SUV hits, kills woman walking near I-75 Micanopy exit
An SUV hit and killed a woman who was walking in the center southbound lane of Interstate 75 near the Micanopy exit on Tuesday morning. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a 57-year-old Miami woman was driving an SUV southbound on I-75 near mile marker 374 in Alachua County at 12:10 a.m. when she...
Florida ticket wins Jackpot Triple Play prize before Valentine’s Day
There's a winner! Coming just days before Valentine's Day, a Florida ticket won the Jackpot Triple Play jackpot in Tuesday night's drawing, Feb. 10. It's the second time in a week the jackpot was won in the Florida Lottery game. On Feb. 3, person who bought a ticket in Lauderdale Lakes matched all six numbers to win...
Rubble from Surfside collapse returned to town for memorial construction
Rubble from the 2021 Surfside collapse has been returned to the town for the future construction of a memorial promenade for the 98 residents who died there. The big picture: Plans for the memorial are slowly progressing — four years after the Town Commission originally approved converting a portion of 88th Street...
Roach poop and a chain’s second Miami food court inspection failure in 2 weeks
Flies and roach poop caused a mall food court chain’s Kendall location to fail inspection last week, a week after its Hialeah location also flopped inspection. While all of Guaca-Mole’s Westland Mall problems flowed from a lack of potable water flowing, Guaca-Mole’s Dadeland Mall space had a few other problems beyond...
Man shot multiple times in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood
MIAMI — A man was hospitalized Monday night following a shooting in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood. According to police, the shooting occurred in the area of Northwest 69th Street and 15th Avenue. The man was shot multiple times and was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center....
Teen Stepbrother Hauled Into Miami Court In Carnival Cruise Homicide
Nearly three months after 18-year-old Anna Kepner was found dead on a family vacation aboard the Carnival Horizon, a 16-year-old identified in court records as a person of interest quietly appeared before a federal magistrate in Miami. The Feb. 6 hearing at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida...
Miami Gardens man is arrested in crackdown on street takeovers
A Miami Gardens man is the newest alleged perpetrator caught amid the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office crackdown on street racing and takeovers, which authorities often say are deadly, lawless activities that won’t be permitted. After months of investigation, detectives say the man is tied to six illegal racing events....
Woman sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2006 deadly DUI crash in Hialeah
A woman who fatally struck another woman in Hialeah while driving drunk nearly two decades ago and then fled the country before she was captured last year pleaded guilty on Tuesday. Leydis Menendez Abdala, 52, was charged with vehicular homicide/reckless manner and DUI manslaughter. During her court appearance on...
Affordable for who? FIU students say they struggle to live after paying rent
On an ideal morning, Giovanna Ruiz would wake up slowly as the sun spilled across her bedroom wall. Wrapped in a lounge set with a warm cup of coffee in hand and her cat Chi Chi curled beside her, she might journal, paint or read, just because she can. But most mornings aren’t like that. Not when rent is due. Ruiz,...
ICE requests Miami authorities not release Salvadoran national accused of assaulting Uber driver
On February 3, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed an arrest detainer with Miami authorities for Oscar Ernesto Sanchez-Aguire, a Salvadoran national accused of sexually assaulting an Uber driver and causing a car crash in Miami. According to reports, the incident occurred on January 31, 2026....
