West Palm Beach FL

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — The Palm Beach County School District has rejected a mediator's 3.5% pay raise proposal, sending the monthslong salary dispute to the School Board for a final decision. The proposal by the Special Magistrate was intended to resolve a monthslong deadlock between the district...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — A Greely father died Wednesday after saving two of his children from a rip current at Juno Beach, Florida, during a family vacation. Ryan Jennings died on the afternoon of April 1, according to the Juno Beach Police Department. In a Facebook post, a friend...

(WBRE/WYOU) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud that involved lying to patients to purchase “foot baths,” investigators reported. Frank Suess, 79, of Wellington, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Animal advocates were demanding justice on Friday for two critically endangered Great Hammerhead sharks recently found dead in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was investigating how both Great hammerhead sharks were mutilated in March in Florida’s Treasure Coast. The...

A 60-year-old Deerfield Beach man is behind bars after what Boynton Beach detectives describe as an undercover sting aimed at online predators. Officers arrested the man at Intracoastal Park on Wednesday after investigators say he arranged to meet someone he believed was a 14-year-old, then booked him into the county...

A Boca Raton man who was arrested three months ago for committing a lewd act near a public beach has been re-arrested on fresh charges of assaulting and robbing another man while he was walking to the beach more than a year ago. Stewart Schiff, 61, of Boca Raton remained in custody at the Palm […]

A DISABLED handyman has been banned from parking in his own driveway due to a strict size rule. Bali Ramnarace said he was handed a $345 fine with additional $75 daily fines expected for keeping his work truck at his home. Officials in Boynton Beach, Florida, which is 50 miles...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Five Palm Beach County restaurants were temporarily shut down by state inspectors last week after violations that included roaches, rodent droppings, flies, improper food storage, and employee hygiene issues. The affected restaurants were in Palm Beach Gardens, Haverhill, Boca Raton,...

The Ritz-Carlton Residences, West Palm Beach luxury tower recently secured $200 million in construction financing from Madison Realty Capital. The 27-story waterfront tower will feature 138 branded residences and is being developed by Related Group and BH Group in collaboration with Marriott International, parent of...

George Haseotes, the low-profile powerhouse behind the Cumberland Farms convenience-store empire, died on March 18 at age 94 after a brief illness in West Palm Beach, Florida. His death has sparked a wave of tributes from family members, church leaders and local media, many of whom credit him as a key force in...