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A South Florida man made a lucky stop at Publix, winning $1 million after purchasing a 500X The Cash scratch-off ticket, the Florida Lottery announced Wednesday.

A woman in Delray Beach has a warning for others after she encountered a fake job offer.

A Delray Beach doctor who served at over 50 substance abuse treatment facilities and laboratories across South Florida has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud.

A South Florida man injured in a fiery crash on I-95 has sadly passed away.

A welfare check at an apartment in the 5600 block of Nespa Way in West Delray on Monday morning led deputies to find the body of a woman who they believe was murdered.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two men who robbed a USPS letter carrier earlier this month in South Florida.

Delray Beach residents and tourists were urged by officials to prepare as Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to become a Category 1 Hurricane and approach Florida’s east coast sometime Wednesday.

A South Florida firefighter and his girlfriend are still recovering after barely escaping a fiery crash on I-95 in Delray Beach just one week ago.

A firefighter with Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue is continuing to recover from severe burns after he and his girlfriend were hurt in a massive inferno following a tanker truck crash on Interstate 95 this week.

A young Fort Lauderdale man who killed a family in a high-speed crash after ingesting household dust cleaner has been convicted of vehicular homicide.

Among the victims caught in the middle of a burning inferno that shut down I-95 in Delray Beach this week was Bryan Aparicio and his girlfriend Su.

Firefighter Bryan Aparicio put his professional training into action Tuesday after he and his girlfriend, traveling in an Uber, found themselves surrounded by flames in a multi-vehicle crash with a fuel tanker on Interstate 95 in Delray Beach. He rescued his girlfriend from the burning car.

Two victims of a tanker truck explosion and crash on Interstate 95 in Delray Beach Tuesday were transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Miami Burn Center, officials told Local 10 News Wednesday.

Three people are in critical condition after multiple vehicles caught fire near the Atlantic Ave exit of Interstate 95 when a fuel tanker truck exploded Tuesday afternoon, closing down all lanes in both directions.

Flames and black smoke billowed from a massive fire on Interstate 95 in Delray Beach Tuesday afternoon.

I Will Tell International Film Festival announces its 16th film festival lineup in South Florida from 27th October to 3rd November, 2022

A man who robbed a bank in Delray Beach of a little more than $1,000 while brandishing a machete has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

South Florida fared pretty well during Hurricane Ian, but the region still saw nearly a dozen tornadoes and upwards of 10 inches of rain. Here is the breakdown.

A Delray Beach doctor has pleaded guilty on a federal charge of conspiracy to commit health care fraud after prosecutors said he billed for fraudulent tests and treatments for vulnerable patients who were seeking treatment for drug or alcohol addiction, or both.

DELRAY BEACH, FL – The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum is trying to undo the effect of “untold stories” by sharing history’s narratives from multiple viewpoints. In its newest exhibit, the museum explores the development of South Florida following the Civil War from the perspective of a formerly enslaved person, building a new life. The exhibit, “Strong Communities Emerging: The Development of Coastal Communities” invites visitors to learn how newly freed citizens made their way to this region for a new start. In spite of the obstacles that follow them to their new home, they thrive and leave a legacy of strong communities that endure today. Cost: Free to enter gallery; $20 for guided tour; no reservations needed.

Hurricane Ian has done significant damage on the Gulf Coast and Central Florida. South Floridians may want to reach out and help. Here's how they can do that.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa on Wednesday as a catastrophic Category 4 storm.

Two people are hospitalized after a tornado sweeps through a community in Delray Beach.

Jamaican artist Michelle Drummond's work will soon be on display in a dramatic art exhibition at the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a Missing Child Alert Monday morning for a 1-month-old baby boy from Palm Beach County.

A Pompano Beach woman, stranded on an Interstate 95 entrance ramp after running out of gas, died after being hit by another car Friday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Florida residents Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander face up to five years in prison for trying to sell Ashley Biden's stolen diary to Project Veritas.

Prosecutors say two people from Florida have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000.

Prosecutors say two people from Florida have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000.

Six people who arrived by boat on the Palm Beach County shore overnight were taken into custody, and police are searching for possibly two others.

A Florida woman is recovering from an arm injury after being accidentally shot Monday night.

Police are searching for the suspect after two men were shot to death Monday in Delray Beach.

Margera was reported missing after he left a rehab facility on Monday, which he was not authorized to do.

Brandon “Bam” Margera, one of the stars of “Jackass,” left a court-ordered rehabilitation facility on Monday in Delray Beach, police said, according to TMZ and Page Six.

A South Florida man, who used his truck to burn tire marks across a gay-pride streetscape in Delray Beach, has been sentenced.

A Palm Beach County judge withheld adjudication and sentenced the man to two years of probation, 100 hours of community service and a mandatory mental health screening. He avoided a felony conviction and any jail time, aside from the night he spent in jail after turning himself in last year.

A Delray Beach woman shot in the face with a rubber bullet by a Fort Lauderdale police officer during a May 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration is suing the city and its police department.

A Delray Beach woman who was shot in the face with a rubber bullet by a police officer during a Black Lives Matter protest sued Fort Lauderdale and several of its officers, accusing them of using excessive force and causing her “permanent physical and emotional injuries.”

Northbound I-95 is closed just south of Atlantic Boulevard in Delray Beach due to a single-car, double-fatality crash, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Biscayne National Park has opened Mutualism, an exhibition of Delray Beach artist Kim Heise’s new watercolor paintings celebrating the ties that bind some of Florida’s most unique flora and fauna. Heise’s paintings feature pairs and groupings of animals and plants native to Florida, emphasizing the connectedness of species. Mutualism is part of the park’s Community Artists Program, started in 1997 as an outlet for the works of artists who are inspired by the beauty of Biscayne National Park. The program is made possible by The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks. For more details about the exhibition, visit the park’s website at www.nps.gov/bisc or contact park ranger Gary Bremen at 305-338-6584.

A man’s prior criminal convictions didn’t stop him from illegally buying guns in South Florida — and smuggling them to Canada.

A driver who admitted to defacing an LGBTQ street mural in Delray Beach must write an essay about the hate and violence that gay, trans and queer people face, a judge has ordered.

The person Delray Beach deputies say is responsible for the crash is 18-year-old Noah Thomas Galle

Christine Ferrigan sued Delray Beach Monday, saying the city fired her from her job as a water inspector after months of harassment for providing information to state and county officials about contamination in the city’s water supplies.

Authorities said the crash caused John Hopkins' car to veer off the road and overturn into a ditch. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has identified wreckage from a helicopter that crashed Friday.

A pre-clinical trial is searching for participants for a study that utilizes a blood test which can detect a biomarker for Alzheimer's.

A Palm Beach County man participating in a rally for former President Donald Trump pleaded guilty Tuesday to burning tire marks across a gay-pride streetscape in South Florida last summer.

A woman was able to save herself and her baby from getting struck by a Brightline train Tuesday morning in Delray Beach after her car got stuck on the tracks, authorities said.

Broward Sheriff’s Office units followed the subject to the parking lot of St. Monica’s Catholic Church at 3490 Northwest 191st Street in Miami Gardens.

6 people are dead after a rollover crash and the sheriff's office is investigating if the teen driver was under the influence.

Investigators say 17-year-old Noah Galle, who caused the crash, was speeding and under the influence

A boat that came ashore Tuesday in Delray Beach and got stuck in the sand has become somewhat of an attraction a day later for locals and tourists.

Carla Lowe had last been seen waiting for a train at an Amtrak station in Delray Beach but she never made it on board.

Ralph Williams, 59, was arrested Monday in Jacksonville and charged with the death of Carla Lowe, whose beaten body was found Nov. 13, 1983, on a roadside, Delray Beach police said Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel announced on Monday in Palm Beach County that she is leading an effort to honor the last living member of the Nuremberg Trials’ prosecutorial team with the Congressional Gold Medal.

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel announced on Monday in Palm Beach County that she is leading an effort to honor the last living member of the Nuremberg Trials’ prosecutorial team with the Congressional Gold Medal.

A South Florida man who fought Nazi atrocities as a Nuremberg prosecutor is on tap to receive Congress’ highest civilian honor — receiving a big thank you Monday for his lifelong human-rights work.

A federal jury convicted a pair of Florida residents yesterday for their roles in an illegal exports scheme. Such restricted items require a DOC-BIS license if the rebreathers are to be exported to any countries with national security concerns, such as Libya. The defendants were warned that it was illegal to export the items to Libya without a license and they willfully attempted to export those items after receiving an instruction from a Department of Commerce special agent that such items were detained and not to be exported while a license determination was pending. Sotis and Voissem were both convicted of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), attempted violation of the IEEPA and smuggling. Trial Attorney Nathan Swinton of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section and Assistant U.S.

Six people were evacuated, including a man in a wheelchair, from a fire in a five-story building in Delray Beach early Tuesday morning, according to officials.

Several commenters on Facebook said Vicki Reamy Baker should not have provoked the predator by prodding it.

A man was shot multiple times Friday night in Delray Beach and later died at a hospital, according to police. No one is in custody.

A Florida police ice cream van offers free icy treats in the community of Delray Beach to engage with children and adults. “Delray Beach Police Chief Javaro Sims says it is the perfect ‘icebreaker’ to continue to build relationships …,” the Delray Beach Police Department said. On a Facebook video, he added that the ice cream truck is something he’d been contemplating “for quite some time.”The idea was proposed six months ago and the Delray Beach Police Department was eventually gifted a truck, which is now stocked with popsicles and ice cream. “Hopefully, when the music comes on, we’re going to get kids, who are going to run out their doors and want ice cream,” he said. (Edited by Fern Siegel and Judith Isacoff)The post VIDEO: Freeze Punks: This Really Is Free Ice Cream From Your Neighborhood Cops appeared first on Zenger News.

Police said the alligator was returned to a miniature golf course, where William Hodge told officers he stole it from "after a brief wrestling match."

A vandal damaged a colorful floor mural in Delray Beach, police said. It had been painted to commemorate Pride month.

It happened around 2:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the McDonald’s, located at 1220 Linton Boulevard near Waterford Place, in Delray Beach, police said.

Palm Beach County School Board member Alexandria Ayala bought a house outside her district with her partner.

Jeffrey Heim was diving in Myakka River when he encountered and was attacked by the alligator.

A South Florida woman who went missing for several weeks before being discovered naked in a storm drain in Delray Beach has been rescued underground for a second time.

A 15-year-old faces a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Johnson St. Louis, 21.

Tommy Lee was tarpon fishing in Florida's Everglades National Park when he spotted an 11-foot alligator begin to emerge from the water.

Strawberry Moon, Delray Market, the Oasis, and more new restaurants that opened in Miami in April 2021.

Delray Beach Market opened in mid-April, offering everything from pizza to wood-smoked barbecue. Here are all the food and beverage options you'll find there.

Delray Beach Market opened in mid-April, offering everything from pizza to wood-smoked barbecue. Here are all the food and beverage options you'll find there.

Sebaciano Cheridor had no driver's license and was going 116 mph on a 45 mph street when he crashed and killed Leann Michele Cheatham, 51, in Boca Raton.

Actress Lindsay Lohan’s father, Michael John Lohan, was arrested in Delray Beach after an investigation involving patient brokering. He was booked on Friday as part of a Palm Beach County probe led by State Attorney David Aronberg.

Real estate brokers are seeing a rising number of unintentional real estate flippers as wealthy buyers find luxury properties are scarce.

Florida has reached a pivotal point in the coronavirus pandemic where vaccine demand is slipping while COVID is spreading faster, public health experts say.

Florida lawmakers are poised to add a large business tax cut to a bill that would require online retailers to collect more sales taxes from purchases, avoiding violating a pledge made by three dozen Republicans not to raise taxes, according to the anti-tax group that organized the pledge.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Federal prosecutors say a Florida man tried to obtain about $1.5 million in coronavirus relief funds by filing false loan applications and by stealing the identifies of elderly victims. A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday for Jeremie Saintvil, of Delray Beach. The indictment says Saintvil submitted nine fraudulent loan applications last year to nine different federally insured credit unions and banks on behalf of businesses that did not exist. Officials say Saintvil also opened accounts under the names of eight elderly victims in order to transfer the fraudulently obtained funds. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A South Florida woman is recovering in the hospital after she was found naked and stuck in a storm drain. Images show Delray Beach police and firefighters surrounding a storm drain near the intersection of Atlantic Blvd. “A passerby heard something coming from the storm drain,” said Dani Moschella with Delray Beach Fire Rescue. Delray Beach Fire’s Special Operations Team was able to remove the storm grate, lower down a ladder and hoist Kennedy up. “For her to say she was in the storm drain system for weeks is kind of hard to believe,” White said.

Similar to Delray Beach,the two incumbents on the ballot for Boca Raton city council won re-election. Yvette Drucker beat three candidates for Seat C, garnering over 50% of the vote. Drucker was appointed to the seat in October after the seat was vacated by Jeremy Rodgers, who was sent overseas by the Navy in June.

The EJS Project is a 501(C)3 non profit organization that is committed to serving the teens in and around the Delray Beach community. This event was hosted by Ike Powell III, Senior Program Specialist in the Outreach and Community Programming Division of Palm Beach County Youth Services Department. “We are so happy to have this safe space to have this time with our youth, the community, and our law enforcement. It’s not every day that law enforcement and youth get an opportunity to have a mutual exchange. Kudos to the city of Delray Beach for keeping the community actively involved and engaged.

Chesneys No Shoes Reefs organization is helping to have an artificial reef installed off of Floridas Atlantic Coast. The organization and other marine groups donated and installed 13 reef balls on the ocean floor off of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County. (Photo by Rick Scuteri/Invision/AP, File)DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Country music superstar Kenny Chesney's No Shoes Reefs organization is helping to install an artificial reef off of Florida's Atlantic coast. It will make up a 32-acre (13-hectare) underwater reef park known as No Shoes Reef 4. AdDelray Beach is located south of West Palm Beach.

“The Palm Beach County Health Department will administer vaccines to 300 residents of Kings Point, all of whom are age 65 and older,” DeSantis said. “Each county health department will be offering the vaccine in ways that best suit the needs of that particular community. So some county health departments will deploy teams to senior communities, like we see here in Palm Beach County,” he said. Those who receive the first dose of the vaccine will need to be in Broward County to receive the second dose of the vaccine 21 days later. The Cleveland Clinic Florida region will also be scheduling appointments for seniors 65 and up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Wednesday.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Delray Beach Fire Chief Keith Tomey said he was grateful for the team of heroes who recently rescued him when was suffering from chest pain at his home in Coral Springs. “I owe my life to these guys, Tomey said while meeting them again on Thursday for a gratitude dinner. Shaunte Reid, a 911 dispatcher, answered the call and sent Coral Springs Fire Department personnel from Station 71 to Tomey’s home. A medical team at the emergency care hospital performed surgery to treat the heart attack in progress. Dave Schneider, a fire captain for the Coral Springs Fire Department, said he was grateful that Tomey survived and was healthy enough to meet with them.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – An adult and child were extricated from an SUV Monday morning after the vehicle rolled over on Interstate 95 in Delray Beach. The single-vehicle crash occurred just after 5 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the highway near Atlantic Avenue. Delray Beach Fire Rescue officials said both victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition. The cause of the crash is under investigation, but the rainy weather is believed to have been a factor. Authorities warn drivers that rain is expected in the area all morning and urge people to drive with caution.

A lab mix is rescued from the Delray Beach intracoastal waterway Saturday. DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A paddle boarder tried to rescue a vision-impaired lab mix after it fell into the intracoastal waterway Saturday morning. The dog, named Sam, was too heavy for the paddle boarder to rescue by himself, so the paddle-boarding neighbor called 911 for help. Full Screen 1 / 3 A lab mix is rescued from the Delray Beach intracoastal waterway Saturday. Delray Beach Fire Rescue from Station 112 showed up.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Joseph Gallagher was nearing the end of a 20-year career in the military when he was sent to lead U.S. Army troops in the first Gulf War. “Seven-hundred-thousand troops were in the Gulf War and as a result of their exposure and probably due to some genetic conditions, one-third of them have become ill and are ill to this day,” said Dr. Alison Bested, with Nova Southeastern University. The foundation recently joined forces with NSU to launch a study called The Hero’s Project to investigate the potential benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on chronic issues such as fatigue, pain and sleep difficulties related to Gulf War syndrome. With the support of The 22-Project, Gallagher has undergone several hyperbaric treatments. If proven to be beneficial, researchers hope the results of the study will lead to the approval of hyperbaric therapy for coverage by insurance.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – It’s estimated that over 150,000 women in the United States have metastatic breast cancer, meaning the disease has spread outside the localized area of the breast. Fortunately, advances in treatment are helping these women live longer, fuller lives — people like Amelia Pullium, who was hit with a double-whammy diagnosis in 2019: she had breast cancer and it had spread. Dr. Zeina Nahleh with the Cleveland Clinic Weston said survival rates for patients with metastatic disease are improving. In fact, it is a chronic disease where patients can live with breast cancer many years and receive treatment in collaboration with their oncology team,” Nahleh said. It’s estimated that 6-10% of women diagnosed with breast cancer have late-stage disease which has spread to other organs, typically the bone, lung, brain and liver.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A stormy Friday left a family homeless in Palm Beach County. According to Delray Beach Fire Rescue personnel, lightning struck a home near the intersection of Lucky Lane and Southridge Road. Firefighters said no one was injured, but the structure isn’t safe. The lightning strike caused electrical damage and charring to the roof and attic.

That’s what happened to Eduardo Rivera on Tuesday and he believe’s it’s a miracle he’s alive. Rivera said he was driving home from work on Interstate 95 in Delray Beach when a flatbed tow truck pulled in front of him. Stunned and still unsure of what had happened, Rivera pulled over. right on top of him and not one single piece of glass fell in his eyes. So at that speed it is pretty much a spear.”The driver of the tow truck did not stop and Florida Highway Patrol said they are still looking for the person.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A police chase came to a crashing end in Delray Beach Tuesday night, but it wasn’t until shortly after that things turned deadly. The man police were chasing opened fire on Florida Highway Patrol troopers in pursuit, and they eventually fired back and killed him. “I’m in the house now, at the window, pow pow pow 4 shots,” he said. FHP said that trooper then tried to pull over the car, but it took off, eventually exiting at Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, before crashing. According to authorities, the man behind the wheel then got out and started shooting at the trooper, who returned fire.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. Authorities swarmed a very active scene in Delray Beach following a police-involved shooting. Florida Highway Patrol investigators were quickly on scene following the shooting which involved a State Trooper. Investigators say the trooper attempted to pull over a man on the interstate when he drove off, crashing his SUV into a fence near Southwest 10th Avenue. That trooper fired back, ultimately killing the suspect behind a Delray Beach home. Authorities have not released the name of the trooper or the man he killed.

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Larisa Zhukova perhaps sums up the feeling best: “To take beaches away from a Floridian is like to cut a part of their body, because we are all here because of that.”Zhukova, who moved to Boca Raton from Russia, was enjoying the beach in Boca on Tuesday. Boca and Delray Beach, in Palm Beach County, reopened their beaches this week, while beaches further south in Broward and Miami-Dade counties remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The people soaking in their return to the sand say it has been a long time coming. Boca Raton was among the first communities to shut down its beaches amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Broward County has discussed possibly reopening its beaches May 26, the day after Memorial Day, but that hasn’t been finalized.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A South Florida woman is fighting for her life after a personal watercraft accident on the water. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her family has to go to great lengths to be by her side. He said he and Kaitlin were taking turns with some friends riding a See Doo personal watercraft near Delray Beach on Sunday. Now though, she’s in the ICU and, because of COVID-19, her family, who live in Broward County, can’t even be by her side. "I’m just so thankful that in this storm of life we’ve been going through, that she’s a fighter, she’s going to pull through this and that she’s going to have a great story to tell," said Alexander.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – Four teenagers have been charged with starting a massive fire Tuesday at a vacant train station. Delray Beach Fire Rescue responded to the structure fire shortly after 10:15 a.m. when a 911 caller reported seeing heavy smoke coming from the train station. The caller also described four young males running from the train station toward Atlantic Avenue. The train depot was constructed in 1927 and was used as train station until 1991. It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1986, becoming one of six Delray Beach historic sites on the register.

In what was perhaps the most anticipated exhibition match in the history of the Delray Beach Open, Coco Gauff defeated Estela Perez-Somarriba 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday night in her homecoming debut. There was plenty of support for her Saturday night on the main court at the Delray Beach Tennis Center -- the same facility where she grew up practicing. “The University of Miami, they’ve been my family for the last four years and if I’m here today, it’s because of them. Although there was plenty of fanfare for both players during the match, Gauff had, by far, the bigger following. After the match, Gauff was far from elusive, taking the time to sign autographs, pose for selfies and toss autographed tennis balls into the crowd of fans.

LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. – A 40-year-old man followed a 14-year-old girl from her dance practice Tuesday night in Palm Beach County to her home in Broward County -- where the girl’s relative found him spying on her through a bathroom window, police reported. The girl was taking a shower, according to the Lighthouse Point Police Department. A witness told deputies he chased away the man, officers later identified as Sean Shalev, who works for a cruise line. Shalev injured his arm during the chase, and officers reported he was hospitalized at the North Broward Medical Center. On Monday afternoon, Shalev was being held without bond at the Broward County main jail.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A woman was wounded by a stray bullet while taking part in a New Year’s Eve celebration in Delray Beach. The shooting occurred shortly after midnight on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Northeast First Avenue near Old School Square. Delray Beach police spokesman Ted White said the woman was sitting down when she felt something hit her right leg. The woman was taken to a hospital to be treated and later released. White said the shooting is believed to be the result of celebratory gunfire.