Loxahatchee News

Disabled after a wreck, and then widowed, all Diane Robinson had left was about $140,000 from a settlement.

What are the latest hot topics in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast? You're looking at them.

Anthony C. Boulle has listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 1835 Stallion Dr.

A 20-year-old involved in the shooting deaths last year of two brothers walking along Flagler Drive pleaded guilty Tuesday to lesser charges and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in exchange for truthful testimony about what happened the night of the shooting.

Set off a skyrocket on the Fourth of July and you might wind up in serious trouble.

Four winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $61,560.18 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday.

Giant river otters, jaguars and anacondas now greet visitors at Miami Metrozoo in southern Miami-Dade County, where a miniature version of the Amazon opened in December.

LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -- Paul E. Black Sr., 81, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Palm Beach Gardens Hospice Unit at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center in Florida.

Jodi Zak has a thing for firefighters. "It's not a secret," said Zak, a project manager for a construction company in West Palm Beach.

The South Florida Commission on the Nursing Shortage, which is comprised of 16 executives in the healthcare and non-healthcare sectors, heads of academic institutions, and public sector organizations met at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale to consider strategies to bolster the region's third largest generator of jobs.

Police are looking for a bird trapper who preyed on two rare wild endangered parrot chicks outside The Breakers Palm Beach hotel and then dumped them at a pet store after finding he couldn't sell them.

What the Legislature won't do for adult motorcycle riders in Florida it did for children who ride horses: force them to wear helmets.

Mark Straight of Loxahatchee had his own pool cleaning business until November - when gas prices made it more economical to stay close to home.

Wednesday's raids on alleged marijuana grow houses in the Loxahatchee area were part of "Operation Eagle Claw," a statewide effort by local and federal law enforcement aimed at curbing the spread of such operations, authorities confirmed this afternoon.

Authorities have charged at least 13 people with operating marijuana grow houses in the Loxahatchee area after raiding five homes within hours Wednesday and finding grow rooms and dozens of plants and clippings weighing more than 200 pounds.

A Loxahatchee woman who authorities say drove drunk into a head-on collision in April with her 23-month-old son in the back seat has been charged with injury DUI and child abuse.

One man was shot and killed during a fight over a trailer near Royal Palm Beach this afternoon, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

Keeping kids healthy Shark Fest 2009 Capsized boat in Caloosahatchee River Downtown one business closes, another opens D-Day remembered in SWFL Is your pet ready for hurricane season? SWFL's most wanted - 6/7/09 Lee Co.

Gov. Charlie Crist will be in Loxahatchee on Monday to sign a bill inspired by the 2006 horse-riding death of a 12-year-old Palm Beach County girl.

A little over a year ago, an oversize truck traversed a bridge on FL 710. But it was no ordinary oversize truck.