‘Costs almost doubled’: Longstanding Black film festival leaves Miami Beach
The American Black Film Festival, which has long history in Miami Beach, is relocating to Los Angeles, citing increasing hotel and production costs in South Florida. The festival, which celebrated its 30th edition this year, has been a fixture in South Florida for more than two decades. “The event costs really escalate
Miami-based Freebee ranked among fastest-growing businesses
Freebee, the Miami-based rideshare company that offers free transportation services across Miami and beyond, is among the fastest-growing private companies in the country. Why it matters: The company, founded in 2012 by University of Miami business school graduates, is now Florida's largest microtransit provider, accor
Search underway for 50-year-old man reported missing from Little Havana
MIAMI (WSVN) - Police seek the public’s help in their search for a man who was reported missing from Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. According to the City of Miami Police Department Special Victims Unit, 50-year-old Samuel Gonzalez was last seen on Monday. Gonzalez stands 5 feet, 7 inches...
‘Everyone at MDC dies today’ Instagram post leads to 21-year-old’s arrest, cops say
HIALEAH, Fla. — Police arrested a 21-year-old Hialeah man on Monday after they said he made a post on Instagram threatening a “mass act of terrorism” at Miami Dade College. According to the Hialeah Police Department, officers were called out to the MDC campus at 1780 W....
Where Florida’s Gun Violence Exacts Its Biggest Toll on Black and Latino Children
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Just west of the St. Johns River, which divides this sprawling city racially and economically, 2-year-old A’mahri Robinson was murdered in his mother’s arms. Ladonna Johnson was rocking A’mahri to sleep in March when he was shot in the head with a gun she...
Food trashed at Miami area restaurant after roaches seen
Nattal — Coffee Food Market at the Westar gas station, 875 E. 49th St. in Hialeah. Google Street View via Miami-Dade Property Records. Running roaches started food flowing into the garbage Monday at a Hialeah restaurant and grocery store after a state inspection. What stopped at Nattal — Coffee,...
11-year-old hit by dirt bike during police pursuit on Miami Beach; commissioner vows action...
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - An 11-year-old girl was hit by a dirt bike rider who was being pursued by police, and now a Miami Beach commissioner says he’s fed up with the alleged offenders. The incident took place on Saturday on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Surveillance video...
Driver of box truck dies after crashing into semi on I-95 in Jacksonville near...
The box truck driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
Billionaires are fleeing to Florida. But how much money is Miami getting?
Billionaires are leaving California and other West Coast states for Florida. That is not new. But a new Fortune magazine analysis published Sunday raises a more interesting question for Miami: How much of the billions being moved by these new residents is benefiting South Florida? Fortune estimates that the migration f
Roaches on curtains and rodent poop under fryer spotted at Miami-Dade sub shop
The bowels of rodents and roaches led to the failed inspection and shutdown of a North Miami Beach sub shop. Eat & Run Subs had been open since March 2024 at 16775 N. Miami Ave. without falling short of standards over three previous inspections. But Thursday’s routine inspection turned up 10 violations, four of which w
