West Palm Beach News

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - It took six jurors less than 45 minutes to convict Roosevelt Mondesir of attempted first-degree murder and domestic aggravated battery charges for setting his ex-girlfriend on fire last year at a Boynton Beach gas station.

Eyewitness statements and police evidence obtained by WPTV NewsChannel 5 have painted a chilling picture of the allegations against Stephen Budd, the former Rosarian Academy teacher accused of engaging in sexual activity with at least two of his fourth grade students.

IKEA is typically thought of as a place where healthy relationships go to die. The day-long shopping excursions through a seemingly never-ending maze of aisles can wear patience thin, causing normally happy couples to bicker.

Pierre Fritz Marcelin, a father of five, died after a forklift accident at a Publix distribution center in Boynton Beach.

Two bodies were found Wednesday inside a building on campus at the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Fla., police said.

Fresh off their 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , Heart opened its Heartbreaker Tour last night in front of a capacity crowd in West Palm Beach, Fla.

On June 19-21, 2013, there will be dueling Seven50 Summits at the Palm Beach Conference Center, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Sunniland Patio Furniture: Fire at store closes section of Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach.

Although the details are still sketchy, Amazon's decision to build facilities in Florida and begin paying the state sales tax on its Internet transactions is a significant development in the ongoing battle between Florida retailers and their online rivals.

Motorists on Interstate 95 in Del Ray Beach, Florida couldn't help but see the word " Jihad " spray painted in letters twenty feet tall on a wall alongside the super-highway, but only a CBS affiliate caught on film a shouting match that appeared to come very, very close to fisticuffs, as reported by The Blaze via WGST on June 17, 2013.

Apparently the Palm Beach County School district owes the City of West Palm Beach a crapload of money.

All weekend, you've had weights strapped to your and ankles. You've been hopping gracefully down the the pathway behind your West Palm Beach home, Prancercising in the late day shadows of palms and your McMansion.

Evernia Place Partners used the mortgage from the bank to start construction of 85 units at 627 Evernia Street.

Two securities brokers in South Florida were fined, including one suspension, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority over the past month.

A portion of that code bans residents from addressing commissioners by name. According to the Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach Mayor Geri Muoio says they recently held a panel discussion, which was the beginning of a process to determine whether the city's meeting civility code is legal and how the city should move forward with balancing public ... (more)

A Lake Worth, FL, landlord has been charged with battery after grabbing the microphone from WPEC reporter Lynn Gordon 's hand after Gordon approached the man looking for answers.

Police and U.S. Marshals are looking for two men wanted after a shooting on Thursday June 13th in the 1100 block of West 32nd Street in Riviera Beach.

Police are investigating the area around 1790 Service Road in Opa-locka after receiving new information as to Lynda Meier's whereabouts.

Over 2,500 job positions will be up for grabs at a mega job fair Thursday in West Palm Beach.

When CBS's West Palm Beach affiliate showed up in a residential neighborhood to confront a local landlord about his refusal to repair broken septic tanks on his properties, leaving his residents to live among festering fecal matter, he assaulted the crew rather than answer questions.