Palm Beach County News

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday vetoed almost $368 million in state spending before signing the budget for next year, including $1 million for a violence prevention and mental health initiative sought by the Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw .

A fight between neighbors ended with one in jail and the other in a hospital in critical condition.

A Delray Beach man was arrested twice in a 12-hour span -- once for driving around naked and again for stealing a motorcycle while shirtless, according to arrest reports.

One in six women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. Every two minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted, yet only 6% of rapists ever spend a day in jail.

Attorney Joe Walsh, who is representing DeMartin free of charge, filed two motions on Monday afternoon including a motion to disqualify the Office of the State Attorney of the 15th Judicial Courth from further involvement in the case.

With numerous showers and thunderstorms across the region, an urban flood advisory was issued for northeastern Broward and for Palm Beach County today as parts of those areas have been saturated from rains in the past few weeks.

Republicans and Tea Party types say they respect the men and women of the military.

The Palm Beach society battle between the heirs of the National Enquirer fortune has shifted into high-gear again.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue tells BocaNewsNow.com that rescuers rushed to the scene in the 22000 block of Calibre Court at 1:27pm. First responders found a "male infant that had fallen in the pool and was now out." BocaNewsNow.com is the leading site for news and information based in Boca Raton, Florida.

One person with serious injuries was airlifted by Trauma Hawk to Delray Medical Center after being struck by a vehicle while riding their motorcycle, said Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Spokesman, Captain Albert Borroto.

Authorities are investigating after they say a fight erupted between two neighbors over their dogs led to a shooting in South Florida.

A new rule, set up by a transportation bill not yet signed by Gov. Rick Scott , would let anyone who gets a red-light camera ticket request an administrative hearing to challenge it.

Seven Florida school districts , receive funding for homeless youth education according to a press release issued by the Florida Education Foundation on May 3, 2013.

Hit-and-run crashes in Broward and Palm Beach counties sent two men to area hospitals with serious injuries, authorities said Friday.

Three-time former champion R.J. Nakashian of Palm Beach Gardens heads the field for the 17th annual Palm Beach County/Tire Kingdom Stroke Play tournament at McArthur Golf Club in Hobe Sound.

A person was flown to the hospital by Trauma Hawk after being injured in a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 95 by Boynton Beach, said Capt.

Connecticut billionaire Edward Lampert in July became the highest profile hedge fund manager to move himself and his operation to Florida.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw defended deputy Joshua McGee who shot Aldo Alvarez , a neighbor who attacked him, according to the sheriff's office.

The president of Florida Atlantic University has resigned after a series of controversies have rocked the Palm Beach County school in recent months.

The 4th District Court of Appeal upheld a 2011 Palm Beach County jury decision that Harry Sargeant III, a well-known GOP fundraiser, should pay the brother-in-law of the king of Jordan $28.8 million plus interest, the Palm Beach Post reported.