Mas Brothers and Beckham Sign One of the Final Beams
MIAMI, FL. – Miami Freedom Park, Inter Miami CF’s new home, is completing another major construction milestone over the next two weeks, as the final beams of the stadium canopy are being raised after being signed by Club owners Jorge Mas, Jose Mas, and David Beckham. The signatures were placed beneath the company’s...
Chaos and confusion after bomb threat prompts evacuation of Fort Lauderdale Walmart; store cleared...
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Chaos and confusion occurred after a bomb threat led to the evacuation of a Fort Lauderdale Walmart. The incident started after Fort Lauderdale Police Department officials said that Saturday evening police received a call in reference to a bomb threat in the 2500 block of West Broward...
Florida moves to kill property taxes as Miramar braces for fallout
The Florida House has passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would exempt homestead properties from all non-school property taxes, a measure that now awaits Senate action. The bill, CS/CS/HJR 203, would strip cities and counties of one of their most reliable revenue streams, and municipalities like Miramar...
Teen Molestation Claim Rocks Miami Flock, Loxahatchee Pastor Busted
A Loxahatchee pastor is facing serious felony charges after a 15-year-old member of his Miami congregation told investigators he repeatedly touched her inappropriately on church grounds, according to deputies. Deputies identified the pastor as 50-year-old Elco Vallier. He is charged with lewd or lascivious...
Miami Gardens Police and U.S. Marshals Intensify Search for Fugitive Suspected of First-Degree Murder
The manhunt continues as Miami Gardens police, aided by U.S. Marshals, relentlessly search for 45-year-old Yalanski Delon Dawkins, wanted for the first-degree murder of 41-year-old Antonio Fannin in January of last year—an incident that unfolded as Fannin sat tranquilly in his vehicle, only to meet a violent demise....
Miami going from extreme heat to extreme cold: What that may mean for allergies
Make like Jimmy Buffett at the South Beach Wine & Food Festiva l over the weekend. “Shorts and flip-flops because it is going to be sizzling,” said meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez in her CBS News Miami weather forecast broadcast. She’s not just talking about Chef Tyler Florence’s Masters of Fire barbecue event on a...
Hialeah Teen Who Stabbed Mom 46 Times Gets 25 Years In Prison
A Miami-Dade courtroom fell silent Friday as 15-year-old Derek Rosa learned he will spend most of his adult life behind bars for killing his mother in their Hialeah apartment. Rosa was sentenced to 25 years in state prison and 20 years of probation after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death...
Massachusetts and Florida residents charged in alleged $7 million in PPP funds scheme
BOSTON – Four individuals, including one from Massachusetts, have been charged for their alleged involvement in a multi-state scheme to obtain millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds for themselves and others by submitting fraudulent applications to PPP lenders. According to a release from the...
The Big Boca Housing Lie: Units Labeled for Workers… That Workers Can’t Afford
Flashy transit projects like Link at Boca sell walkable dreams to teachers, police, and nurses—yet sky-high rents and picky income rules leave these key workers stuck in traffic jams in distant towns. "Affordable for who?"
Epstein Files Drop Local Bombshell On Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis
Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis is named in newly released Justice Department records tied to Jeffrey Epstein, inserting City Hall into one of the most scrutinized document troves in recent memory. The reference appears in a 2011 FBI memo that, according to reviewers, alleges Trantalis used his official position...
