2-year-old drowns in canal in Greenacres neighborhood
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...
Deputies seek 27-year-old man reported missing from Pompano Beach
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.
Rollover wreck on SB I-95 near Oakland Park sends 2 to the hospital
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 Dumps BSO, Bets Big On Its Own Police And Fire
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...
Family of Coral Springs Resident Robert Levinson Calls for Justice as U.S. Targets Iranian...
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...
Hollywood Cop Killer’s Last-Ditch Bid To Undo Plea Shot Down In Broward Court
A Broward judge has shut down a last-minute effort by Jason Banegas to back out of the guilty plea he entered in the 2021 killing of Hollywood Police Officer Yandy Chirino, keeping the case barreling toward a mandatory life sentence under Florida law. Judge Refuses To Let Banegas Walk Back...
Southwest Flight Disrupted Mid-Journey for Terrifying Arrest
Kevin Carter / Kevin Carter/Getty Images Passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight on Friday experienced a terrifying moment when law enforcement stormed the cabin mid-journey to arrest a passenger. The flight, which was traveling from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale, was forced to divert to Atlanta so officers...
Massive warehouse fire causes unhealthy air in Miami-Dade and Broward
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...
Florida’s Strangest Bird Sanctuary Is Actually A Reclaimed Wastewater Site
What if I told you South Florida’s most mesmerizing bird sanctuary grew from treated wastewater and vision? At Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, you stroll a boardwalk above sparkling reed beds where egrets, wood storks, and alligators share the stage. It is free, easy to access, and unbelievably photogenic at...
Hollywood Family Friend Busted for Blowing Senior’s Savings at Casino, Police Say
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...
