Fort Lauderdale FL

DANIA BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - The owners of a South Florida business want to build a warehouse, but the proposed construction appears to be a cause of concern for environmental activists. Dr. Missy Williams, a biologist who works at the Dania Beach Vervet Project, says less than a quarter-mile from...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Police in Hollywood are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenager. According to Hollywood police, 14-year-old A’Rya Louis was last seen around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. She was last seen in the area of the 1900 block of North Federal...

A woman was injured after a piece of metal fell off a truck and crashed through her windshield on the Florida's Turnpike in Miami-Dade on Wednesday, authorities said. The incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the Turnpike near Northwest 199th Street in Miami Gardens. According...

A trained MMA fighter in Broward used his skills and faith to subdue an alleged intruder who broke into his family's home, leaving the suspect injured and later jailed.

Imagine a place where a carnival midway, an international bazaar, a vintage collector’s paradise, and a drive-in movie theater somehow merged into one sprawling Florida institution. That’s exactly what you’ll find at the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, a retail wonderland that defies simple categorization. This isn’t...

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — What began as a peaceful Sunday outing quickly turned into a nightmare for an 80-year-old Coconut Creek woman who was attacked by a pit bull mix while in her wheelchair, authorities said. Maria Torro was out with family when the 145-pound dog lunged at her,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Detectives accused a 24-year-old woman of conspiring with three men to steal 12 cars from Hertz while she worked security earlier this year at the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport’s car rental center. Savannah Harsha Phillips’s arraignment on 13 felony charges related to the...

Investigators said the suspect, seen wearing a turquoise medical face mask, went on a six-day shopping spree in late August.

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. — A South Florida woman with multiple fraud convictions managed to find employment at at least two law firms and posed as an attorney, according to police. Investigators said Brianna Rae Needham managed to gain work as a paralegal at one law firm by submitting a...

Broward County government spending has outpaced both inflation and population growth to the tune of about $190 million this year — hiking the cost of living and artificially keeping the County Commission from offering real tax relief to its citizens, Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia argued Tuesday. At...