West Palm Beach FL

Another city in Palm Beach County is following the trend of installing school zone speed cameras in efforts to protect students from reckless drivers while traveling to and from school. On Jan. 8, the city of Greenacres is launching a total of 16 cameras throughout the Cholee Lake Elementary and...

GLADES COUNTY, Fla. — A 31-year-old Tampa woman is dead after a head-on collision in Glades County. Florida Highway Patrol reports that the woman, who was driving Monday night on County Road 74, was going westbound before entering the eastbound lanes where she collided head-on with an SUV driven by a 37-year-old...

LANTANA, Fla. — A short note with an urgent message led police to the home of an 81-year-old man, who they say was battered by his caretaker. According to a police report, officers with Florida's Lantana Police Department were called to a home on Dec. 29, 2025, by a mail carrier after finding a note in the elderly...

HOBE SOUND, Fla. (CBS12) — A crash on an I-95 South off-ramp in Hobe Sound is blocking traffic on Tuesday morning. Florida 511 reported the crash on the ramp to Exit 96, Hobe Sound, at 8:26 a.m. In the latest update at 8:29 a.m., officials said that the off-ramp...

LANTANA, Fla. (WSVN) — An elderly man in Palm Beach County left a note in his mailbox that led to the arrest of his abusive caretaker. The note was short, but the message was urgent: Call the police. The 81-year-old victim, who asked not to be identified or show...

A police report accuses a Boca Raton man of vandalizing his neighbor’s car using both keys and melted wax – allegedly while drunk on New Year’s Eve. Camilo Macedo, 47, was arrested and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail on a felony vandalism charge after police began investigating damage to his neighbor’s pickup...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Two members of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office have been disciplined after losing their PBSO-issued firearms. Two recently closed PBSO Internal Affairs investigations reveal that a PBSO undercover agent and a PBSO deputy lost their guns. PBSO Undercover Agent, whose name is...

The new year has brought a devastating wave of fatal crashes to South Florida, with four people losing their lives in three separate incidents from Hobe Sound to Palm Beach County.

Numbers compiled by the department show that since March 2025, 145 e-bike traffic stops were made and 178 citations and warnings issued.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Palm Beach County small-business owner who spent nearly six months in federal immigration custody was released Monday afternoon — walking out of detention and into an emotional reunion with his family. Attorney Gary Rosen confirms that 39-year-old Miguel Victor Chaclan Velasquez,...