West Palm Beach Metro News Archives

Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers addresses the audience. Carol Porter 30.MAY.08 A Memorial Day weekend service was held Sunday, May 26 at the Royal Palm Memorial Gardens in West Palm Beach.

Little Smiles Motorcycle Poker Run Employees from Palms West Hospital have partnered with local businesses to raise money for Little Smiles by organizing a "poker run" which will take place on Sunday, June 8. ...

Wellington-based Advantage Advertising Agency has been awarded the highly sought Sunrise Premiums Corporation account, an international travel consolidator.

Erickson, Santamaria and Browning at last week's forum. Carol Porter 30.MAY.08 Unity among the western communities was the focus of County Commissioner Jess Santamaria's monthly forum last week, with ...

He arranged to have sex with a teenage prostitute in Costa Rica, only to learn the smooth-talking salesman booking his trip was an undercover detective working for the FBI .

A crash on Interstate 95 claimed the life of a 59-year-old West Palm Beach man and backed up traffic for two hours, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Frustrated American travelers avoided making 41 million trips on commercial planes over the past year because of the hassle of air travel, a survey released Thursday by the travel industry found.

MOTLEY CRUE 's Crue Fest tour begins just over a month from now, but the band has yet to reveal any details about their plans for the show's production and staging, according to The Pulse of Radio .

FLORIDA ATALNTIC UNIVERSITY IN BOCA RATON IS DEALING WITH $9.6 MILLION IN BUDGET CUTS.

Authorities say a man who went on a suicidal shooting rampage inside a Wendy's restaurant in March was not under the influence of drugs at the time.

A Port St. Lucie mother is outraged and considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class.

Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach has asked Palm Beach County commissioners for $20,000 to purchase band uniforms.

Mike Jarvis waits to talk to the members of the Florida Atlantic basketball community and the media before his is introduced as the university's new men's basketball coach, Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in Boca Raton, ...

Evos USA has hired a strategic adviser to help push its growth on corporate and franchise stores.

As social networking trickles into the business world, Moli.com is working to become the go-to social media resource for small businesses.

Two armed and masked men forced their way into a couple's home early Tuesday morning, demanded drugs and money and then took off, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

The couple, Kevin Dummett and Kellin Hahn, didn't bother calling the Sheriff's Office until the same men came back six hours later and shot the couple's pit bull-mix dog, investigators said.

This time, Dummett, 35, and Hahn, 26, ran out of their home in the 5900 block of Gun Club Road, west of West Palm Beach, leaving Hahn's sleeping son, 8, behind.

Women's Chamber Foundation Annual Scholarship Luncheon The annual scholarship award luncheon hosted by the Women's Chamber Foundation will take place June 5 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West ...

Erickson: Look To County To Extend SR 7 Leonard Wechsler 23.MAY.08 Indian Trail Improvement District President Mike Erickson told members of the Acreage Landowners' Association Tuesday that hopes for a ...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speaks at B'nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton, Florida, on Thursday, May 22, 2008.

Mutual funds are supposed to be a simple way for the common person to invest, but that doesn't mean the average investor understands the basics of how they work.

PBCHS graduates Michael Keane and Colton Tapoler with friends Rebecca Carter and Bailey McCowan at Wednesday's ceremony.

Dawn Calder recently joined Alan Gerwig & Associates in Wellington as the company's business manager/controller. Calder handles the engineering firm's financial management and daily operations, including human ...

FDOT District 4 Secretary Jim Wolfe addresses the audience. Carol Porter 23.MAY.08 State and local officials gathered at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach last week to remind people to buckle up while ...

Many Area Observances Planned To Mark Memorial Day Holiday Ron Bukley 23.MAY.08 Memorial Day observances are scheduled in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach, as well as local cemeteries and parks.

Yeardley Smith to Divorce. Jessica Simpson Flies Solo. Hilary Duff heads Boca Raton, Florida to raise awareness for children's nutrition.

Barack Obama's willingness to meet Iranian, Cuban and other hostile leaders who would not get face time from John McCain stands as a distinctive element of his foreign policy.

Sammy Heslin, Jenna Gregovich and Jessica Vautin at Wednesday's ceremony in West Palm Beach.

A Florida man says he "couldn't get to" his son when he and the boy's mother left him and ran out of their home after gunmen broke in and killed their dog.

The homeless spread out on the covered porch on the right side of the building. The groups who'd come to feed them drifted to the porch on the other side.

All were waiting for celebrity singer-actress Hilary Duff to arrive: one side to begin the food distribution; the other side, to eat.

'I think it's a blessing all the way around,' said Manuel Poole, 46, who grew up in the Pleasant City neighborhood, a stone's throw from where he sat Thursday in Currie Park. 'She's taking time to come and entertain us. She could be over there at Palm Beach, hanging with the rich and famous instead of with us good-for-nothin's.'

Updated at: 0745 PST, Thursday, May 22, 2008 BOCA RATON, Fla. With a bit of momentum from her landslide Kentucky victory and less lopsided Oregon loss, Hillary Clinton is turning her attention to two states ...

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to supporters during a town hall-style meeting at a synagogue in Boca Raton, Fla.

An overturned truck on Interstate 95 northbound near 10th Avenue North damaged the roadway and some lanes will be closed through rush hour, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt.

Her son is in a coma after being attacked Sunday in or near West Palm Beach.

But when Teresa Harvey learned Wednesday that the bar where he was last seen is offering a $5,000 reward for anyone who can lead detectives to his attackers, she described her son as an optimist and revealed herself to be one, too.

'We've just been blessed,' said Harvey. 'I appreciate their effort to help find the person or persons that did this. His employer is helping us work out accommodation. It just seems like we have a problem and someone turns around and, 'Here's a solution.''

'Dion II' To Headline FSO Benefit DionTheWanderer.com will present a benefit concert for Forgotten Soldiers Outreach on Sunday, May 18 at 3 p.m. at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.

RUN DRIVER STRUCK SEVERAL VEHICLES AND A MOTORCYLE TUESDAY ALONG SOUTHBOUND HAVERHILL ROAD IN GREENACRES.

Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to take her fight to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to the convention if the two states want to go that far.

A dissident shareholder of Furniture Brands International Inc. convinced shareholders to elect its three nominees to the company's board - over Furniture Brands' objections.

Now at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street slices its way into West Palm Beach through Sunday, May 18.

With fares rising and commercial air service increasingly unreliable for business travelers, Ed Iacobucci figured his plan for an air taxi service would be a no-lose proposition.

The Police with Elvis Costello at Cruzan Amphitheatre : The Police rocked South Florida at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach Saturday night for a second time after their previous July stop last year at ...

Kyle Grandusky and Kelly Todd Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Stroud Todd Jr. and Mr. and Mrs.

City commissioners on Monday night rejected a plan for a 391-foot-tall condo that would have been the tallest building in the city.

RPB: Barrier Will Screen Connection Cut Leonard Wechsler 16.MAY.08 The Village of Royal Palm Beach will create a barrier across the cut Palm Beach County has made in a high berm along the east side of the La ...

A WEST PALM BEACH CEMETERY ACCUSED OF DESECRATING GRAVES AND MISHANDLING BURIALS HAS BEEN RENAMED IN A REDEDICATION CEREMONY. via WBZT-AM West Palm Beach

“We don't know if he's still in the ground or not”

Rabbi Leonard Zucker President Board of Rabbis of Palm Beach Inc, smiles after the uncovering of a new sign for Star of David Cemetery and Funeral Chapel of the Palm Beaches. via Palm Beach Post

West Palm Beach police are investigating a fatal accident which claimed the life of an off-duty Florida Highway Patrol trooper. They said alcohol may have played a role in the accident.

Police said trooper Elijah Jones Jr., 37, and a female driver were in a Mercedes that missed a turn from Jog Road onto Roebuck Road and then flipped onto its roof Saturday at 3 a.m.

Police said Jones died on the scene and the driver was taken to Saint Mary's Medical Center. She is listed in serious condition. Read more

PBSO Catches Up With Gate-Crashing Suspect Mark Lioi 16.MAY.08 MAY 13 - Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office investigators arrested a Royal Palm Beach man who crashed through the entrance gate arm of the Madison ... via Wellington Town-Crier

“We are currently evaluating whether that service is efficient to the public and are looking into other options”

Palms West Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jaene Miranda and President John Spillane present Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon a certificate of appreciation. via Wellington Town-Crier

“It will be treated like a code enforcement violation”

Palm Beach County commissioners are going full speed ahead with a plan to catch motorists who run red lights.

Although state legislators failed to agree on a plan to let cities use cameras to enforce state traffic laws, the County Commission is expected to make good on a promise made in March to finish an ordinance that would put the cameras to work on local roads.

A hearing on the controversial topic will start at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the county's government center, 301 N. Olive Ave., in West Palm Beach. Read more

“This is a way of keeping homes that are going potentially into foreclosure”

Congressmen Urge Foreclosure Help Carol Porter 16.MAY.08 Congressmen Ron Klein and Tim Mahoney held a press conference on Friday, May 9 in front of a West Palm Beach agency that might serve as a model for ... via The Town-Crier Newspaper

“One year ago I stood before you anticipating an exciting year for the society, one which would bring many changes, challenges and opportunities”

Elementary School Winners Acreage Pines Elementary School art teacher Ray White, South Olive Elementary School art teacher Katrina Houser and Mark Stevens of National City; third-place art winner Beau Smith of ... via Wellington Town-Crier

“The fact that he sold his shares in PetroChina last October at such a high price shows he does get out of stocks.”

Warren Buffett has urged investors to lower their expectations during this queasy economic year. via Hartford Courant

Home Burglary Suspect Arrested In Wellington Mark Lioi 09.MAY.08 APRIL 27 - Sheriff's deputies arrested a burglary suspect in Wellington in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 27. via Wellington Town-Crier

Astronomy Day At Science Museum The South Florida Science Museum will celebrate National Astronomy Day on Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Visitors have the chance to hear expert lectures, see special ... via The Town-Crier Newspaper

Authorities say a West Palm Beach man coaxed an aspiring model into his car by flashing a fake police badge and then raped her at gunpoint. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Representatives from Western Pines Middle School gather at their tables. Carol Porter 09.MAY.08 The National Campaign to Stop Violence recognized 120 middle school students in Palm Beach County who participated ... via Wellington Town-Crier

Police are investigating a shooting Thursday that left a mother of three and her friend dead outside of a home in a West Palm Beach neighborhood. via WPBF

Roadhouse Grill, the bankruptoperator of casual dining restaurants, won court approval toconvert its case to a liquidation. via The Miami Herald

“The whole thing was just a mess. And the problems aren't just with CSX”

A state representative has called for an investigation into how railroad executives influenced state plans to give their companies millions for track improvements. via Tampa Bay Online

Marco man appointed by Gov. Crist to Florida Elections Commission By Marco Eagle Staff 5:03 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, 2008 TALLAHASSEE - Donald "Dusty" Rhodes, 67, of Marco Island, is one of six people who were ... via Naples Daily News

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A Florida man is suing DreamWorks Animation SKG, claiming the studio stole his ideas to create the 2005 movie "Madagascar." Joseph Davis of Boca Raton filed his suit Tuesday and claims that ... via WTVJ Miami Channel 6

“The conditions are drying up, and it's just getting more difficult every day”

About 20 firefighters from Palm Beach County are in Central Florida today to help put out wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and scorched thousands of acres. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Saks said it will close its 73,000-square-foot Saks Fifth Avenue store in Fort Lauderdale's Galleria Mall on July 20. via South Florida Business Journal

“With the consolidation of the big broker dealers and banks and the growth in electronic trading there's an enormous business opportunity and it's the right time to put the proper people in place to take advantage.”

Cuttone & Company , a New York City-based institutional broker, has appointed Richard Christ Managing Director. via Bank Systems & Technology

“He's what we like to call a professional plaintiff”

Don't let the wheelchair fool you. Allen Fox is a one-man demolition crew. Just ask the nearly 140 targets of his wrath. via The Orlando Sentinel

“They didn't have computers most of their life, online investing wasn't around, and they've really had to teach themselves how to do it.”

For Kim Snider, it only takes one word to send participants in her monthly investment workshops into a near panic. via The New Braunfels Herald

Three West Palm Beach men were arrested after the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office said they tried to sell a kilo of cocaine in a parking lot at Forest Hill Boulevard and North Military Trail. via Palm Beach Post

“They didnt have computers most of their life, online investing wasnt around, and theyve really had to teach themselves how to do it.”

For Kim Snider, it only takes one word to send participants in her monthly investment workshops into a near panic. via KVML

Police have a man in custody who, they said, may be responsible for kidnapping, robbing and murdering two women and a child at a Boca Raton Mall last year. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

“Through the grants it provides to non-profit agencies, the Jarden Consumer Solutions Community Fund helps improve the quality of life in the communities where we operate”

FROM STAFF REPORTS Consumer Solutions has announced that its employee-funded JCS Community Fund donated more than $184,000 in the first quarter of 2008 as part of its ongoing efforts to give back to the ... via Boca Raton News

Officials say a wildfire burning at Lake Okeechobee has grown to 5,800 acres. Wind shifts could mean the fire may grow to 15,000 acres in the coming days. via WSVN-TV Miami Beach

A BOCA RATON MAN IS BEING HELD ON 125-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND AFTER APPEARING BEFORE A JUDGE ON WEDNESDAY. via WBZT-AM West Palm Beach

“All these companys have websites, etc. Its just funny going somewhere like Target , or Sprint then coming home and rooting there servers out of boredom. Makes some people feel like they can do anything.”

Exclusive One day in May 2005, a 16-year-old hacker named SoBe opened his front door to find a swarm of FBI agents descending on his family's three-story house in Boca Raton, Florida. via The Register

A small startup airline intended to shuttle busy business travelers between regional airports has scaled back its expansion plans and will lay