‘They never came’: Sweet and loving Penelope’s family left her at shelter
At the Humane Society of Broward County in Florida, Penelope’s family never came for her. She was found roaming the streets as a stray, but the good news – or so everyone thought, the two-year-old very friendly pooch had a microchip. If you’re a regular reader of Pet...
Family grieves beloved Broward US Navy veteran with 7 kids, 9 siblings
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A family is grieving Douglass Freeman, a 49-year-old father of seven who was the youngest of nine siblings. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, a truck driver, and worked as a barber at Topcuttaz2.0. According to the Hollywood Police Department, the crash that killed Freeman on...
Ex Miami-Dade charter school teacher jailed for abusive interaction with teen
The incident occurred at Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores.
Woman dies, child and father hospitalized after Hollywood apartment fire
The child and father were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Burn Center.
FLFR: Driver flees scene after crashing car into Fort Lauderdale home
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fort Lauderdale police and fire rescue responded to a home Tuesday night after a car plowed into it, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials confirmed. According to FLFR, the driver crashed into the home in the area of Northwest 13th Street and Seventh Avenue around 7:20 p.m. and then fled the...
Man accused of attacking, trying to rob another man in Overtown
MIAMI – A 61-year-old Miami man is facing robbery charges after police say he struck another man in the head with a “unknown hard object” and tried to steal from him just after noon Monday in the city’s Overtown neighborhood. Authorities said Pedro Orlando Lopez was...
Miami Beach driver who killed motorcyclist back in jail after positive cocaine test
A Miami Beach man who pleaded guilty in January for driving while sleep-deprived and crashing into and killing a motorcycle driver last year is back in jail after testing positive for cocaine. Patrick Schiebel was driving his Dodge Ram westbound on 41st Street at the intersection of Meridian Avenue on...
‘He’s coming back!’: Dramatic video shows Hialeah officers saving blind man who fell in...
Dramatic new body camera footage shows the moment Hialeah Police jumped into a canal to rescue a blind man who'd fallen into the waterway. It was around 9 p.m. on May 2nd when police received a call of a elderly man who was by the canal bank near West 4th Avenue and 26th Street.
Mother arrested after 2 children found sweating in parked car while she shopped in...
MIAMI (WSVN) - A woman was arrested after police said she left her two young children inside a hot, parked car while she went shopping at a beauty store. According to Miami Police, Albany Patrick, 37, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon outside the River Landing shopping center near 1400 NW North River Drive.
As an FIU med student, I know the catastrophic toll Medicaid cuts will have...
A proposed $4 billion cut to Florida’s Medicaid funding could devastate health access for millions | Opinion
