A Learjet 60 registered to a Delaware LLC crashed near Greenacres after flight data showed it plunged more than 27,000 feet in about a minute, and the NTSB is investigating with an update expected today as officials work to identify victims and determine the cause.
Mangonia Construction sued Boynton Beach on Oct.
30, asking a judge to let it end its $798,225 Pioneer Canal Park boat ramp contract and to pay the $284,638.12 change order (plus more than $50,000 in unpaid work), saying faulty designs stalled the project and left crews idle.
Glades Central beat Pahokee 27-14 on Oct.
30 in Belle Glade, and sophomore Rashawn Nembhard was named Muck Bowl MVP after a 40-yard touchdown catch and a 90-yard kickoff return, sealing coach Omar Haugabook's third straight rivalry win.
Palm Beach philanthropist Frances Fisher, appointed Feb.
20 to the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, spoke about arts funding and collaboration with cultural leaders at the Kravis Center on Oct. 20; her council term runs through the end of 2027 (with option for reappointment).
Downsized after a state budget cut, the longtime Día de los Muertos festival will take place on Nov.
7 at The Peach Art Collective on Georgia Ave. and Southern Blvd. in West Palm, and the free, 3:00 p.m. event will include ofrendas, face painting, live music, while organizers seek sponsors.
Students at The Greene School spent months building a high-tech Haunted Hall at the high school that combines AI with art, woodworking, live music, and theater, and features AI-driven moving portraits, a life-size wooden haunted carriage, and student-made sets open for visitors.
A new roundup catalogs haunted spots around Palm Beach County, naming the Riddle House at Yesteryear Village, Lake Worth Playhouse, the Colony and Gulfstream hotels, and others where visitors report ghostly sightings and the Gulfstream is slated for a $70 million facelift.
City work last month to fix flooding along Flagler Drive has sent water onto Luann Parmelee's property, damaging her garden and plants (private repairs could cost up to $40,000).
The city says the project isn't finished because flooding delayed crews and expects to complete work within a month.
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