Former MDCPS superintendent Alberto Carvalho put on leave by LA Schools after FBI raids
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave following Feb. 25 FBI raids at his San Pedro home and district headquarters. Carvalho, who maintains an annual salary of $440,000, was removed from his daily duties as...
Hail, Howling Winds Target Fort Lauderdale in Afternoon Storm Surge
Storms packing small hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph are zeroing in on eastern Broward County this afternoon, prompting the National Weather Service in Miami to issue a special weather statement for Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Pompano Beach through 3:00 p.m. EST. Forecasters said storms moving into the coastal...
Bank Cashier Arrested in $10K+ Theft From Customer Deposits
A Tamarac man is facing a felony charge after investigators say he stole more than $10,000 while working as a bank teller in Coral Springs. According to a Coral Springs Police Department report, Lincoln Garfield Lettman, 33, was arrested on February 24 and charged with grand theft stemming from an investigation into...
Miami, FL Weather Alert: Severe Thunderstorms May Disrupt U.S. 1 Between 2PM Until 7PM...
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Miami, Florida – Drivers along I-95 and the Florida Turnpike could face sudden downpours and wind gusts up to 50 mph by midafternoon Saturday as strong thunderstorms develop across South Florida. According...
Southeast Heat Dome Expands Toward Florida, 90-Degree Highs Signal Early Taste of Summer Across...
FLORIDA — A strengthening upper-level ridge is expanding across the Southeast, with the core of a developing heat dome centered over Florida, where temperatures near 90 degrees are projected for Tampa, Miami, and surrounding areas late next week. Heat Dome Building Across the Southeast. Forecast imagery shows a...
Deadly Wreck Brings 79th Street Causeway to a Standstill in North Bay Village
A deadly crash on the 79th Street Causeway in North Bay Village Friday night shut down traffic near Adventure Avenue and turned the evening commute into a crawl. Emergency crews arrived within minutes, and initial reports from the scene indicated at least one person did not survive. Investigators kept the area closed...
Federal lawsuit accuses Miami-Dade Housing leaders of discrimination and retaliation
A Miami-Dade County employee has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the county and two department leaders of retaliation, discrimination, and violating his constitutional rights after he raised concerns about workplace governance. David Arnold Gray, a business architect in the Miami-Dade Department of Housing and...
Southwest Miami-Dade residents fed up with truck traffic near their homes
City records show that those trucks are visiting the southwest Miami-Dade property in the Redlands without any authorization.
This 70-Year-Old Florida Farm Draws Hours-Long Lines For Its $2 Cinnamon Rolls
If you ask any true Floridian where they’d willingly, even happily, idle hours away in the South Dade sun for a sweet, there’s only one real answer: Knaus Berry Farm. Since 1956—when brothers Russell and Ray Knaus began selling strawberries at their Redland farm—locals have been flocking to Knaus for a taste of their...
FBI uncovers padlocked room full of stolen IDs, bank data; Florida man sentenced
MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A Miami man was sentenced for fraud on Friday after the FBI found 450 stolen accounts and fake IDs inside a padlocked room. According to the Department of Justice, 33-year-old McKenzie Monestine pleaded guilty in December to possessing over 15 unauthorized access devices and aggravated identity...
