Michael Hoffman

1 week ago | wflx.com | Audra Schroeder |Michael Hoffman

One man is dead after investigators say a possible fight between cousins took a deadly turn in Hobe Sound. According to the Martin County Sheriff's Office, a man was shot and killed in the Banner Lake community off Southeast Begonia Way. The shooter, another adult male, stayed on the scene and was questioned at the sheriff's office. The victim, identified as Ernie Smith, died at the hospital.

1 week ago | wptv.com | Michael Hoffman |Scott Sutton |Samantha Roesler

BOCA RATON, Fla. — The 911 calls from last week's fatal plane crash in Boca Raton that killed three people have been released. The Cessna 310 went down at about 10:20 a.m. on Military Trail near Glades Road after departing the airport, according to the FAA. The plane took off from the Boca Raton Airport, heading for the Tallahassee Airport, and crashed 11 minutes later. The crash killed Robert Stark, 81, of Boca Raton; Stephen Stark, 54, of Delray Beach and Brooke Stark, 17, also from Delray Beach.

2 weeks ago | wptv.com | Audra Schroeder |Michael Hoffman

A Delray Beach Fire Rescue employee involved in December's Brightline crash has been fired. Driver-engineer David Wyatt is no longer employed by Delray Beach Fire Rescue, after an investigation was launched by the city. The decision to terminate Wyatt came from City Manager Terrence R. Moore, who said in a statement to WPTV: "The train collision on December 28 was more than a traffic incident.

4 weeks ago | wptv.com | Samantha Roesler |Kate Hussey |Kayla McDermott |Michael Hoffman

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A nurse who was brutally beaten at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Palm Beach County last month is back at St. Mary's Medical Center due to medical complications, according to a representative of the family's lawyer. Leelamma Lal, 67, had been at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital in Jacksonville since last Tuesday after undergoing surgery on the right side of her face. Lal is now blind in one eye.

1 month ago | wptv.com | Michael Hoffman |Ethan Stein

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Now that President Trump hassigned an order to begin the process of closing the Department of Education, WPTV's Michael Hoffman went searching for answers. Trump's executive order does not fully close the Department of Education — that requires an act of Congress. But the order does, according to the White House, whittle the DOE down to basic functions such as administering student loans, Pell Grants and resources for children with special needs.