West Palm Beach FL

When Freedom Mortgage CEO and cofounder Stanley Middleman and his wife, Roslyn, snapped up a prime piece of Ocean Ridge real estate in 2018, they paid just $19.9 million. Since then, South Florida has become one of the hottest property markets in the country, and consequently, Middleman has just listed the five-bedroom

BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — For the past few months, the CBS12 News I-Team has been looking at trends in Florida’s private schools. Enrollment is going up - about half a million kids go to private school, and that’s up 25 percent from five years ago. Parents...

A legal battle Manalapan launched to keep sand from being swept south from its shores has been delayed and it’s likely the long-running dispute will get bigger. In what is shaping up to become a battle of coastal communities, Ocean Ridge in early August said it wanted a chance to contest Manalapan’s efforts to reduce t

Displays are meant to educate, not persuade, officials say. Ocean Ridge Hammock Park is among county parks with signs at entrances and parking lots to remind residents that their tax dollars support public facilities. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star. By Rich Pollack. So, what’s with these “Thank You Residents” signs poppi

Manalapan Police Chief Jeff Rasor says the Tesla Cybertruck given to the department by an anonymous donor has so far exceeded expectations, but how long the electric vehicle lasts compared with gas-powered cars remains to be seen. Design image provided. Roughly three weeks after the Manalapan Police Department put a...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The road to the Miss America crown is leading straight to West Palm Beach!. The 105-year tradition is bringing delegates from across the country to the Palm Beaches this week. Events are taking place at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, The Kravis Center and Hilton West Palm Beach

A 50-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after deputies say he left a Mangonia Park 7-Eleven following a dispute over lottery tickets, then returned about five minutes later carrying a machete and struck a store clerk with it while children were inside. Rayon Hendley McDonald was arrested on September 1 and

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Lake Worth Beach commissioners voted 3-1 Tuesday night to approve a revised three-year contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, extending the agency’s policing services through 2029 after a lengthy debate over immigration enforcement. Commissioner Christopher McVoy cast the

PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — What was supposed to be a routine DoorDash delivery in Palm Beach turned into an armed confrontation Monday over a missing "Dragon Burst Iced" drink. Officers with the Palm Beach Police Department say 28-year-old Kevin Lamaude Jackson of West Palm Beach arrived at a...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida prosecutors are asking a judge to reverse a decision allowing suspended Palm Beach County Clerk Mike Caruso to post bond while facing charges of kidnapping and sexually abusing a child. Prosecutors filed the request Tuesday after Orange County Circuit Judge A. James Craner...