- A Palm Beach County 3-year-old is celebrating a major milestone — graduating from swimming lessons — just months after drowning in a pool.
- Two high-profile animal hoarding cases in Martin County this summer — and a third in Palm Beach County — have prompted questions about whether more can be done to prevent animal neglect.
- The Okeechobee Musical & Arts Festival is once again going on hiatus, organizers announced via social media.
- Two West Palm Beach men have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with a 2019 homicide in Riviera Beach that had remained unsolved for years.
- A barn that caught fire in Martin County on Thursday caused large flames and sent black smoke into the air that could be seen for miles.
- World Market opened its Palm Beach Gardens location Friday at Prosperity Centre, offering global food, home goods, and décor.
- Palm Beach County is changing course on how it will develop new regulations for AI data centers during its one-year moratorium.
- Families say the intersection at State Road 70 and NE 128th Avenue is deadly and want FDOT to install a traffic light, but the state has different plans.
- Florida cities and counties could begin billing residents separately for individual services if Amendment 3 passes — a change one expert compares to the difference between buying a ticket on United Airlines versus Spirit Airlines.
- Parking in Vero Beach is free, but overstaying your welcome is about to cost significantly more. Vero Beach City Council voted Tuesday to double most parking fines starting Oct. 1.
- Central Elementary School in Okeechobee is now the only public school in the county to be named a Guy Harvey Conservation School. The program is giving students hands-on learning.
- The West Palm Beach GreenMarket returns Oct. 3 for its 32nd season with the theme “The World, Right Here,” featuring global flavors, local vendors and waterfront events.
- The unanimous vote gives Palm Beach County officials one year to research and draft regulations for large-scale AI data centers amid growing public opposition nationwide.
- Brightline is expected to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week, according to several financial media outlets, including Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.
- A year after WPTV first investigated a contentious legal battle over the future of Fisherman's Wharf, newly released environmental testing is raising fresh questions about a key argument in the dispute: contamination.