Fort Lauderdale FL

A worried passerby in Pembroke Pines, Florida, spotted a neglected dog near a school and acted right away. The twelve-year-old dog, later named Clara, was in terrible shape. She was severely underweight, dehydrated, and covered in fleas and worms. Her eyes were swollen, she was completely blind, and an injury made it...

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (WFOR) - A Florida priest has racked up more than $500,000 in fines for continuing to feed the homeless after the area around his church was rezoned more than a decade ago. For 36 years, Father Bob Caudill has been feeding the homeless at All Saints Catholic...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Investigators say they believe Joe Czaplinksi was riding a skateboard when he fell onto the roadway and was later hit by a car early Tuesday. The crash happened along State Road A1A and Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale -- less than a mile from McSorley’s Beach Pub, where he worked.

The child was rushed to a local hospital after the incident.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County Public Schools employees braced for job cuts amid fiscal pressure from student enrollment declines. After dealing with school closures, Superintendent Howard Hepburn has the tough task of proposing a new job-cuts plan. “We are a bit overstaffed, and so we have to work...

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. (WSVN) - A woman appeared before a judge for her first bond hearing after being arrested on Tuesday. Forty-year-old Diliana Quintana-Avila is charged with battery after, police said, she splashed Gatorade at the face of a school’s assistant principal. The altercation occurred at Norland Middle...

Fort Lauderdale police identified the victim as 40-year-old Joseph Czaplinski.

PLANTATION, FLA. (WSVN) - Firefighters were able to get the upper hand on a home fire in Plantation. Plantation Fire Rescue responded to the area on Northwest Eighth Court on Wednesday morning. 7News cameras captured smoke billowing into the air as fire crews swarmed the home. After a brief fire...

BOCA RATON, Fla. — A South African reality television couple known for their appearances on 'The Real Housewives of Pretoria' has been charged with aggravated grand retail theft after police say they stole more than $5,300 worth of merchandise from Publix stores in South Florida over a six-month period.

NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Magdalena Dybkowska seemingly couldn’t contain a smirk as she was being booked into the Broward County jail on an attempted murder charge. According to court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Wednesday, the 34-year-old North Lauderdale woman is accused of shooting her sister.