say he struck a man during a dispute over shoes at a Boca Raton bus stop. Tyquan Milton Davis, of Miami, was taken into custody following the June 6 incident at the bus stop on 1750 Butts Road, according to a probable […]
Berger Commercial Realty Brokers Sale Of Victoria Park Multifamily Property
Berger Commercial Realty/CORFAC International Senior Vice Presidents Steve Hyatt and Keith Graves, CCIM, SIOR represented the seller in the $2.175 million sale of a multifamily redevelopment property in Fort Lauderdale’s Victoria Park neighborhood. The property, located at 828-840 NE 15th Avenue, closed on May 29. The
Near-800% fee hike hits Palm Beach County’s lowest-priced cemetery
Palm Beach County's cheapest public cemetery to be buried in is now tied for the most expensive after recent fee hikes of nearly 800%. An adult-sized grave for Boynton Beach residents now costs $2,500 in either of its two municipal cemeteries after city commissioners on May 5 approved their first price increases in mor
Boynton area to get townhomes where 9-hole golf course once planned
Palm Beach County commissioners have approved a plan to build 49 townhomes near Boynton Beach on 12 acres at Westchester Country Club once set aside for a nine-hole golf course. The existing 27-hole regulation course and its clubhouse will not be affected and will remain open, said Bonnie Miskel, the agent for the buil
