Palm Beach County

Uptown Boca’s newest anchor: How Life Time is capitalizing on West Boca’s growth

Uptown Boca, a popular shopping complex in West Boca, welcomes the recent opening of the upscale fitness space, Life Time. The shopping center has seen many new anchor tenants open in the past year.

Uptown Boca's latest anchor tenant, Life Time fitness club, west of Boca Raton. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Showdowns in Broward and Palm Beach counties between hospitals and insurers like Florida Blue and Cigna over contract terms are pushing patients out of network for coverage and disrupting care as the new year arrives. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images file)

Disputes between major health insurers, South Florida hospitals threaten higher costs for patients

A Paranormal Cirque bow-and-arrow/contortionist act. The human circus will perform Jan. 9-19 under a big-top tent set up in Miramar Regional Park. (Cirque Italia/Courtesy)

Paranormal Cirque comes to SoFlo (plus details on other circus shows)

Randi Petlakh, right, and her cousin Katya Bratslavsky stand in front of the home Bratslavsky and her husband recently purchased, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. The house was originally bought by Petlakh’s grandparents in 1996. After being sold and renovated by a contractor, Bratslavsky bought the property in May, unaware of the family connection. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)

‘Pure joy:’ Cousin unknowingly buys back beloved South Florida family home

By Lois K. Solomon

January 2, 2026 at 2:21 p.m.

A beloved family home in Boynton Beach, sold after the passing of a dear grandmother,...

Michael Dority Gee is facing charges of leaving the scene of a vessel accident with injury, and leaving the scene of a vessel accident with property damage. He is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bond on each count. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office/Courtesy)

Boater accused of fleeing scene of serious crash near Boynton bridge

By Eric Weiss

December 30, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

A man is facing charges after a boating accident in Boynton Beach where investigators say...

President Donald Trump's extended Mar-a-Lago visit has generated heavy aviation traffic at nearby Boca Raton Airport amid airspace restrictions at Palm Beach International. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Trump’s extended Mar-a-Lago visit makes for crowded skies at Boca Raton’s airport

By David Lyons

December 30, 2025 at 2:16 p.m.

President Donald Trump's extended Mar-a-Lago visit has generated heavy aviation traffic at nearby Boca Raton...

At the La Pasta Fresca counter inside the recently opened Eataly West Palm Beach, customers can order fresh, hand-formed pastas of every color and shape, from orecchiette to linguine. (Eataly / Courtesy)

Che bello! Eataly West Palm Beach opens: What you’ll see and taste at new Italian marketplace

By Phillip Valys

December 30, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

The West Palm Beach market features two restaurants, a cooking school and counters serving cut-to-order...

Scott Farnsworth piloting an L-39 Albatros jet fighter. He and fellow pilots will participate aerial performances at the Mach 1 – Salute to Service Air Show in Jupiter on Jan. 11. (Curtis Noble/Courtesy)

8 festivals, fairs & festivities in January to start 2026 in a fabulous way

By Rod Stafford Hagwood

December 30, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

This January fly high with an air show in Jupiter or celebrate all things strawberry...

Trenton Robinson, 24, of Georgia, is facing one count of second-degree murder with a firearm. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office/Courtesy)

Family argument ends in shooting death of 17-year-old in Boynton Beach, police say

By Angie DiMichele

December 29, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.

A 17-year-old boy died Sunday after he was shot once in the stomach by his...

Martha Jo Blake, 66, is facing one count of first-degree murder in connection with the death of her mother, Patricia Blake, 97, on Dec. 26, 2025. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office/Courtesy)

Caregiver daughter accused of strangling 97-year-old mom

By Angie DiMichele

December 29, 2025 at 4:45 p.m.

Martha Jo Blake, 66, is accused of strangling her 97-year-old mother to death, a probable...

Best-selling author Brad Meltzer lives in Broward County. (Donna Newman/Courtesy)

Book review: Meltzer’s characters take the lead in ‘The Viper’

By Oline H. Cogdill

December 29, 2025 at 4:24 p.m.

"The Viper" is Brad Meltzer's third novel featuring mortician Zig and Nola, a military artist,...

A cold front coming to South Florida will bring low temperatures down to the 40s across the region. (National Weather Service Miami)

Chilly temps to reach the 40s for New Year’s Eve in South Florida. ‘Be prepared to bundle up.’

By Abigail Hasebroock

December 29, 2025 at 1:16 p.m.

Overnight temperatures are expected to reach the 40s this week in South Florida as a...

2025 in pictures: Stanley Cup repeat and life in South Florida | PHOTOS

By Joe Cavaretta

December 29, 2025 at 9:54 a.m.

Explore the most striking images of the year from the Sun Sentinel photojournalism team. This...

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