Fort Lauderdale FL

Garlic butter soaking into a pile of blue crab, a wooden mallet, a bib, and a friendly warning. That is the scene at this legendary Florida seafood spot, where the signature garlic crab feast has been drawing messy, happy crowds for decades. Back in 1955, an owner decided to cook...

Last month, a Broward County traffic judge ordered every pending school-zone speed-camera case in his courtroom dismissed, a move defense attorneys say strikes at the heart of Florida's new automated enforcement push. The order, which took effect April 24, found that the device used to calculate drivers' speeds "is not an approved enforcement tool," leaving city officials and drivers across South Florida...

WEST BROWARD, FLA. (WSVN) - Flames broke out inside of a vehicle on Interstate 75 on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened between the Sawgrass Expressway and U.S. 27 in West Broward. Video captured the smoke from the blaze as fire crews worked to put out the fire. The flames temporarily...

Several teens are wanted after deputies said they were caught on camera causing thousands of dollars in damage to a Florida golf course.

Nearly eleven years after a deadly crash in Miramar, Nazia Badal, 44, who is listed as living in Arlington, Texas, was arrested Thursday night at Miami International Airport on two Broward County counts of DUI manslaughter tied to the 2013 wreck that killed another driver. Jail records show she was taken into custody around 9:20 p.m. and is being held without bond at...

We know now how many South Floridians have lost jobs because of the shutdown of Spirit Airlines. More than 3,200 jobs have been eliminated across three Spirit locations in the region. Most of the affected jobs, just over 2,500, were employees based at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Another 550 jobs...

The sudden layoff of nearly 5,000 employees from Spirit Airlines in Florida is sending a new wave of workers into the state’s unemployment system — one that has long drawn criticism for being difficult to navigate and slow to deliver aid. For many of the South Florida workers affected, the immediate question is simple: How quickly can they expect help? The answer is complicated. Florida’s...

There was a time when one out of every three passengers flying through Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport were carrying boarding passes from Spirit Airlines. Even as the ultra-discount airline moved in and out of bankruptcy and shaved down its flight schedule, it remained the dominant airline at the airport. Spirit...

PLANTATION, Fla. — Residents in a Plantation neighborhood say they’ve been the victims of mail theft for several years. Those residents of the Plantation Trace development, located along the 700 block of 132nd Avenue, are upset because they say the U.S. Postal Service isn’t doing anything about it.

The line for Tijuana-style tacos just got a whole lot shorter for Broward fans. San Diego-born taqueria the Taco Stand has officially opened its first location in the county, landing inside Sawgrass Mills. It opened on Monday, May 4, right in time for Taco Tuesday and Cinco de Mayo. For...