DELRAY BEACH, FL — Pickpocketing reports in Delray Beach's downtown entertainment district are running at about half of last year's pace, and the Police Department says that is the result of a deliberate push rather than a quiet stretch. The Delray Beach Police Department recorded 14 pickpocketin...
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A Delray Beach family is demanding accountability from the city after discovering that a burial plot they had purchased years ago at the Delray Beach Municipal Cemetery was sold and used to bury someone else. The discovery has caused significant heartbreak for Delila Kellum and h...
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BOCA RATON, FL — The job, as detectives describe it, was paid photos of a woman's feet, legs and hands. The woman has an intellectual disability, and Boca Raton Police say a relative drove her to a studio on North Federal Highway twice in July 2025 and left her alone with the man...
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BOYNTON BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Health officials are warning swimmers to stay out of the water at three Palm Beach County beaches after tests turned up elevated bacteria levels, including two spots along the Boynton Beach and Ocean Ri...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — The Boca Raton Police Department Tuesday says it has made a human trafficking arrest, and is asking other potential victims to come forward. We are publishing the official announcement from Boca PD — as re...
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Developing story: This report may be updated as additional information is confirmed. Updates will appear at the bottom of the article. BOCA RATON, FL — Westbound lanes of Spanish River Boulevard at Airport Road were closed Tuesday morning because of a crash, according to a traffi...
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Developing story: This report may be updated as additional information is confirmed. Updates will appear at the bottom of the article. BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton Police issued a traffic advisory at 11:09 a.m. Tuesday warning drivers to avoid the area of Spanish River Blvd and Br...
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Checking out a stack of library books isn’t the only reason to stop by a Palm Beach County Library System branch this election season. The Library System is an authorized voter registration agency, and eve...
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WEST PALM BEACH, FL — The Palm Beach County School Board gave Superintendent Michael J. Burke an overall rating of "Excellent" in his annual evaluation, though board members' written comments also flagged declining enrollment, a difficult year on employee raises, kindergarten rea...
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BOCA RATON, FL — A second lawsuit has been filed against a Boca Raton psychiatrist and the practice where he worked, and state records show Florida health officials have kept his medical license under emergency suspension since January while pursuing misconduct cases involving fi...
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NOW 107 ARRESTS OF KINGS POINT RESIDENTS SINCE 2023. DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Two more Kings Point Delray Beach residents have been arrested over the past several days, bringing our latest total to 107 since 2023. Among the arre...
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BOCA RATON, FL — State inspectors temporarily closed nine restaurants across Palm Beach and Broward counties last week, including Shanghai 818 in Boca Raton, Deck 84 in Delray Beach and Pizzapiez in Deerfield Beach. Pests were the listed reason for eight of the nine closures, acc...
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Delray Beach Mayor Tom Carney says he's not in favor of raising the city millage rate on the city's homeowners, since taxes may already be going up because of rising property values. "Even if we do nothing, we just keep the current millage, the residents are going to pay almost 7...
