West Palm Beach

A WLRN investigation identified serious disciplinary issues and lax oversight by the West Palm Beach Police Department well before officers in an elite police unit called "GHOST" were indicted for allegedly covering up a chase that killed a pregnant woman and her mother in July 2024. The investigation comes as the department's new chief seeks to re-establish a street crimes unit, since GHOST was disbanded.

Community fundraising advances to second phase to raise $500 million toward downtown Vanderbilt University graduate-school campus.

Residents still living in cottage-style apartments as 1940s-era federal housing project in West Palm Beach transitions to modern, four-story buildings.

A new Dominican-American exhibition in West Palm Beach asks viewers to dig beyond surface level interaction with people from marginalized communities.

The Palm Beach County commission is doubling down in its efforts to preserve and celebrate African American history through a new Black museum in West Palm Beach.

From the 1930s through the 70s, Black elders remember the Sunset Lounge in West Palm's Historic Northwest District as a place where jazz legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington performed. Now it's back.

The city of West Palm Beach awards contract to run renovated courts to USTA Florida. The plan would end free recreational play.

Through dazzling beadwork, a mixed-media art exhibit celebrates African Yoruba heritage and family traditions from a rising African star in global contemporary art.

The final report on West Palm Beach’s downtown waterfront urges the city to appoint a waterfront czar for the city’s signature asset.

For nearly five decades, Joan Crawford captivated audiences on the big screen. A new book by West Palm Beach native and author Scott Eyman, being presented at the Miami Book Fair this week, spotlights her complex story of survival, rumors and ambition.

The county’s largest city, West Palm Beach, added the most people since the 2020 U.S. Census, with 9,529 more residents, annual estimates released in October by the University of Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research show.

The 3rd annual Subtropic Film Festival at the Norton Museum of Art is where indie filmmakers share moving stories about immigration, family, and climate change. This year’s lineup highlights the beauty of the Everglades, with local docs mixing art, culture, and sustainability.