Fort Lauderdale FL

Fort Lauderdale residents around SE 1st Avenue and Riverwalk should brace for ongoing water main repairs, with a revised completion date now stamping May 16 on the calendars of the city's Public Works Department. The project, focused on fixing a 16-inch water main, jumped off starting this past Monday, but ran up...

MIAMI – Two teenagers are facing charges in connection with the shooting of a 17-year-old in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood Friday afternoon. Police said the shooting, which happened at around 2:30 p.m. at Henderson Park, located at 971 NW Second St., stemmed from an argument “over a bike and territory.”

LCM (50 meters) This will be a relatively short scratch report—there were only three top 16 scratches for the third finals session of the Fort Lauderdale Pro Swim Series. None came from the women’s side of the meet, and the only events affected were the men’s 200 backstroke and men’s 50 butterfly.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -American Gretchen Walsh beat her own 100 metres butterfly world record by clocking 55.09 seconds in the preliminary stage at the Tyr Pro Swim Series meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday.

The wife of a South Florida police officer killed in a motorcycle crash is lobbying to bring a simple solution to a potentially deadly problem to more cities. It's an answer to a threat literally looming over sidewalks and streets: palm fronds. Charles Herring, a motorman for the Pembroke Pines...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Staff at the Humane Society of Broward County are looking for a home for Clarita, a 2-year-old, 29-pound dog. Clarita, who is shy but affectionate, arrived from another facility and needs a quiet home to adjust, staff members say. She is believed to be a...

An Olympic track medalist is charged in Florida with punching a woman, a hurdler who also competed in the Olympics. A Broward County Sheriff's Office arrest report says that Fred Kerley, 29, allegedly hit Alaysha Johnson with a closed fist at a hotel near Fort Lauderdale on Thursday. Kerley is charged with...

A plan for more than 700 homes is being proposed on a portion of West Boca golf course, but the idea already is receiving backlash. Now, Lennar developers want to build “a mixture of luxury home types” on nine of the 27-hole Boca Lago golf course at 8665 Juego Way between State Road 7 and Florida’s Turnpike while...

Health concerns are intensifying in Miami after a confirmed case of active tuberculosis (TB) at the Federal Detention Center this past week. Officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirm that an inmate tested positive for tuberculosis last Friday, as reported by Local 10. Measures to prevent further spread are...

Kevin Byrtus’s head was hanging over a house pool after he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on Feb. 24 in Fort Lauderdale. Surveillance video shows when a 911 dispatcher told a woman how to perform chest compressions until Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel took over. A paramedic shocked Byrtus,...