Kate Hussey

1 week ago | wptv.com | Scott Sutton |Kate Hussey

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Attorneys were in a Palm Beach County courtroom Thursday in a case related to the brutal attack of an HCA Florida Palms West Hospital nurse earlier this year. It's been nearly three months since the nurse, Leelamma Lal, suffered critical injuries after investigators said she was brutally beaten by a patient who was under a psychiatric hold. Nurse injured in attack 'beginning to walk on her own' During a Thursday afternoon court hearing, Judge G.

2 weeks ago | wptv.com | Kate Hussey

LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. — Drive down Paradise Trail in Loxahatchee, and you'll see scar after scar. Each one a story — a testament — to the raw power of an EF-3 tornado. “That is the most horrifying sound and pressure in your ears," said Pam Fix. “I mean, there was a horse killed behind us.”Yet, as Pam and her husband, Bob,— their five huskies in tow — watch new roofs rise around them, they stand in the shadows of their still-shattered home. Feeling forgotten, and left behind.

2 weeks ago | wptv.com | Kate Hussey

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Nearly 100 days into President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, his immigration policies are already reshaping life across Florida — a critical battleground state in the national immigration debate. While federal agents report a drop in migrant crossings across the country, local law enforcement and community advocates are seeing a very different picture — one marked by fear, disruption, and growing tension.

3 weeks ago | wptv.com | Kate Hussey

PORT ST LUCIE, Fla. — With just 38 days to go before the official start of hurricane season, residents across the Treasure Coast are still recovering emotionally and physically from the devastation of Hurricane Milton and the EF-3 tornado it spawned in Fort Pierce. That tornado killed six people and left a trail of destruction through the Country Club community of Spanish Lakes. Now, as a new season approaches, many residents are looking for guidance—not just to rebuild, but to be ready next time.

3 weeks ago | wptv.com | Kate Hussey

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Heartbreak and uncertainty weighed heavily on Friday for students at Florida State University, many of whom added to a growing memorial outside the campus student union. A day after the fatal shooting claimed two lives and injured six others, the grief of students was raw and unmistakable. Their silence was heavy and unrelenting as they stood together, facing a memorial that never should have existed.