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The death of an 86-year-old Pembroke Pines woman has resulted in the arrest of a 57-year-old man, police said. Officers answered a 911 call about 11:18 p.m. Wednesday from a home in the Pines Village community. They found the man waiting at the home and an injured woman in a bedroom, officials said. The woman was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital for treatment but she died early Thursday, police said. Investigators have not released the names of the woman or the man citing Florida’s... Read More

The death of an 86-year-old Pembroke Pines woman has resulted in the arrest of a 57-year-old man, police said. Officers answered a 911 call about 11:18 p.m. Wednesday from a home in the Pines Village community. They found the man waiting at the home and an injured woman in a bedroom, officials said. The woman was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital for treatment but she died early Thursday, police said. Investigators have not released the names of the woman or the man, citing Marsy’s law,... Read More

It was a rude awakening for Patricia Lordi early Thursday. “My daughter woke me up because she heard a loud bang and the car alarm going off,” Lordi, 47, said. “When she looked out the front window the car was engulfed in flames.” It was about 12:40 a.m. as Lordi watched her Cadillac ATS burn down to a charred frame of metal, aluminum, plastic and rubber in the driveway of her Pembroke Pines home on the 7800 block of Northwest 15th Court. Lordi’s home security camera recorded video... Read More

A collision between a truck and two cars sent three people to the hospital and caused significant southbound delays on Interstate 75 through Davie and Weston Thursday morning. A woman, 36, and a boy and girl, both 8-years-old, all from Tamarac, had to be extricated from the gray 2014 Nissan Altima that was partly wedged under the trailer, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alvaro Feola. “One female driver was airlifted to Memorial Regional Hospital in critical condition and two kids were... Read More

Stay up to date with this week’s local Bulletin Board listings for South Florida. Events are subject to change. Sunday Anniversary Weekend Celebration at Butterfly World: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., March 3. Butterfly and Bird Park Walk discounted. Butterfly World, 3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek. 954-977-4434. butterflyworld.com. $10 all ages; under 2 free. 4th Annual Weston ‘World Fest’ Presented by The Arts Council: Noon-4 p.m., March 3. Bring the family to celebrate international culture... Read More

More than 1,000 jobs are available with employers scheduled for a job fair March 6 in Sunrise, according to organizer Job News USA. The job fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at BB&T Center, which is at One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. Those interested can register at the door or online at jobnewsusa.com. Employers scheduled include Doubletree at Hilton Ocean Pointe, which is looking for a catering sales manager, sous chef, cashier, room attendants, pool attendants and other positions;... Read More

Outraged by what he sees as Scot Peterson’s failures as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre unfolded, state Rep. Spencer Roach wants to impose a severe financial penalty on the former Broward Sheriff’s deputy by terminating his $105,263 annual pension. “This guy was derelict in his duty,” Roach said. “It was his duty to protect those people. He failed to do that,” he said, adding that his bill is “about accountability.” Some family members of the 17 people... Read More

The fate of a contaminated swath of city-owned land that once housed an incinerator moved a step closer to being decided on Wednesday. In the next five years, if things go as planned, an old trash dump could be turned into a new mixed-use development with 315 apartments and a nearby supermarket with trendy shops and restaurants. The team that would develop the sprawling 30.5-acre parcel includes Louis Birdman, the same man who’s building the One Thousand Museum, a 62-story ultra-luxury... Read More

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ lawyers plan to call up to nine employees of the Broward Sheriff’s Office as witnesses at the upcoming trial of suspended Sheriff Scott Israel before the Florida Senate. The sheriff is appealing the governor’s decision to suspend him from his $187,000-a-year job for neglect of duty and incompetence as a result of the mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High last year and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in 2017. DeSantis suspended Israel on Jan.... Read More

He’s considering running for president in 2020 — but first Wayne Messam wants to know whether he’d have to quit as mayor of Miramar. One of the state’s most prominent election lawyers is asking on Messam’s behalf about the Florida law that requires elected officials to resign from their current offices when they qualify as candidates for different offices. But Wednesday’s letter to the Florida Division of Elections is not the only sign of just how serious Messam is about his... Read More