Fort Lauderdale FL

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County school officials are considering reducing up to 1,000 positions through attrition and targeted layoffs as they face an $80 million budget shortfall and declining student enrollment. After voting to close six schools last month, the district is now looking for additional ways to...

Seven people are dead after a violent series of shootings that stretched from Fort Lauderdale to Sarasota, leaving families shattered across two Florida counties and investigators piecing together a trail of gunfire. Six victims were killed in their homes and driveways, and the suspected gunman is believed to have...

With water restrictions in place and no major rain in the forecast, residents are pleading for leniency as the region endures one of its worst droughts in decades.

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A Miami-Dade County public school band teacher was arrested last week on accusations that he had “inappropriate relationships” with multiple students that led to him forcing himself on at least two of them, authorities confirmed. Online jail records show Jose Francisco Montes-Guedez...

Authorities are investigating a chaotic crash in Tamarac that involved a Broward Sheriff’s Office cruiser, and witnesses said it was the result of a pursuit gone wrong. BSO units responded to the scene of the multi-vehicle wreck at the intersection of Northwest 31st Avenue and West Prospect Road, near Fort Lauderdale...

With coconut water and oil in high demand, some South Florida homeowners say thieves are targeting their palm trees.

Wally’s House of Flavors was ordered shut down after inspectors found 12 violations, including no running water and an expired restaurant license. According to a Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspection report, Wally’s House of Flavors, located at 4711 Northwest 14th Street in Lauderhill,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An investigation remains ongoing after a police shooting occurred in Broward County over the weekend. According to witnesses, what started as an argument between two people in the Lauderdale Manors community, which is located off Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, on Saturday around 12:30...

The death of a young doctor inside a Dollar Tree freezer in Miami sounded, at first, like the setup to a rumor. Instead, it became a tightly documented case that now hinges on the cold language of an autopsy report. The findings do more than explain how she died; they sketch the final, disoriented hours […]

No one sees 100 rodent droppings in the kitchen, right?. Well, state inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation did. Records show several Broward County restaurants were ordered shut last week after inspectors documented serious sanitation issues, including extensive rodent...