West Palm Beach FL

SPARS Transform Palm Beach Biltmore Into Military Academy. In 1942, as war raged on, FDR signed a law that changed women’s roles forever. The Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, known as SPARS, took over Palm Beach’s swanky Biltmore Hotel in May 1943. Workers knocked down walls, built new rooms, and turned ballrooms into...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A hunter in the Dupruis Wildlife Management Area found himself in a dangerous situation on Wednesday afternoon, unable to walk, but was rescued by deputies. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) said that at 1:40 p.m., their Eagle crew received a call...

WEST PALM BEACH — The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has removed a flashing yellow light arrow at Okeechobee Boulevard and Baywinds Drive following complaints and a serious crash. It was installed in May to improve traffic flow along Okeechobee Boulevard, but the Baywinds Homeowners Association found...

Just days after a deadly shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, Jewish communities across South Florida and the Treasure Coast gathered to celebrate the Festival of Lights.

Florida's Chief Financial Officer kept the pressure on his campaign to reel in property taxes by calling for more a series of bills to increase oversight of how local governments spend money.

A 51-year-old man called 911 on Sunday night to report that he had shot his ex-girlfriend in downtown West Palm Beach, according to police. Dimitri Reynolds, of Riviera Beach, faced charges on Wednesday in Palm Beach County for the death of Vivienne Otero, a mother of five. “Me and my...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A woman from Palm Beach County has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a nationwide fraud scheme that exploited victims by hijacking their phone numbers and resulting in significant financial losses. State Attorney Alexia Cox announced on Thursday that Kadesa...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Eight years after surviving a deadly crash in the Florida Keys caused by a drunk driver, former Delray Beach Police Officer Bernenda Marc is finding new purpose in the hardship life has brought her. Marc was on vacation in the Florida Keys in April 2017...

In some of Palm Beach County’s hospitals, the sound of music isn’t limited to the standard recorded fare we’ve come to expect while riding elevators. No, the live musical stylings of some accomplished local performers are actually filling the hallways and patients’ rooms, helping create a more positive, healing...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — With the staggering threat of an ongoing fentanyl crisis, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said that they have dismantled drug networks through "Operation Unplugged," resulting in over 100 arrests and seizing enough fentanyl to put nearly a million lives at risk. "In...