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The gas price battle is booming at the corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and Powerline Road in Oakland Park. Last week the 7-Eleven on the northeast corner sold gas at $3.62 per gallon while the Mobil on the northwest corner sold gas for $3.89 and the Chevron on the southeast corner sold gas for $3.99. Advertisement Ching Li, a Boca Raton resident, was putting gas into her Porsche SUV at the 7-Eleven, unaware she was buying the cheapest fuel at that corner. She was going to Interstate 95... Read More

As Lauren Book and Barbara Sharief compete ferociously for a seat in the Florida Senate, there’s little, if anything, that’s forward-thinking or positive in Broward’s hottest political contest of the summer. Book and Sharief, along with their allies, have been shredding each other for months as each seeks votes — and tries to tamp down support for the opposition — in new state Senate District 35, which is mostly south and west of Florida’s Turnpike. Advertisement “We have... Read More

A tropical wave located over Honduras is expected to move across Central America this week then emerge over the Gulf of Mexico. National Hurricane Center forecasters say some slight development is possible through the weekend as it continues to trek northwest toward the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, near eastern coastal Mexico. Advertisement As of 8 a.m. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said its odds of developing into a tropical depression were at 20% over the next five... Read More

MIAMI — A Miami-Dade police officer was fighting for his life at Jackson Memorial Hospital after a Monday night gunfight with a suspect in a Broward armed robbery, officials said Tuesday. The officer, Cesar “Echy” Echeverry remained in critical condition, with family at his side praying for his recovery, said Miami-Dade Police Department Director Freddy Ramirez. Advertisement “Our officers are hurting real bad,” said Ramirez. “But make no mistake that we have our resolve and... Read More

A Florida man has died from a bacterial infection after eating a raw oyster at the famed Rustic Inn Crabhouse in Fort Lauderdale. The death is the second in the state this month traced to the bacteria, Vibrio, found in an oyster. Advertisement Gary Oreal, manager of the Rustic Inn, said the South Florida man who died had worked at the restaurant about two decades ago. He had dined there earlier this month on a day the Rustic Inn served as many as 100 dozen oysters, and he was the only... Read More

Jerry Stephenson made it his life’s work to make sure gay people knew that they too were loved. Stephenson, an openly gay fundamentalist minister, has died. He was 65, according to the funeral home. A close friend said he died in hospice from cancer in July. Advertisement “My message to the gay community is that God loves you for who you are, and Christ accepts you just like anybody else,” he told the South Florida Sun Sentinel in 1992. His early years were difficult. He was sent... Read More

Broward students’ return to school went smoothly Tuesday, even as educators face challenges statewide around staff shortages, school safety and the pandemic. More than 250,000 students attend Broward County Public Schools. Masked students, in the minority, walked besides unmasked students. Local police cars were parked outside, and school security stayed on alert. Advertisement The day was business as usual. Perhaps the only exception was the convoy of administrators walking through... Read More

Describing college education programs as “overtaken by ideology,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he wants to expand a new law that allows military veterans to become classroom teachers to include retired first responders such as police, firefighters and EMTs. “We believe that the folks that have served our communities have an awful lot to offer,” DeSantis said at an event in New Port Richey. “And we’ve got people that have served 20 years and in law enforcement, they retire and... Read More

A disturbance over the southwest Caribbean Sea is expected to move across Central America this week then emerge over the Gulf of Mexico. National Hurricane Center forecasters say some slight development is possible through this weekend as it continues to trek northwest over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and close to Mexico’s east coast. Advertisement It has a 20% chance of developing, the National Hurricane Center said as of 2 a.m. Tuesday. A disturbance over the southwest... Read More

An appeals court Monday upheld a decision by a Northwest Florida circuit judge to block a teen from having an abortion without notification and consent of a parent or guardian. The teen, described by one appellate judge as almost 17 years old and “parentless,” sought court approval to bypass notification and consent requirements in state law. Advertisement Escambia County Circuit Judge Jessica Frydrychowicz denied the bypass request, and a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court... Read More