Palm Beach County News

A South Florida man convicted of sexual battery in 1990 has been committed after a Palm Beach County jury found him to be a sexually violent predator under the Jimmy Ryce Act.

A woman was flown for emergency treatment to Delray Medical Center after being burned in a house fire near Lantana.

The slog through part of northern Palm Beach County on Military Trail is about to get a little tougher.

James Avera, 51, is being held at the Palm Beach County Jail without bond. He is facing charges of attempted murder, robbery and battery.

Last year, Palm Beach County school district police sent rookie officers into schools to pose as students, eventually busting 30 kids , mostly for selling small amounts of drugs.

Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies were called shortly after 4 p.m. with reports of a man in West Palm Beach's PBC Credit Union parking lot shooting a rifle into the air.

Sleigh Bells With Liturgy and Jacuzzi Boys Revolution Live, Fort Lauderdale Saturday, February 11 Better than: Staying home to hit "refresh" on TMZ.com for the scoop on what drug killed Whitney Houston.

Interim superintendent E. Wayne Gent is gaining support as some board members say other finalists are disappointing.

AbramsonPBP: Clematis Street and Dixie Hwy are flooded. Can't remember the last time I saw water rising above sidewalks rchristiepbp: It was too easy ... RT @joyoglesby: @rchristiepbp You're going to pay for putting Milli Vanelli in my head.

The $1.9 million Snook Islands Natural Area Public Use Facilities include a boardwalk, a fishing pier, floating docks and a canoe/kayak launch.

Gary Davis' latest movie, 'The Detective Story,' will premiere Monday in Boynton Beach, and then be available for sale on DVD.

The state House has voted 66-48 to make it easier for less-regulated companies called "surplus-lines" carriers to take over policies from the state's insurer of last resort, Citizens.

Atlantic Community High School junior Samantha Kerker collaborated with students and faculty members at six Palm Beach County high schools as part of Students For The Poor, to present a benefit concert Saturday, Feb.

It's compared to the Super Bowl, an event so famous that even people who aren't football fans know it and millions watch it on television.

JKennedyReport: Fla A.G. Bondi sends redistricting plans to Sup.Ct. for review. They've got 30 days.

Temperatures will dip to 42 degrees overnight, and Sunday's high will be a still chilly 59 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Ashley Mason, 26, and her mom, Catherine, 56, were among them, both feeling weak, sick and frustrated.

August 8, 2009 was a day America remained glued to their television sets as two journalists returned home from North Korea.

AbramsonPBP: Clematis Street and Dixie Hwy are flooded. Can't remember the last time I saw water rising above sidewalks rchristiepbp: It was too easy ... RT @joyoglesby: @rchristiepbp You're going to pay for putting Milli Vanelli in my head.

Two people have died after a car crash tonight along South Military Trail in suburban Lake Worth, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.