5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (598+ words) Hundreds of business and community leaders gathered at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach in June to celebrate the entrepreneurs, nonprofits and companies shaping Palm Beach County's future. The 2026 Business Awards, hosted by the Chamber…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (162+ words) Four dogs died and crews pulled a fifth from the ashes'of a'shed'that'caught fire in the north end of West Palm Beach on June 15.' Fire'officials'are investigating the cause of the fire, which broke out on a business property along the 400 block…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (582+ words) WINTER HAVEN " It's official: Anastasios "Stasi" Kamoutsas is the new president of Polk State College. The college's District Board of Trustees voted 5-0 at their June 3 meeting to appoint Kamoutsas, who has served as Florida's commissioner of education for almost exactly…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (60+ words) Lake Worth Beach could cut electric rate under these conditions The Palm Beach Post A fee on Lake Worth Beach electric customers' bills, which city officials raised months ago in the face of an unexpected winter chill, is slowly bringing…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (13+ words) Florida education commissioner picked as Polk State College president The Palm Beach Post...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (504+ words) Dennis Basso loves the ladies. Six of the fashion designer's favorite women recently headlined a "swellegant" dinner on April 13. Rena Abboud, Aerin Lauder, Karin Luter, Alexia Hamm Ryan, Danielle Ganek, and Sara Handreke hosted a bevy of beauties (and a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (930+ words) LAKEWOOD " The debt-ridden Board of Education is taking the first steps toward laying off 162 teachers" aides, known as para-professionals, according to union leaders. The move comes as the state is seeking to take control of the troubled district, which still…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (541+ words) The state of Florida is investing nearly $374 million in raises for Department of Corrections employees, Lt. Gov. Jay Collins said during a visit to Northwest Florida Feb 9. Collins touted the raises during a visit to the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution'in…...

6+ mon, 10+ hour ago  (201+ words) The dividend will be paid Feb. 2 to shareholders of record as of Jan. 15. The privately held company's quarterly cash dividend of 11. 05centsis higher than the level a year ago. But it is the same as the announced level on April 1, 2025. Further,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (596+ words) A sentencing date has been set'for Jan. 6 for convicted murderer Marcelle Waldon to learn his ultimate fate, the State Attorney's Office confirmed on Oct. 24. ' During the penalty phase of his trial in the 10th Judicial Circuit Court, a jury had recommended…...