Fort Lauderdale FL

Several South Florida restaurants were temporarily ordered shut last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation due to serious health code violations. Among them was Matchbox at Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, where inspectors found widespread small flying insect activity across multiple areas,...

A Florida man was jailed recently after being caught spearfishing within 100 yards of a public beach and in possession of a protected goliath grouper. But the suspect tried his best to avoid the latter and more serious offense. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) explained Monday that...

Fort Lauderdale officials have issued an advisory for residents and visitors to temporarily avoid water-related activities in parts of the Seminole River Canal and the Intracoastal Waterway. According to the City of Fort Lauderdale's announcement, the advisory comes after a wastewater discharge was caused by a grease...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Police said they have located a 79-year-old man who was reported missing from Miami. According to City of Miami Police, Roberto Perez had been last seen in an unspecified part of the Allapattah area. Perez stands 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs around 135 pounds, and has...

A Miami Beach man, Reinaldo Aquit, 48, has been arrested on charges tied to a boat crash that occurred last year which claimed the life of a Hialeah woman, authority officials reported. NBC Miami states that Aquit was apprehended yesterday and is facing a felony charge of vessel homicide, in addition to eight...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A woman was arrested in Miami Beach on drunk driving allegations but did not go quietly. Newly released video shows several police officers wrestling a woman to the ground as she screamed and tried to escape. Witnesses said the woman crashed into cars and a...

The Margate Police Department has initiated a search for 31-year-old Jake Alan Redding. Who was reported missing since last seen on Friday around 3 p.m. near the vicinity of 541 South State Road 7, as per reports from WSVN and corroborated by information from Local 10. Redding is described as...

LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLA. (WSVN) - A family escaped fierce flames after a house caught fire in a Lauderdale Lakes neighborhood. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units responded to reports of a structure fire at the single-family home near Northwest 31st Avenue and 43rd Street, just before 5:10 a.m. on Sunday. Investigators...

Three people were sent to the hospital Sunday morning after they were shot in Fort Lauderdale, police said. According to Fort Lauderdale Police, officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 200 block of Las Olas Circle. Police said that a group of people were gathered at the the...

Nearly four years after signing a lease to occupy a long-vacant former Winn-Dixie store, brothers Nick and Albert Gonzalez have brought their vision to life with the opening of Flamingo Supermarket at the Embassy Lakes Shopping Center in Cooper City. Following a quiet “soft opening” over Memorial Day weekend, the...