West Palm Beach FL

A former Florida golf course that shut down in 2006 could soon be transformed into a residential community. The Fort Washington-based developer behind the proposal plans to build 74 single-family homes on the site. Highlights. One of Florida’s former golf courses, which closed in 2006, could be rezoned into a...

ATLANTIS, Fla. (CBS12) — A hospital stay turned criminal on July 18 after a patient at JFK Medical Center allegedly started a fire inside his hospital room using oxygen tubes and a lighter. According to a report from the Atlantis Police Department (APD), Joshua Phillip Hughes, 40, of Gainesville,...

Kent Norris has been running Barrier Reef, a local fish and aquarium store, for 51 years. He opened the business right out of college, fueled by a passion for marine life and a desire to share it.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A traffic stop in West Palm Beach led to a major arrest when Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officers detained a man allegedly wanted for murder in Guatemala. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said on Monday that the suspect, identified...

Gunman in fatal shooting not charged despite man seen running away. A West Palm Beach mom turned to WFLX as she seeks accountability in her son's death. Was the man who fatally shot Rolando Victorero "standing his ground" under Florida's self-defense law?. Updated: Jul. 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM EDT.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (CBS12) — What began as a call about a man possibly dead on the side of I-95 ended with violence and threats against police. Just after midnight on Monday, an officer with the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department (PBGPD) responded to I-95 just north of Northlake Blvd. for reports of a man on...

BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — For more than three decades this week’s ‘Hometown Hero’ has been serving as a guiding light for thousands of people in our community. Rabbi David Steinhardt began leading the B’nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton in 1994. Since then, he has transformed it into a vibrant and inclusive...

BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — A crash on I-95 South in Boca Raton is blocking lanes on Monday morning. Florida 511 reported a crash at Exit 45, Glades Road, at 7:45 a.m. In the latest update at 7:48 a.m., officials said that the left two lanes have been blocked.

West Palm Beach, Fla (CBS12) — It is a very hot and humid start to the week. Temperatures are mostly in the 70s to start the day, but we warm very quickly. Highs will go back to the low to mid 90s for the afternoon. The humidity, however, will make it feel much worse.

We often have conversations regarding speeding drivers through neighborhoods at our Let’s Hear It events. WPTV Anchor Mike Trim listened to one frustrated resident in West Palm Beach who has started the process of requesting Palm Beach County to install speed humps in his neighborhood. A mother in Jupiter...