West Palm Beach FL

Deerfield Beach is officially breaking up with the Broward Sheriff's Office. In a 4-1 vote on Jan. 21, 2026, the City Commission moved to end the city's decades-long public safety partnership with BSO and start building stand-alone police and fire departments. The decision launches a transition period in which BSO...

What if I told you South Florida’s most mesmerizing bird sanctuary grew from treated wastewater and vision? At Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, you stroll a boardwalk above sparkling reed beds where egrets, wood storks, and alligators share the stage. It is free, easy to access, and unbelievably photogenic at...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Honky-tonk is coming to Clematis Street on March 19, with the opening of West Palm Cowboy Club, a Nashville-inspired western-themed club. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel confirmed its opening through the club's public relations firm. In December, CBS12 reported that the club was...

A 21-year-old Delray Beach man has been charged in connection with a shootout that occurred in the parking lot of the Boca Raton Target store on Thursday. According to a police report, Ca’Vantaevis Ty’re Guy, 21, is alleged to have approached another man with the intent to rob him. At that point, the alleged victim […]

(NewsNation) — Newly released files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein shed light on plans to interview victims and assistants as part of an organized effort to prosecute him in 2008. A memo published in a batch of files released by the Justice Department on Friday discusses “Operation Leap...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A 64-year-old man is accused of running a years long scheme charging Palm Beach boaters hundreds for illegal moorings in the Intracoastal Waterway. Officers with the Palm Beach Police Department say they began an investigation at the end of January into reports of boaters...

A COMMUNITY’S dreams of improving mail delivery service in the area have been squashed, at least for now, by a little-known rule. Residents will have to wait until 2027 for...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — It was a heart-stopping moment for a teen pilot who was forced to make an emergency landing on a busy Jupiter road during rush hour Friday afternoon. Niko Bray, 19, and his passenger were forced to land after the small engine plane lost power several minutes into the flight.

Hundreds of discarded tires scattered across the northern end of Palm Beach County have landed a Palm City man in jail, after investigators say they tied a weeks-long dumping spree to a single rental truck. Environmental Unit detectives linked 13 separate illegal dumping incidents to one vehicle between Dec. 21, 2025...

High rental fees are putting a strain on renters across South Florida, according to renters who connected with WPTV. “All this starts to accumulate,” said Nicholas Baumann, from Stuart. "At the end of the day, it eats up most of your paycheck.”. WATCH BELOW: 'It's always going to be...