Miami’s cruising owls return to the Sunshine State
A pair of burrowing owls that hitched a ride on a Miami cruise ship bound for Spain are safely back in the Sunshine State following a complex year-long handoff between wildlife officials. After a series of quarantines and a mountain of permitting, the owls were released in a field Thursday...
Man accused of throwing rock through Miami Burger King’s glass door
MIAMI — A man was arrested Tuesday, days after he allegedly threw a rock through the glass door of a Burger King in Miami, authorities said. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, the incident happened at about 7:15 p.m. last Friday at the Burger King at 10 SW Eighth St.
Rookie Miami Pol Bets Big on Bringing Back Little Havana Pride
Miami's newest city commissioner, Rolando Escalona, has spent his first months in office sprinting to restore both pride and foot traffic on Little Havana's iconic Calle Ocho. His early agenda mixes hands-on cleanups and zoning proposals with a push to return cultural programming and building management to local...
This made-in-Miami Mediterranean restaurant opened a new location in Midtown
In 2020, the first Motek restaurant opened in downtown Miami’s Seybold Building during a pandemic, an inauspicious start that turned out successful enough to lay groundwork for a Mediterranean culinary empire. Now, after the restaurant has spread across South Florida — to Aventura, Brickell, Coral Gables, Miami...
Late-Night Inferno Guts Miami Apartment, Ousts Two Men
A late Saturday night fire ripped through an upstairs apartment on Miami's 800 block of Northwest 29th Street, displacing two men but leaving everyone unhurt, according to fire officials. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames pushing through the roof of the two story wood frame building, and eventually shifted...
Cops: Little Havana Cash Clash Ends With 60-Year-Old Firing At Roommate’s Feet
Miami police say a money dispute between roommates in Little Havana turned terrifying Monday night when a 60-year-old man allegedly pointed a gun at his roommate and squeezed off two rounds at the man’s feet inside their home. The roommate told officers he was not hurt, and investigators later recovered a handgun...
West Park Man Gunned Down Outside Home as Killer Vanishes Into Night
Early Sunday, March 15, a 58-year-old man was shot near his West Park home and later died at the hospital, and detectives are now urging neighbors and anyone with information to speak up. Broward Sheriff’s Office officials identified the victim as Timothy Motes, saying he was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital and...
March 17: Early showers this morning, temps to tumble tonight
Grab the rain gear. Early showers and storms associated with a cold front will start your St. Patrick’s Day. Once the front moves through later this morning, expect gradual improvement in the forecast with cooler, cloudy, breezy, conditions. Highs will struggle to reach the upper 60s. There may be a stray shower...
José de Diego Middle School student reports attempted abduction
MIAMI — Police in Miami are investigating an attempted abduction of a middle school student. It happened at approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday between Northwest Second and Third Avenue and 33rd and 34th Street, police said, in the city’s Wynwood neighborhood. According to police, a subject grabbed at the...
Cuban Americans in Miami’s Little Havana ask communists to free island
MIAMI — In Miami’s Little Havana, Amy Amargos, Joe Aguiar, and Leonel Nora were among the Cuban Americans who are convinced that the only way the island’s problems will be fixed is with new leadership. Amargos stood along Calle Ocho. She faced a 12-foot-tall dark gray hexagonal...
