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Deputy shot and killed man witnesses said pointed long gun at them
A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who was carrying two guns in a shopping cart and allegedly pointed one of the guns at people in Lake Worth Beach on Thursday morning, the agency said. Shortly before 9:30 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls about a “suspicious” man in the 7000 block of South Military Trail, near the corner of Hypoluxo Road. Several ...
Rodent droppings on top of dishwasher, in dining room, behind bar: 3 South Florida restaurants shut
Rodent droppings all around — in a dining room, behind a bar, above a dishwasher — were among the issues that temporarily closed three South Florida restaurants last week. The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that ...
Man's death in South Florida heat prompts federal investigation into company that employed him
BELLE GLADE — A South Florida company is fighting federal regulators' proposed punishment over the death of an employee who suffered a heatstroke on his first day on the job. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 26-year-old Salvadore Garcia Espita came to Belle Glade from Mexico on a...
Third person arrested for February killing in Lake Park
LAKE PARK, Fla. (CBS12) — Another man has been arrested for murder following a deadly Lake Park shooting that left one man dead and 32 shell casings strewn across the road, according to a new Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) report. A PBSO probable cause affidavit indicates...
Climate change triggers new Florida heat warning chart that alerts when it could be deadly outside
Molten air smothered South Florida last summer with an unprecedented streak of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings as high temperatures and humidity created treacherous outdoor extremes. With the potential for similar scorchers in the coming months and years, the National Weather Service is testing a new heat risk index that it hopes...
Police-Involved Shooting Leads To Lockdown At Palm Beach High School
A statement from the Palm Beach County School District Police Department says that "during school arrival, there was a shooting involving an unknown adult male in the parking lot" of the school. No students or school staff were harmed.
Two Palm Beach County schools squeaked into Top 100 in national rankings. See the full list
Two Palm Beach County high schools are once again among the top 100 public high schools in the nation, according to the annual rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts was ranked 91st and Suncoast High School squeaked into the top 100 at 98th place — both coveted spots in the top 17,000 high schools across the country. Private schools are not included in the rankings....
3 treatment centers shut down after 'multiple regulations' violated
Three treatment centers are now closed in Palm Beach County after an investigation was conducted by the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office, according to Riviera Beach police. The closures involved PIVOT Treatment Centers after city officials said the locations violated multiple regulations set by the Florida Association of...
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