Wellington News

Six remaining defendants in an $18 million fraudulent investment scheme have pleaded guilty to their roles in the nationwide fraud, according to the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

Carolyn Siegmeister, of Wellington, also was charged with driving in violation of a driver's license restriction.

The Palm Beach County Health Department confirmed the death of a 22-year-old woman from the swine flu virus Tuesday.

A woman was killed and three other people were hurt in two related crashes east of Wellington Monday evening.

A 42-year-old Boynton Beach woman died early this morning from injuries she suffered when she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street last night.

Residents of the struggling cities around Lake Okeechobee are charged some of the highest tax rates in Palm Beach County, yet there are fewer and fewer municipal services that the three cities provide.

It was the most intimate of gatherings, in a place of worship, providing support to people going through the toughest of times.

Sara Misselhorn, chair of Big Brothers Big Sisters luncheon, with Liz Balmaseda, speaker, and Gerri Morrow, honorary chair at Beach Club.

Leaders of Palm Beach County's western communities, tired of being considered just bedroom communities, are banding together to form a task force aimed at bringing jobs to their cities.

Her family says the 22-year-old paralegal has been at Wellington Regional Medical Center, in a coma, since Nov.

Betty L. Maniatty has listed for sale a nine-bedroom, nine-bath home at 2905 Polo Island Dr.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided the house, at 12919 Meadowbend Drive, on Sunday and seized 14.5 kilograms of cocaine and about $500,000 in cash, according to an affidavit by Special Agent Guillermo Turke.

Applicants for full- and part-time jobs with the U.S. Census Bureau exit test room at the Workforce Alliance in West Palm Beach.

Jocelyne Davis' tiny 3-year-old body fell to swine flu days after she was diagnosed.

Richard and Lynn Castelow have listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 214 Quercus Court in Wellington for $499,000. The Castelows paid $385,000 for the property in Jan.

In dressage, it's hard to prance with bum hoof. a Jodie Kelly, a horse dressage rider from a well-known family in Destin, has been sued by a woman who says she relied upon Kelly's opinion in buying a $38,000 horse that proved to be lame.

Officials with The George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session announced the riders who are invited to participate in the session from Jan.

The fall occurred at about 5:30 p.m. on a polo field at Lake Worth and Polo Roads in Wellington.

CNN's loss is probably NOT Florida's gain. a This week Lou Dobbs, the last of the original CNN anchors, announced he was leaving the station and ending his show on that network to "go beyond the role here at CNN" and "engage in constructive problem solving." While this could mean many things, the smart money says his "constructive problem solving" ...

The I-team is on the case, getting answers for patients who called CBS 12 saying their doctor's office closed without warning.