Delray Beach News

Officers found Juree Jackson screaming and crying in the middle of the street after someone beat her up in the 200 block of Northwest Seventh Avenue, according to a police report.

Elmer Daniels has lived a full and vibrant life dedicated to service, industry and art.

One of the summer art exhibits scheduled at the Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture has been canceled due to Mother Nature, but the museum found a quick and local replacement.

L'or Vizcaya Hadassah of Delray Beach has presented the National Leadership Award for outstanding dedication to the development of leadership for exemplary deeds as a leader for commitment to the Jewish people ...

A DELRAY BEACH MAN WAS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY YANKED A PURSE FROM A WOMAN'S ARM IN BOCA RATON, THEN RAN AWAY.

Police are looking for a car dealership employee who is accused of stealing $9,558 by faking the return of car parts.

Several Boca Raton and Delray Beach firms are featured in the "A" list recently released by WPBF Channel 25.

The south county branch office of the Palm Beach County Clerk is closed today and Friday and will reopen Monday in a new section of the South County Courthouse.

Two South County families who received new homes through Habitat for Humanity found that the houses were exclusively furnished for them by P & H Interiors who joined forces with two local builders and other ...

Former Police Chief Larry Schroeder is changing jobs. But to many, the 30-year veteran of the department will always be 'the chief.'

'We are going to call him chief,' said Atlantic High School Principal Kathleen Weigel - his new boss. 'He's not leaving the city, he's just relocating his office.'

Schroeder, 51, will begin teaching at the high school's Criminal Justice Academy later this month. He retired Monday.

'I never gave it a thought I would be teaching,' Schroeder said. 'But the school agreed to hire another teacher and they were hoping for a retired police officer. I called and asked if they would consider me.'

The deadline for registration is 5 p.m. Thursday for the 15th annual amateur Sand Sculpting Contest.

If spots are available, registration will also be accepted from 8 to 9 a.m. July Fourth, first come, first serve, at the Rotary Club tent on the beach. Coordinated by the Rotary Club of Delray Beach Sunrise, the contest will take place as part of the city's July Fourth Celebration from 8 a.m. to noon. Pick up applications at the Joint Venture office, 64-A SE Fifth Ave., or go to www.DowntownDelrayBeach.com. Call 561-279-1380, ext. 17.

The entry and exit gates at Federspiel Garage, 22 SE First Ave., and the Old School Square Parking Garage, 95 NE First Ave., will be closed at 3 a.m. beginning Tuesday.

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Whoever imagined that a simple tomato pie with a bubbly, blackened crust could potentially cause a cancer cluster? At least one Delray Beach-based letter writer to the Sun-Sentinel did, and she's not alone .

Gregory Potter decided to take justice into his own hands and wound up getting shot in the chest. The 46-year-old father of three was shot about 8 a.m. Tuesday outside a house on Northwest 10th Avenue. Potter was in critical condition late Tuesday night at Delray Beach Medical Center. Potter was robbed Monday night and returned the following morning to get his money back, police said. After he was shot, Potter got into his white Chevy pickup truck and drove away, police said, but lost control of the vehicle at the intersection of Northwest 11th Avenue and Northwest First Street. He crashed into a house a short distance away.

Just as the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office promised, grand theft charges have been refiled against the Revs. John Skehan and Francis Guinan, former pastors of Delray Beach 's St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church.

In February, prosecutors dropped charges accusing the two longtime priests of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars from church coffers. At the time, State Attorney Barry Krischer said the decision was a tactical one made because neither the state nor the defense was ready for trial, which had been scheduled that same month. In the interim, attorneys on both sides have continued to prepare their cases and taken sworn statements from potential witnesses.

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THE PROBLEM Linda Schneider, of Delray Beach , contacted the South Florida Sun-Sentinel concerned about a potential safety hazard caused by drivers making U-turns at Linton Boulevard and Orchard Lane.

Access to Atlantic Dunes Park, the beach park just south of Linton Boulevard, will be limited when renovations begin July 7. The park, at 1605 S. Ocean Blvd., will close for about four months.

Starting July 1, the entry/exit gates to the Federspiel Garage, located at 22 SE 1st Avenue in Delray Beach and the Old School Square Garage, located at 95 NE 1st Avenue, Delray Beach will be closed and locked ...