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Dangerous heat threatens Miami-Dade and Broward, advisory issued
Expect after showers and thunderstorms across South Florida in the afternoon.
Miami’s last Sears store just added a new hands-on showroom. Take a look
The last Sears store in South Florida, one of only two left in the state, is trying a familiar name to bring customers inside. The Kenmore appliances brand, associated with Sears for more than a century, opened a new 3,000-square-foot showroom inside the “Coral Gables Sears” on the Miami side of the city border at...
ABC starts broadcasting with new affiliate in Miami
ABC programming will air on Channel 7 in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market.
‘Call me Chucky’: Woman boasted on Instagram Live about stabbing at Miami 7-Eleven, cops...
MIAMI — A Houston woman is facing an attempted murder charge in South Florida after authorities accused her of stabbing another woman at a Miami gas station and then bragging about it and taunting the victim in social media posts and livestreams. Police said they arrested Shakia Travon Jenkins,...
A roach on the grape leaves, droppings on the dumplings: South Florida restaurants ordered...
Several South Florida restaurants were ordered shut last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and a few have been down this road before. At Sang’s Chinese Food in North Miami Beach, inspectors uncovered a disturbing scene of live and dead roaches, some crawling beneath the...
Mom arrested after 9 kids found living in ‘deplorable conditions’ in Miami Gardens: Cops
A mother has been arrested after her nine young children were found living in "deplorable conditions" inside their Miami Gardens home, police said. Ashley Lashay Jennings, 30, was arrested Friday on nine counts of child neglect with no great bodily harm, records showed. Police initially responded to the 17600 block...
Federal investigation of South Florida pill mill ring raises questions about state oversight
More than a decade ago, Florida legislators passed laws to regulate so-called pill mills that once dominated South Florida and fueled the opioid crisis across the country. The regulations slashed the number of pain clinics operating in the state. But a recent federal investigation into a South Florida opioid...
Caught Smuggling Fentanyl Into Prison: South Florida Inmate Sentenced To 14 Months
Homestead Inmate Busted with ‘Black Market’ Haul at Coleman Prison. A federal judge has handed down a 14-month prison sentence to an inmate who was caught trying to smuggle a black market of illicit goods into a low-security prison. United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber sentenced Jose...
Horses as literacy coaches? It’s a real thing happening at Kendall riding center
Horsepower means something different at Whispering Manes Therapeutic Riding Center. For the kids enrolled in the programs there, it’s almost a superpower. Using horses as physical and emotional therapy for people who have autism, anxiety and even PTSD is not a new concept. “She has some weakness on the...