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MIAMI GARDENS — Transfer defensive back Keionte Scott has been a revelation for Miami’s defense this season, but the Hurricanes may have to play without him for some time. The senior nickelback suffered a “serious” injury, UM coach Mario Cristobal said after the Hurricanes’ blowout win over N.C. State on Saturday. Scott was wearing a walking boot on his right foot when he was on the field before the game. “You miss him,” Cristobal said. “It’s a serious injury and it’s one... Read More

Piper Bengals Jahnard Young (0), runs the ball during Piper Bengals against Flanagan Falcons 6A regional quarterfinal football game at Flanagan High school on Nov. 14, 2025 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Michele Eve Sandberg Contributor) Flanagan Falcons Chance Humphrey (8), ready to throw the ball during the Piper Bengals against Flanagan Falcons 6A regional quarterfinal football game at Flanagan High school on November 14, 2025 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. (Michele Eve Sandberg... Read More

Tavares Hutchinson was sentenced to life in prison based on one man’s claim that he robbed him of his wedding ring and gold necklace in 1999. The wedding ring was never found. Neither was a gun. But a Broward jury convicted the 23-year-old of robbery with a weapon, a crime he has always maintained he did not commit. Then, about midnight Friday, after more than 26 years behind bars, the now-49-year-old walked out of the Broward Main Jail as a free man. Asked how he was feeling Saturday... Read More

Desperate to draw visitors decades ago, Broward came up with a branding idea called “Howard from Broward.” He bombed. A brainchild of marketing expert Ross Hancock, “Howard” was a geeky-looking boy, perched atop a map of the county, part of a planned $1 million ad campaign that went nowhere. Back then, the real “Howard from Broward” was a 75-year-old retiree from Brooklyn living in a condo in Sunrise, wearing Bermuda shorts and dark socks on his way to an early-bird... Read More

The Miami Book Fair kicks off on Sunday at Miami Dade College’s downtown Wolfson Campus for a run through Nov. 23, culminating in the signature three-day street fair beginning Nov. 21. Perhaps even more so this year, the depth and diversity of writers and voices coming in to take part are a distinctive achievement for the organizers. Among the highlights this weekend is an appearance by songwriter Kenny Chesney, the country-music star of stadium-filling renown, who will talk about his... Read More

If a proposal to change the name of Broward County to Lauderdale County was in front of voters today, it wouldn’t stand much chance of passing, if measured by responses to an unscientific, online poll conducted this week by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Of 1,024 unique responders, more than 8 out of 10 said they would vote “no” to changing the name. The reasons given largely focused on the cost and confusion a change would create, but readers also complained about other cities being... Read More

Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 140-132 loss to the New York Knicks: – This is not because of the Karl-Anthony Towns first-half takeover. – Because he has done that to the Heat over the years even when the Heat have been whole. – Even when Bam Adebayo has been available. – But lack of size eventually catches up. – So if Adebayo isn’t available, as he wasn’t again on Friday night at Madison Square Garden, it leaves Kel’el Ware alone in the center... Read More

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is asking the state to force the county to increase spending on law enforcement, accusing county government of misrepresenting how much of its budget is dedicated to the agency. The Sheriff’s Office accounted for $833 million of the $1.8 billion budget passed by the Broward County Commission for the budget year that started Oct. 1. But that number can be considered misleading — the Sheriff’s Office is funded by the portion of the county’s budget funded... Read More

Houses shook, the smell of gas permeated the air and debris from the small plane that crashed and exploded into a lake were flung into the streets of the Windsor Bay neighborhood in Coral Springs, 911 callers told dispatchers. Coral Springs Police were inundated with call after call shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, detailing the minutes after the 1976 Beech B100 aircraft came quickly dropping out of the air into the gated community in the 5000 block of Northwest 57th Way. Alexander Wurm, a... Read More