Lake Park News

Gov. Charlie Crist today crossed party lines and named Democratic state Rep. Priscilla Taylor of West Palm Beach to fill the minority-dominated Palm Beach County commission seat of retired Addie Greene.

A 15-year-old boy is charged with robbing a couple at gunpoint. Robert Lamont Felder, of Riviera Beach, clad in an orange jumpsuit indicating he was a juvenile, appeared this morning before Judge William Bollinger.

A hit and run accident on CR 250 in Suwannee County early Sunday ended with the arrest of a 32-year-old Lake Park woman in Columbia County, according to reports from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office.

Earl Stewart is the owner and general manager of Earl Stewart Toyota in North Palm Beach.

Cats and dogs are infecting more pet owners with a staph infection resistant to certain antibiotics, according to the results of a study released this week.

John D. MacArthur is on his way to city hall. The council Thursday night reversed a February vote to put the bronze statue of the city's cantankerous founder at Lake Catherine Park, which is named for MacArthur's wife.

A watershed event for South Florida car buyers occurred on June 1. Two large car dealerships, Palm Beach Toyota and Royal Palm Toyota, eliminated their dealer fees.

Imagine coming home from work to find a strange man in your house. He waves a piece of paper at you and says the place is his.

A local man who sells music is willing to go on the record about increasing sales.

A little sleepy but excited, Rick Kearney parked his Prius Hybrid in Washington, D.C. today, 11 days after driving from Lake Park on 11 gallons of gas.

Tossing in his fishing line from one of the two new docks at Anchorage Park, Charles Johnson said he expects lots of visitors will try their luck along the Earman River.

School-age children will reign over Fleischmann Park again next school year. Naples City Council on Wednesday decided to keep a popular after-school program for the 2009-10 school year.

THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ON WEDNESDAY POSTPONED A DECISION ON WHETHER TO DO AWAY WITH VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS after two board members had to leave and the meeting crept past 9 p.m. Board member Monroe Benaim said he would rather delay a decision until the board could have a workshop on the issue and get a recommendation from ...

A WOMAN WAS KILLED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY A TRUCK WHILE CROSSING THE STREET.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are looking for a woman in connection with a string of suspected arsons at the Walmart SuperCenter at 101 N. Congress Ave.

Two carjacking suspects are behind bars this morning, accused of leading Sheriff's Deputies on a chase and then crashing into a gas pump in a fiery explosion.

Three fires in three days at a Walmart SuperCenter in Lake Park appears to be the work of an arsonist with a burning grudge against the store, a Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue spokesman said Wednesday.

An overnight carjacking that began in Lake Park ended in a police chase and a fiery crash at a West Palm Beach gas station.

A fire that caused the evacuation of a Wal-Mart SuperCenter Sunday night was the work of an arsonist, according to Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue officials.

Jeanne Hibbard of Lake Park announces the engagement of her daughter, Martina Suzanne Hibbard, daughter of Jeanne and the late James T. Hibbard, to Robert Stephen Ranney, son of Faith E. Ranney of Manchester, Conn.