Christmas Day dirt bike crash claims life of 39-year-old Pahokee man
PAHOKEE, Fla. (CBS12) — A high-speed dirt bike crash claimed the life of a 39-year-old man on Christmas Day. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office crash report, 39-year-old Joshua Jones was riding a Yamaha dirt bike, which was deemed to be not roadworthy, northbound on Lake Avenue at a high rate of...
‘Your life mattered’: Loved ones remember woman killed in bookstore attack
Rita Loncharich, 65, was fatally stabbed at a Palm Beach Gardens Barnes & Noble earlier this week in a random attack.
Child, 7, dies after drowning in neighborhood pool on Christmas Eve
A child is dead after drowning in a neighborhood swimming pool on Christmas Eve, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Crash on Okeechobee near turnpike kills Royal Palm Beach woman, 42
A 42-year-old Royal Palm Beach woman has died from injuries she suffered in a Dec. 23 traffic crash along Okeechobee Boulevard near Florida's Turnpike, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said. Investigators identified the woman as Ingrid Calderon Reano. According to a sheriff's report, Calderon Reano was a...
Palm Beach Maitre D’ Held at Alligator Alcatraz Released
The longtime manager of a high-end Palm Beach restaurant has been released from immigration detention after spending nearly a week at the controversial Alligator Alcatraz detention facility, located deep in the Everglades. Jose Gonzalez, a 53-year-old native of Mexico, has lived in the United States for 30 years —...
Westlake On Track For Spring Hiring Of A New City Manager
With the calendar about to roll over to 2026, City of Westlake officials say their search for a permanent manager is tracking for an on-time landing around April 1. “We’re in line for the schedule we set for getting someone in,” Councilman Gary Werner said. “It’s going well,”...
Delray Beach to build $287 million water plant, its largest project
Delray Beach is set to break ground in January on a $287 million water treatment plant, an undertaking that city officials described as the largest infrastructure project in the municipality's history. The facility is designed to replace an aging system that has served the community for more than six decades, but...
Palm Beach rejects landmark bid for 1950s-era Worth Avenue building
Citing concerns about size, scale and "fit," the Town Council has declined to bestow landmark status on a three-story, 1950s-era building on Worth Avenue in the heart of Palm Beach’s Midtown commercial district. In a 3-2 vote, council members rejected a landmark designation for The Worth Avenue Building at 201 Worth...
Groves Remains Deadlocked With Sheriff’s Office Over Contract
Members of the Loxahatchee Groves Town Council suggested this month that the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) is using the safety of children as leverage amid an ongoing contract dispute with the town. The council discussed the current state of their contract negotiations with the PBSO at a...
No COP Out: Volunteer Goes It Alone In PBSO Program
Capt. Carroll Burgess often hears only the rumble of pavement or the thump of gravel under his green-and-white Citizen Observer Patrol (COP) car. He rides alone with just his Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office radio for company. Burgess is the lone COP volunteer working, watching, patrolling, calling in tips...
