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LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - Officials with the Broward Sheriff’s Office said they’ve arrested an alleged carjacker who led deputies on a multi-city pursuit. BSO deputies said a man carjacked a BMW at a gas station in Deerfield Beach on Thursday. A BSO chopper spotted the stolen vehicle, and...

Damian Castilla, 52, of Pembroke Pines, was arrested Wednesday on charges of second-degree grand theft and organized fraud, Miami-Dade jail records show. The latest arrest comes with allegations that he defrauded another investor while already out on bond in a years-long commodities investment scheme. Detectives took Castilla into custody at...

PANAMA CITY, FL — George Schempf is opening Donatos Pizza at 840 W 23rd St, Panama City, FL 32405 with his wife and co-owner, Chris Doss. Schempf told Business Debut the restaurant is targeting an opening around August 1st. There are about 460 locations across the country, and the Panama City restaurant will be among the brand’s first locations in Florida.

Two Broward Sheriff's Office deputies have been disciplined after an internal review of an August 2024 high-speed Tesla crash that killed two women. The findings say the deputies did not deliberately chase the car, but supervisors still faulted them for how they used discretion around the encounter, while the Tesla's driver remains charged in the deadly pileup.

NORTH LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - North Lauderdale is getting pumped to combat flooding. The city held a groundbreaking ceremony for its newly installed $12 million pump station. Officials say it can quickly move storm water out of the city’s network of canals, an important addition for a city that struggles...

Eat light for the next few days. You’re gonna need all the belly room you can get. For the first time, the “hamburger house party” is going down in Broward next weekend. Bun-busting patties will rule the day, and this is no meet and greet. This is meat and eat.

You know that aunt who collects everything from vintage teacups to velvet paintings of Elvis, and somehow makes it all work in her living room?. Well, someone in Pompano Beach decided to turn that aesthetic into a restaurant, and honestly, it’s the best decision anyone has made in South Florida dining history.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — A 34-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection with the 2024 theft of more than $246,000 worth of precious metal coins, authorities said. According to an arrest report from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, on Nov. 13, 2024, a victim from Montana mailed the suspect, Salvatore De Rosa, of Deerfield Beach, $246,599 worth of coins.

HOMEOWNERS are facing fines of up to $5,000 a day for breaking a strict driveway law. The crackdown has sparked backlash after residents were warned they could be hit with massive daily penalties over repeat code violations at their homes. Under Florida law, repeat property violations within a five-year period...