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Friends of The Fair invite the community to an unforgettable evening of culinary excellence and cool sophistication at Frost & Flavor: A Wine & Dine Experience on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at the Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition , located at 10901 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33165. Set against a fabulous...

Twenty-six years before her death, Thelma Gibson laid out the plans for her funeral very simply: “I don’t want anyone to talk about my life’s accomplishments or failures. I want a simple mass of the resurrection with no sermon or eulogy,” she wrote in her autobiography “Forbearance, Thelma Vernell Anderson Gibson:...

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...

A Florida woman was recently arrested for beating her autistic son with a belt after he kissed a classmate, Sunshine State police say. Kelly Michel, 27, stands accused of one count of child abuse without great bodily harm, according to the Miami Police Department. The underlying incident occurred on Tuesday...

An estimated $1.3 million worth of cocaine and marijuana were found on a suspected drug smuggling boat that was stopped off Miami, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Friday. The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge’s crew stopped the boat around 2:15 p.m. Saturday about 8 miles offshore of Miami, officials said.

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...

MIAMI — During a recent child protective services interview, a 7-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with autism, described abuse that was so scary that it caused him to wet himself, according to police. The boy had “visible injuries” when he met with a case coordinator at the University of...

MIAMI, Florida - A Miami man has been sentenced to 55 months in prison for possessing approximately 450 fraudulent, stolen, or counterfeit access devices, including credit card numbers and social security numbers. Mckenzie Levar Monestine, a 33-year-old from Miami, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of...

Going by the official count , roughly 3,500 people are experiencing homelessness in Miami-Dade on any given night. Some sleep in shelters, others on the street. But a population nearly 20 times that size exists beyond that tally. An estimated 66,000-plus county residents are part of Miami-Dade’s “hidden homeless,”...

A woman in Hollywood, Florida accidentally set herself on fire early Wednesday morning, prompting a trauma alert and a rapid transfer out of Broward County to Miami’s major burn and trauma center. She was first stabilized at Memorial Regional Hospital before being sent on to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami....