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Duke's Lazy Loggerhead Cafe served its final meal
The restaurant at Carlin Park served breakfast and lunch for 25 years, relying on word-of-mouth advertising and lines that nearly stretch to A1A. On Aug. 12, 2022, it closed.
🔒 In rural America, maternal health care is vanishing. These moms are most at risk.
As more rural hospitals and obstetric units close, the federal government is just beginning to define the scope and impact of maternity care 'deserts.'
Click here to read the full story from USA Today.
Palm Beach County kids go back to school
School's back! Nearly 165,000 students were expected to attend classes across 180 Palm Beach County district-run schools Wednesday morning on the first day of school.
Some even got a red carpet welcome 👀
Here's a look at more of what happened throughout the day as children returned.
COVID policies to LGBTQ law: 8 things to know as Palm Beach County goes back to school
As students prepare to go back to school Aug. 10, the Palm Beach County School District is facing compounding pressure due to short staffing, concerns about school safety and how the newly minted Parental Rights in Education law will affect the 2022-23 school year.
🔒 From warehouses to restaurants: New West Palm district’s transformation to begin this year
Nora is short for North Railroad Avenue, the district's western boundary which also will serve as its Main Street. The $520 million project is the largest planned redevelopment in West Palm Beach since CityPlace, now known as The Square.
🔒 What the JetBlue/Spirit merger means for South Florida travelers
Jeff Miller, an aviation lawyer based in Maryland who taught for 15 years at Florida Atlantic University, says a Spirit-JetBlue merger will lead to higher fares, including the South Florida airports. The question is how much.
🔒 Parents, LGBTQ+ students sue Palm Beach County Schools over education law
Four parents, seven students and a nonprofit LGBTQ+ organization filed a federal lawsuit this week against the Palm Beach County School Board and three others, challenging the constitutionality of a law that restricts discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms.
🔒 Buring Palm Beach County's unclaimed dead
The Rev. Gabriel Ghanoum provides a final act of dignity to the forgotten dead a few times a year as part of the Nobody Buried Alone ministry.
Read more about him and the project.
The harrowing details: Parkland survivors recall day of shooting
The sentencing trial of the Parkland gunman, who pleaded guilty last year to killing 17 people and wounding 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, began on Monday.
Survivors have shared the terror they felt as the shooting began around them.
Here's what happened in court on Tuesday, as students shared their experiences.
And here's our live blog, which will continue to update as teachers and students speak to the jurors.
🔒 Money troubles may force sanctuary for cast-off farm animals to close
Claudia Campbell has run Delmar Farm in Loxahatchee for 24 years. Until 2021, she never said no to taking in a farm animal. Now she faces shutting down over high costs.
🔒 Jupiter couple emptied garage room where teen was locked for hours before arrests, police say
Since the arrests of Jupiter parents Timothy and Tracy Ferriter, the teen and three siblings have been in foster care. The parents face charges of false imprisonment and aggravated child abuse.
New information comes from a supplemental report provided by Jupiter police officers who came to the home, and it's included in more than 100 pages of discovery materials obtained by The Palm Beach Post through a public records request.
Want to know more about this? The Palm Beach Post published a four-part series on the case. Here's a preview, where you can dive into all the stories.
🔒 Artsy district modeled on Wynwood emerging in Delray Beach
Andre Design District is attracting a range of design, beauty and professional firms to a former industrial center in Delray Beach.
Click here to see more photos and read the full story.
🔒 Lake Worth Beach move to ban cigarette smoking at parks, beach. Are Delray and Boca next?
The city has begun work toward passing an ordinance that will prohibit smoking at the beach and municipal parks.
Here's what to know about possible ban.
🔒 Money woes imperil advocacy group that cares for moms of slain children
In this place where not even a loved one’s murder can break Angela Williams’ spirit, something else is pulling at the seams.
Click here to read more about the Mothers Against Murderers Association and its current state.
Two doctors, 10,000 babies and one beautiful friendship
Dr. William Casale retires this month after caring for Palm Beach County women for 47 years. He leaves ‘with a heavy heart’ – and without his late ‘brother,’ Dr. Steven Silverman.
Read more about their friendship and the memories that live on.
Farewell, Ellie’s: Iconic 50s-themed diner in Delray Beach closing after 32 years
The midcentury cheer couldn’t last forever at Ellie’s 50’s Diner in Delray Beach.
Read more about the diner's beginnings and it's soon-to-be end.
This West Palm Beach library was named one of the most beautiful in the U.S.
Locals have always been big fans of the Mandel Public Library's many vistas. Now Fodor's Travel has taken an interest, naming the West Palm Beach library among the 11 most beautiful in the country.
Learn more and take a peek inside by clicking here.
🔒 Florida rents among most overvalued in the nation with bidding wars upping the ante
Southeast Florida’s lavish rental costs are the most over-valued among the nation’s major real estate markets with no near-term respite or escape as interest-rates also push homeownership farther from reach.
July 4th guide: Where to find the best Fourth of July fireworks, celebrations, food
See some fireworks light up the sky this holiday. Here's our guide to some of the best fireworks displays and events in Palm Beach County.
Protests after Roe v. Wade overturned
“The sun is bright, but this is a dark day in our history,” said congresswoman Lois Frankel.
Abortion rights advocates gathered in rallies Friday evening in West Palm Beach and Delray Beach to protest the ruling.
Read more about how people reacted in Palm Beach County.
For more details and from the rally in West Palm Beach, click here to read the full story.
The fall of Roe v. Wade: Five questions about abortion access in Florida
Abortion has been legal nationwide for almost 50 years under Roe v. Wade, but with the Supreme Court's decision Friday to overturn the case, that authority now rests with the states.
In Florida, that means a handful of state laws and constitutional amendments now dictate to what extent the procedure is legal.
To help make sense of this new landscape, the USA TODAY Network - Florida has compiled answers to some questions that may be on your mind.
Yelp names 8 restaurants in Palm Beach County 'Best Places to Eat in Florida'
Foodies, this one's for you.
Read more about each local spot that made the list.
'Racism cut so many lives short': Relative of civil rights martyr Till dedicates Riviera memorial
The oldest living relative of Emmett Till helped commemorate her cousin Sunday alongside the names of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Corey Jones and other Black people killed by police or civilians.
Read the full story of the event here.
🔒 Battle for the beach: Confusion over private and public Palm Beach sand triggers legal complaints
A clash over who can sit where on a stretch of sandy Palm Beach is the subject of two recent legal complaints as pandemic-triggered growing pains brings more activity to the well-heeled enclave.
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