Fort Lauderdale FL

The Deerfield Beach commission has voted for the city's first responders to part ways with the Broward Sheriff's Office. Dozens of residents spoke at the commission meeting Tuesday night, with many against leaving BSO. But ultimately, commissioners voted for parting ways and creating their own fire and police...

The fate of Las Olas Boulevard’s iconic black olive trees — and the medians they’re planted in — appears to be sealed. They’re done for. As Fort Lauderdale plans to renovate Las Olas Boulevard with wider sidewalks and more tree canopy, city commissioners said Tuesday that they preferred to remove the iconic black...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a juvenile suspected of aggravated animal cruelty after, investigators said, he was captured on surveillance video killing a duck in Fort Lauderdale. According to Fort Lauderdale Police, the incident occurred Sunday along the 300 block...

A man is accused of stabbing and choking the owner of a Davie mobile home after she refused his sexual advances, police said. Gregorio Francisco Florencio is facing charges of attempted felony murder, officials said. The owner of the mobile home let Florencio stay there with her, her daughter and...

The Cuba Business Advisory Task Force has identified 290 businesses that may have an inappropriate relationship with the regime.

The Tortuga Music Festival has announced the lineup for its 13th annual event, with Post Malone, Riley Green, and Kenny Chesney are set to headline the 2026 edition of the fest, taking place April 10–12 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Chesney, who also headlined the first-ever Tortuga Festival in 2013,...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Elsa Mendoza is the mother of Heisman Trophy winner and newly crowned CFP National Champion Fernando Mendoza, the Miami-native quarterback of Indiana University. She was smiling in her wheelchair at Hard Rock Stadium on Monday night as her son became a national champion, while also...

Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the death of a man who was shot in the unincorporated central part of the county Monday night. Deputies arrived near the 900 block of Northwest 24th Avenue after receiving reports of shots fired around 9:40 p.m. They found 35-year-old Nathaniel Forrest, who’d been...

A juvenile riding an electric dirtbike suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision with a car Monday night at the entrance to a Coral Springs shopping plaza, police said. The crash occurred at approximately 9:18 p.m. Jan. 19 at the entrance to the 800 block of University Drive at Atlantic Crossings...

Florida Atlantic freshmen have shared complaints about the quality of the Boca Raton campus’ dormitory buildings, specifically Glades Park Towers (GPT) and Indian River Towers (IRT). Students began voicing these complaints after flooding in IRT, mold issues in multiple freshmen dorm buildings, and other problems,...