Category: Broward News

Ty Thompson, the principal of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is under investigation but will stay at the school for now, teachers were told Thursday. The district also is bringing former Stoneman Douglas Principal Dan Traeger out of retirement to serve at the school, and the district will shift Thompson’s duties, two teachers who attended the staff meeting Thursday afternoon told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Stoneman Douglas already has two principals, Thompson and Theresa Hall,... Read More

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Principal Ty Thompson is under investigation but will remain at the school while his duties are reassigned to other administrators, teachers learned in an impromptu … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Richard Mendelson, a former teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said Thursday he’s the candidate who can achieve the victory that South Florida Republicans dream about: ousting U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “When people think of what’s wrong with government, nationwide many people think of Debbie Wasserman Schultz,” he said in a telephone interview. “We have a representative who has unfortunately demonstrated poor leadership and poor decision making. … It... Read More

A former Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher already on house arrest on charges of sexually battering two female middle school students was arrested again Wednesday after two more students came … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Between dropping off and picking up her 7-year-old son at school, Erin Davenport shops for groceries for other people. The Fort Lauderdale mom works for Shipt, where consumers can order groceries online to be delivered to their home from stores including Target, Publix, Winn-Dixie, Costco and ABC Liquors. For parents, retirees, college students and those between full-time jobs, flexible-work gigs such as Shipt Shopper can help pay the bills or provide extra cash. And there are plenty of such... Read More

No one deserved to die the way Regina Harrison did in 1983. Riding her bicycle along West Lake Park in Hollywood, she was taken, stripped, sexually assaulted and strangled. Someone had to pay. And when Ronald Henry Stewart took full responsibility for the murder two years later, it seemed justice was served. But Stewart, prosecutors now say, was no killer. Now, the Broward State Attorney’s Office is moving to vacate Stewart’s conviction in the Harrison murder because another dead man... Read More

In South Florida, an area known for its high volume of successful and botched plastic surgeries, social media has brought a whole new level of craziness to the industry. Plastic surgeons are blogging, posting on Instagram and creating stories for Snapchat that often show real patients undergoing procedures in real time. These South Florida surgeons — who practice under a variety of titles — are exposing each other’s mistakes, battling negative patient reviews, swiping each other’s... Read More

A man already facing drug and weapons charges in Miami-Dade County is in Broward County’s Main Jail facing more charges that include armed sexual battery, kidnapping, burglary and grand theft. Shawn Michael Wright, 28, was booked into Broward’s jail on Wednesday, records show. Wright is accused of a pre-dawn crime spree on Dec. 12 that involved break-ins in at least two homes and three vehicles in the upscale Hollywood Oaks community resulting in the theft of more than $8,500 worth of... Read More

A Florida House committee voted Thursday for a broad school safety bill that would expand an existing guardian program to allow classroom teachers to volunteer to carry weapons on campus if local school boards approve. The Republican-led legislation adopted 11-5 along party lines by the House Education Committee builds on a law passed after last year’s mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Teachers would not be required to carry... Read More

A Florida House committee voted Thursday for a broad school safety bill that would expand an existing guardian program to allow classroom teachers to volunteer to carry weapons on campus if local school boards approve. The Republican-led legislation adopted 11-5 along party lines by the House Education Committee builds on a law passed after last year’s mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Teachers would not be required to carry... Read More