Pahokee News

Pahokee-based Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy Matthew Newman loves to skateboard and ride his Harley almost as much as he loves to serve his country.

According to a sheriff's office report, 23-year-old Antion Denard Lawrence of Pahokee so severely abused his girlfriend's son that the toddler died from the internal injuries.

Police say a 6-year-old Italian boy was struck by a stray bullet while celebrating New Year's in Miami.

A Pahokee man has been charged with first-degree felony murder after the 2-year-old son of his live-in girlfriend died from injuries likely sustained from beatings, investigators said.

For the second time in as many days, a young man has been arrested in the beating death of his girlfriend's baby.

Times are tough enough in Pahokee. "We already don't have anyplace to do anything already," said resident Cynthia Foreman.

It landed in the New York Times this past weekend-- the City of Pahokee. A Times reporter wrote about the small, impoverished town and its marina and campground, on the shores of Lake Okeechobee.

Fred Meltzer, president and chief executive officer of Greenacres-based Hoffman's Chocolates, was the latest person to come to the rescue of 71-year-old Margaret Strachan with donated toys.

The 71-year-old is best known for gathering donated toys and giving them to struggling children.

When Palm Beach County announced a few months ago that unemployment in this small farm town had reached "depression levels" of more than 30 percent, residents were not surprised.

Newly released test results show reading scores were down at 51 percent of Palm Beach County schools since a controversial new testing and curriculum program began in August, an initiative that has inspired months of protests by parents and teachers.

Michigan landed a verbal commitment from four-star defensive tackle Richard Ash today, according to rivals.com. Ash, who hails from Pahokee, Fla., reportedly also had scholarship offers from Louisiana State, Mississippi, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, Southern Cal and others.

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office corrections deputy was arrested Monday for assaulting a man at gunpoint who was having sex with her daughter in the deputy's home.

The top two wide receivers in the Class of 2010 have yet to decide where they will play their college football, which leads to some nice anticipation as signing day approaches.

A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office corrections deputy was arrested Monday for assaulting a man at gunpoint who was having sex with her daughter in the deputy's Belle Glade home.

Now they are left with shadows of the past. "It used to be real huge. We had lights everywhere and people coming from West Palm Beach to be in the parade," said Hood, 85, who has lived in Pahokee since 1950.

In rural Palm Beach County, Fla., pastor Dick Witherow ministers to a community he calls "modern-day lepers": convicted sex offenders.

The recent commitment of defensive tackle Richard Ash to West Virginia gives the Mountaineers five prospects in the 2010 class from talent-rich Palm Beach County in South Florida.

Residents of the struggling cities around Lake Okeechobee are charged some of the highest tax rates in Palm Beach County, yet there are fewer and fewer municipal services that the three cities provide.

If Palm Beach County school board members thought the last meeting was bad, the rematch was longer, uglier and more divisive.