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How Jupiter is growing: Town OKs building fire stations along Indiantown Road, U.S. 1
JUPITER — Plans for two fire stations have won unanimous approval from a Town Council that has been split on the need for a fire department for the past year. Cameron May, a firefighter and paramedic with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, had consistently voted against the new department since the council decided...
Orlando man got COVID money from Palm Beach County by posing as landlord, OIG reports
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — An Orlando man is accused of posing as a Palm Beach County landlord to steal thousands of dollars in pandemic relief funds from the county and trying to get tens of thousands more. The county’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) alleges Antonio...
24 Palm Beach County football stars featured in CFB25
Thumbs have been busy since EA Sports' release of CFB 25 on Monday, and many game users are opting for Palm Beach County athletes on their rosters. Meet the area's highest-rated athletes on the rankings, along with a number of other young college stars "in the game" and on the come up.
Driver arrested in crash that killed 75-year-old man
An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday in a crash earlier this year that killed a 75-year-old driver in Palm Beach County earlier this year. The wreck happened at the intersection of Winston Trails Boulevard and Hypoluxo Road on Jan. 20. Trent Hewitt of Boynton Beach was arrested in the case...
Facts that may surprise you about Palm Beach County residents from latest U.S. Census
Did you know that one in three West Palm Beach residents speak another language besides English as their first? Or that Ariana Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton?. Palm Beach County is home to 39 incorporated municipalities, each with their own unique population, backgrounds and lifestyles. Did you...
Man arrested 3 months after deadly crash with bicyclist in Lake Worth
LAKE WORTH, Fla. (CBS12) — A man is accused of leaving the scene of a deadly crash after he struck a bicyclist in Lake Worth over three months ago. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) said the hit-and-run crash took place on March 29. At around 7:30 a.m., a Dodge Nitro SUV driven by Christopher Ardella, 55, was headed northbound on Military Trail, approaching Lantana Road. At the same time, 55-year-old Adalberto Mercado was riding a bike across the intersection.
Pahokee man accused of taking over $20K in fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A Pahokee man faces fraud allegations after he received tens of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief loans despite the fact he reportedly never had a business in his name nor was there a business at the address he used on the application.
Victim in 1984 Palm Beach County cold case identified as man from New Jersey
There was no doubt the man whose remains were discovered 40 years ago in Palm Beach County was murdered. Until recently, there had been nothing but doubt about who he was. The man whose remains were found in a remote wooded area about 18 miles south of South Bay on Feb. 3, 1984, was recently identified as Joseph W. Newman, originally from Toms River, New Jersey, who was last seen alive in the ...
Taking a break from hard news to provide a little chicken tender for the soul
Taking a break from hard news to provide a little chicken tender for the soul. You may have heard this past week that we broke some big news. No, not that Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party nomination for president. Not that a Microsoft glitch caused a global tech meltdown. And no, not that "Palm Royale" got three Emmy Award nods.
Global tech outage: At PBIA, Delta Airlines takes the biggest hit with flights grounded
WEST PALM BEACH — Hundreds of passengers at Palm Beach International Airport queued up in long lines Friday as airlines grounded flights because of a global computer software technical malfunction. Airline computers worldwide running Microsoft Windows crashed Friday after installing the latest version of software from U.S.-based cybersecurity firm,...
Plea deal in human-trafficking case spares Palm Beach County man, woman from prison time
WEST PALM BEACH — For nearly six months starting in the spring of 2023, Lucio Gonzalez and Rosa Molina Quijada trafficked a woman on a nightly basis, selling her into prostitution at a home in Palm Springs, authorities said. Molina Quijada forced the woman into sex work under the...
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