Brother of UPS driver killed in 2019 Miramar shootout furious after judge dismisses officer’s...
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The brother of Frank Ordonez is furious after a judge dropped a manslaughter charge brought against suspended Miami-Dade Police Officer Jose Mateo for his involvement in the 2019 shootout with two jewelry store robbers that left Ordonez and another bystander dead. Roy Ordonez on Friday...
Florida black bear hunt spurs outcry, conservation efforts amid lottery for permits
There has not been a bear hunt in 10 years, but recently, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sanctioned a hunt set for December.
Pompano Beach Woman Arrested for Trespassing After Refusal to Leave Palm Beach School District...
A Palm Beach County School District employee was arrested after being fired and refusing to leave district property. Ivanna Nobile of Pompano Beach, formerly stationed at the Royal Palm School's front desk, was let go for reasons that remain undisclosed. Upon her termination, Nobile was asked to surrender her school...
ALDI Taking Over This Former Winn-Dixie in Fort Lauderdale
For more than half a century, shoppers in Fort Lauderdale knew the Southland Shopping Center by its Winn-Dixie anchor. That chapter is now over. The grocery store is listed as “temporarily closed,” and ALDI has already claimed the address on its official site, setting up the next evolution for this mid-century plaza.
‘It’s my legacy.’ Congregants protest surprise sale of multiple South Florida churches
At 83 years old, Jerry Hicks still remembers the day he helped build his West Park church in the early 1960s. For him, the House of God church is more than just a place to worship on Sundays. “I was there when we dug the foundation. I helped put steel in the ground. And we build that church, we birthed that church....
Pembroke Pines Teen Charged with Threatening Violence at Flanagan High School
A South Florida teen was arrested on charges of threatening violence against his peers at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, confirming a worrying trend of youth-involved threats that continue to disrupt local communities and schools. According to CBS12, law enforcement took the 15-year-old into...
Coconut Creek Police Seek Public’s Help in Identifying Suspect in Fire Station Vandalism Case
Authorities in Coconut Creek are on the lookout for a vandal responsible for defacing a local fire station. According to NBC Miami, the incident occurred on the morning of last Friday, when someone spray-painted marks on the back patio of Coconut Creek Fire Rescue Station 50 at around 9:45 a.m.
Broward Issues Rabies Alert After Raccoon Infection Found
The Florida Department of Health (DOH) in Broward County issued a rabies alert this week after confirming a case in a raccoon killed in Davie near Interstate 595. Rabies is a viral disease spread mostly through bites or scratches from an infected, usually wild, animal. Doctors treat about 1.4 million people each year...
Police: 1 injured after shooting in Miami Gardens
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — One person was injured after a shooting on Saturday in Miami Gardens, according to police. The shooting was shortly before 9:50 a.m. near Northwest 184 Street and 30 Avenue, just west of the Walt Frazier Park and north of Miami Gardens Drive, according to police.
Hundreds meet in Coral Springs to honor teen who drowned in Florida Keys
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Hundreds of mourners met on Saturday in Coral Springs to honor Cameron Isaiah Ruwe, a senior at Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School who drowned on Sept. 13 during a family trip. The tragedy in the Florida Keys was just weeks before Cameron, an aspiring...

















