FEMA seeking multi-family homes to temporarily house Hurricane Ian victims

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — During the first month of the New Year, South Florida waslower than the average amount of rainfall in January by almost 3 inches. La Nina conditions will continue the be the dominant influence throughout the month of February, according to the Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Detectives in the city of Okeechobee are helping in the search for themissing Lyft driver, 74-year-old Gary Levin. Detective Sgt. Aurelio Almazan spoke with WPBF 25 News Friday evening and said "We have canvassed the city looking for any surveillance video that we could think of to help us in the investigation."

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The family of a missing Lyft driver said his car was found hundreds of miles away with a suspect wanted for murder in Central Florida inside. A team of investigators from the Wauchula Police Department is on its way to North Carolina after Matthew Flores was taken into custody.

N.C. — Lindsay DiBetta confirmed that officials in North Carolina have a man in custody who was behind the wheel of her father’s 2022 red Kia Stinger. Her father, 74-year-old Gary Levin of Palm Beach Gardens, is a Lyft driver who has been missing since Monday, after picking up rides in his car. WPBF's ABC affiliate, WLOS, has identified the man as Matthew Scott Flores, wanted for murder in Hardee County.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Residents on the Treasure Coast continue to help the community and its children heal afterthe mass shooting a Martin Luther King Jr. event last month. Will Armstead, the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club in St. Lucie County,and former Florida Representative Larry Lee are devoted to making their community the best.

Fla. — Before policecaptured fugitive Matthew Flores in North Carolina Thursday night, Flores had been a murder suspect on the run since Jan 24th. Wauchula, Florida, police say Flores shot Jose Carlos Martinez to death while visiting a house in that city. "But to have this correlation with...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — As the inflation crisis continues, more Americans are turning to their 401Ks for help making ends meet. “Some are not only taking it out of their savings, but they are also taking it out of their long-term retirement," Dominic Calavro, the president and CEO of Florida Tax Watch, said. "Which is shortsighted, but very, very troubling.”

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Loved ones of74-year-old Gary Levin, who has been missing since driving for Lyft on Monday, said there are new details about his rides that can hopefully lead them to their father. "We in the family would strongly urge anybody that saw anything in the...

South Florida will see daytime highs in the middle to upper 80s today with partly cloudy skies. Record heat is possible in West Palm and Vero Beach. A cold front approaches and stalls just south of the area tonight. That will mean a chance of showers late. Saturday will be...

BOLEY, Okla. — Oklahoma is dotted with small towns, with 700 of them having a population under 1,500 people. Not all of them are the same. Some hold a history like none other, including the town of Boley, which is one of the state’s original "All Black" towns.