North Flagler Drive near Currie Park is closed between 23rd Street and 26th Street through Wednesday, Oct. 15, for utility installation. The work is part of the City's $35.5 million renovation of the Currie Park complex. Please follow posted detours around the work area.
City Hall, the Mandel Public Library and Grassy Waters Nature Center will be closed Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in observance of the Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day holiday. Regularly schedule trash collection services will continue on schedule. City Hall and the Grassy Waters Nature Center will reopen at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, and the Mandel Public Library at 9:30 a.m.
Published on March 29, 2025
Suspect in Custody After Hours-long Standoff at Area Hotel
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (March 29, 2025) — The West Palm Beach Police Department responded to a hotel along the 1500 block of Centrepark Drive North around 8:55 a.m. Saturday.
A 911 call was initiated, and a victim claimed a man at the hotel had held her against her will for the previous six hours.
Detectives determined a suspect had barricaded himself in a hotel room and was refusing commands to exit.
A warrant for aggravated battery and kidnapping was signed by a judge, and the suspect was arrested without incident by the SWAT team. The suspect was transported to an area hospital for unrelated medical treatment.
Case no.: 20250004756
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Rachel Leitao Public Information Officer pdpio@wpb.org