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Pets and dogs across Florida are looking for loving homes, and Billy, a Goldendoodle in Palm Beach County, is hoping to find the perfect family in 2026. Every time someone adopts a dog or pet, they help reduce animal overpopulation in Florida while giving a deserving pet a second chance. Billy is one of those dogs wait

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

BOCA RATON, Fla. (CBS12) — There's a new top cop in the city of Boca Raton. On Monday, the city announced it selected Jarad L. Phelps as its next chief of police for the Boca Raton Police Services Department and extended a conditional offer of employment following a national recruitment process that drew interest from

PALM BEACH COUNTY — The FBI is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a South Florida woman who has made the agency’s Most Wanted Fraudster list. According to a press release from the FBI Miami Division, “Elaine...

GREENACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A 22-year-old motorcyclist was killed Friday after crashing into an SUV turning left on South Jog Road, deputies say. According to a crash report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, 22-year-old Jahime Wright was speeding northbound on a Suzuki motorcycle on South Jog Road, approachin

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

So how much could your city lose if the ballot question to slash property taxes passes in November? The Palm Beach County government, which oversees unincorporated areas, stands to lose $324 million annually. Special taxing districts, such as county fire rescue and the library system would sustain losses of $148 millio

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Palm Beach Gardens insurance agent is facing felony charges after investigators say she collected more than $90,000 in insurance premiums but never sent the money to the company that issued the coverage. Checree Bryant, 51, was arrested on June 5 following an...

An oceanfront bachelor party in Delray Beach turned into a brawl that spilled into the street after partygoers began fighting the night of June 5. One man was arrested after police say he threw another person through a glass table during the altercation an Airbnb, causing laceration injuries. Georgio Poullas, 26, of Sa

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 […]