Vannia Joseph

1 week ago | wptv.com | Vannia Joseph

LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. — In Bryant Park, the smell of garlic chicken and cheesy cauliflower drifts through the breeze, as volunteers hand out meals and bottled water to anyone who needs it.

2 weeks ago | wptv.com | Vannia Joseph

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A Boynton Beach family is grieving the loss of a bright, talented teen whose dreams were as big as his heart. Sixteen-year-old Charles Morris Jr., affectionately known as CJ, died Friday after being shot on last Wednesday. Police said he was found with a gunshot wound to the head inside a vacant home on Northeast Sixth Street. Investigators believe he was robbed before the shooting. No arrests have been made.

2 weeks ago | wptv.com | Vannia Joseph

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A controversial travel ban enacted by President Donald Trump officially went into effect this week, targeting 12 countries—among them, Haiti. Critics said the new policy unfairly punishes people most in need of protection, especially as Haiti faces unprecedented levels of gang violence, political instability, and humanitarian crisis.

4 weeks ago | wptv.com | Vannia Joseph

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A fight that Boynton Beach residents thought they won five years ago is back. Nickels Forest, a nearly 15-acre, densely wooded area just outside Boynton Beach city limits, is once again facing potential development after city commissioners took a key step toward selling the land to a private developer. Local residents are finding themselves mobilizing again, saying the city is already lacking in green space, and this forest should be preserved, not paved over.

1 month ago | wptv.com | Vannia Joseph

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — After nearly six years of locked doors, legal battles, and community outcry, a piece of Delray Beach history is finally coming back to life. In a unanimous vote on May 6, the Delray Beach City Commission agreed to return ownership of the historic American Legion Post 188 to the veterans who once called it home. The decision marks a major milestone for residents of The Set, one of the city's oldest historically Black neighborhoods.