Category: Broward News

Port Everglades director Steve Cernak died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer, port officials said Monday. He was 63. Cernak had been coming into work until about two week ago when he started a new treatment, port spokeswoman Ellen Kennedy said. County Administrator Bertha Henry was at the port Monday morning relaying the news of Cernak’s death, Kennedy said. Cernak took over as port director in 2012, having previously served as director for the Port of Galveston in Texas. “He... Read More

A Broward Sheriff’s Office detention deputy has been arrested after a woman told detectives he “repeatedly sexually battered” her from the time she was 7 through age 11. Port St. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Commercial pilot Derek Damion Morgan was on his first solo flight of a banner tow plane when he crashed into a 19-story condominium at Fort Lauderdale beach, a newly released federal report says. Morgan, 28, of Lake Tapps, Wash., state died March 1 during the plane’s collision with the eastern facade of the Berkley South Condominium. Miraculously, the plane did not catch fire. Though a resident was inside a condo when the plane crashed into it and about 20 construction workers were on a... Read More

Wayne Messam has set a date to announce his decision about running for president. He’s told supporters he’ll make a “historic announcement” on March 30. An adviser said Monday that Messam “plans to make news that will impact the race for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.” Messam won re-election on Tuesday to a second term as mayor of Miramar. The next day he announced formation of a presidential campaign exploratory committee, and said he’d... Read More

A Broward County detention deputy is facing accusations that he sexually battered a child under the age of 12. Verol Cowans, 58, was arrested by deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office while at work Friday at a Broward jail — the Joseph V. Conte Facility, 1351 NW 27th Ave., Pompano Beach — the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. After being booked into Broward’s Main Jail on a no bond hold, Cowans was taken Sunday to the Palm Beach County Jail where he was... Read More

A Broward County detention deputy is accused of sexually abusing a young girl over a five-year period. Verol Cowans, 58, repeatedly molested the child starting when she was 7, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report. He has been suspended without pay. “The sexual battery charges Cowans is facing are very disturbing, and I demand lawful, honorable conduct from all BSO employees,” Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a statement. “Any employee found guilty of a criminal... Read More

Famed Highwaymen painters will exhibit and sell their vibrant works of an unspoiled Florida on March 22-23 in Pompano Beach. The self-taught African-American painters from Fort Pierce will set up, paint and sell their unique landscapes — from moonlit beaches, Everglades sunsets and the signature royal poinciana — at a new venue at the Pompano Beach Women’s Club at 314 NE Second St. Meet the artists and get first pick of original works at a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. March 22 and at... Read More

A Fort Lauderdale towing company’s overzealous shopping-for-business at Sawgrass Mills mall on a Thanksgiving weekend will cost it $457,519 after a Broward Circuit Court ruling this month. The city of … Click to Continue » ... Read More

South Florida’s weather is a good news/bad news proposition to start the week. First, the bad news: It’s going to rain. Forecasters expect a wet Monday afternoon and evening, just … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Driving the wrong way on S. Dixie Highway at more than twice the posted speed limit, while drunk — and with a suspended license — a Jeep driver caused the violent crash that killed a West Park father of five, according to Hallandale Beach police. After the crash, Adam Patrick Ilbert, 24, of North Miami, made his way out of the overturned Jeep Wrangler he was driving and ran away from the scene “without ever checking on the condition of the victim,” a Hallandale Beach arrest report... Read More