Fort Lauderdale FL

Holiday Park is officially a construction zone, as dozens of concrete trucks and mixers rolled in this week to pour the first foundation for a joint YMCA Family Center and Broward Health freestanding emergency room. Organizers have billed the pairing as the first of its kind in the country, a community Y with an on-site hospital-run emergency department, all set near Federal...

The Broward Sheriff’s Office was seen conducting an investigation at an apartment complex in Deerfield Beach early Thursday morning.

When an 8-year-old walked into her Broward elementary school with two black eyes and dried blood on her ears, a school counselor acted fast to save the child from possible abuse, deputies say. By the end of the school day, the little girl’s stepmother was in handcuffs. Melirose Joncky, 42, is facing charges of aggravated child abuse and child neglect with great...

A Florida resident is accused of scamming a Wells Fargo customer out of $20,000 by posing as a bank official. Kevon Christopher-Ky’Marley Shaw is accused of repeatedly calling the victim in September of 2025 and identifying himself as “Steven Fenton” from Wells Fargo’s fraud department, reports Tamarac Talk. Police say Shaw provided the victim’s correct […] The post Florida Man Allegedly Drains $20,000 From...

Wayfair announced it will open a two-level, 94,000-square-foot store at Galleria in Fort Lauderdale in late 2027 — its first large-format location in Florida. The store hinges on a major redevelopment of the 46-year-old mall that would add a hotel and residential towers. FULL STORY: A trendy store is planning a South Florida debut. But will the mall be...

South Florida security heavyweight ADT is cutting a check for more than $1.3 million after federal officials said the company improperly charged military service members who tried to cancel their home-security contracts when Uncle Sam told them to move. The settlement, announced this week by the Department of Justice, resolves...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A woman who shares a child with South Florida rapper Kodak Black was arrested this week by Fort Lauderdale police. Online jail records show Jammiah Catera Broomfield, 28, was booked into the Paul Rein Detention Facility Tuesday on multiple charges, including trafficking in methamphetamine, driving with a suspended or revoked license, resisting an officer without violence and probation violation.

A controversial dredge at Port Everglades is on pause after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers withdrew a state permit, saying it wanted to re-evaluate parts of the project. In a letter to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Angela Dunn, the Corps planning chief in Jacksonville, asked to withdraw the permit. “Elements of the project description, including order of construction, are being...

The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood has landed a $600 million refinancing package from major banks, giving the oceanfront, 1,000-room property a fresh shot of capital as its owners push ahead with renovations and a planned brand conversion. The new financing replaces earlier debt and enlarges the resort’s capital stack, a shift expected to ripple through convention bookings and the local hospitality supply...

SUNRISE, Fla. (WPLG) - A murder is under investigation in South Florida. Police in Broward County said a security guard at a banquet hall shot and killed a man in a wheelchair over the weekend. The shooting happened early Sunday morning outside the Five Stars Banquet Hall in Sunrise. Investigators...