Pompano Beach FL

A 2-year-old boy drowned in a canal at the Island Shores community Wednesday afternoon, Greenacres Fire Rescue confirmed with WFLX. Neighbors called 911 at around 4 p.m. after they found the child in a canal. Fire Rescue units began lifesaving measures and took the toddler to Wellington Regional Hospital, but...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives asked for the public’s for help Saturday in locating a 27-year-old man last seen in Pompano Beach. According to detectives, Omar Castonon Diaz was last seen around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday in the 2100 block of Southwest Second Street.

OAKLAND PARK, FLA. (WSVN) - A rollover wreck sent two people to the hospital and caused major traffic headaches throughout the afternoon. Fort Lauderdale and Oakland Park fire rescue responded to the scene in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 near Oakland Park. Traffic cameras shows a crash that appeared...

Deerfield Beach is officially breaking up with the Broward Sheriff's Office. In a 4-1 vote on Jan. 21, 2026, the City Commission moved to end the city's decades-long public safety partnership with BSO and start building stand-alone police and fire departments. The decision launches a transition period in which BSO...

As the United States intensifies military strikes against Iran and pressure grows on the country’s ruling regime, the family of longtime Coral Springs resident Robert Levinson is demanding that Iranian authorities finally answer for his disappearance and return his remains. Levinson, a private investigator and former...

A large warehouse fire in Miami-Dade County has prompted health warnings for residents after thick smoke spread across nearby communities and reduced air quality. Officials from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue urged people living within a five-mile radius of the blaze to remain indoors as much as possible. The agency sent...

A Hollywood woman is accused of quietly draining a longtime family friend’s savings, then feeding thousands of those dollars into slot machines at a neighborhood casino, according to police. Investigators say Kimberly Dawn Bukowski, 56, took more than $38,000 from the man while acting as his caregiver, with at least...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A 38-year-old Pompano Beach woman was arrested earlier this week after deputies said she left a dog alone in an apartment without food or water for nearly two weeks last year. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded Jan. 31, 2025, to an apartment...

The Coral Springs Police Department celebrated the retirement of Major Myers, who served the community for more than 28 years. He began his career in 1998 on Road Patrol and later worked in the General Investigations Unit and Special Investigations. Over the years, he rose through the ranks to become Criminal...

A SOUTHWEST Airlines flight has been diverted and forced to do an emergency landing after a mid-air security threat. Flight 2094 from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale was forced to cut...