Category: Broward News

A candidate forum between longtime political rivals vying for Coral Gables’ mayoral seat turned testy on Thursday as Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli was accused of not listening to his constituents, and … Click to Continue » ... Read More

We were promised Metrorail expansion. We were promised new, clean, reliable rail cars. We were promised innovation in public transit to accommodate the massive density that’s turning Miami-Dade into a … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Broward’s Main Library plaza in downtown Fort Lauderdale has been off limits to the public since December, when the county succeeded in disbanding the homeless encampment that had become a tent city there. Now, construction fencing surrounds the plaza, even though there’s been no construction activity. What’s going on? Plenty of repairs and renovations are planned for the 35-year-old library and plaza. The county has budgeted $5.9 million so far for the work, including exterior... Read More

Two lanes of Interstate 95 northbound through Broward County are blocked as the Friday morning rush hour begins after a semi-truck crashed onto I-95 from the State Road 84 ramp … Click to Continue » ... Read More

For plenty of South Florida beaches, paddleboarders are just another part of the seascape. Not Hollywood, where you’re more likely to see a pretty umbrella in the sand than a swift paddleboarder in the ocean. Paddlers say that’s because Hollywood is known for having strict rules when it comes to their sport. That’s about to change. Paddlers, led by Surfrider champ Cat Uden, have complained for years about those tough rules. Now, after months of negotiations, Hollywood is embarking on... Read More

Think traffic in Miami Beach is bad now? Brace yourself, because it’s about to get a lot worse. The Florida Department of Transportation and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority are ramping … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A tractor-trailer heading up the ramp to State Road 84 from northbound I-95 early Friday went through a concrete barrier wall and fell to the highway — landing between the guardrail and the ramp, just off the travel lanes. The truck driver was critically hurt in the crash that happened shortly after midnight, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. At least two northbound lanes through the scene remain closed to traffic before dawn as work crews were removing the crumpled remains of the... Read More

A gunman carrying military-style weapons opened fire on two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, killing 49 people, authorities said, the deadliest mass shooting incident in the nation’s history. “This is one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. “It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack,” she said. A man who claimed responsibility for the shootings left a 74-page anti-migrant manifesto in which he explained who he... Read More

A pipe sent a smelly liquid flowing into a parking lot near The Fair on Thursday night, which opened earlier in the day in southwest Miami-Dade, according to Miami Herald … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A top Broward school administrator who was praised for her efforts to provide healing after the Parkland massacre — and then criticized for her role overseeing the controversial Promise program — is stepping down. Veteran educator Michaelle “Mickey” Pope, chief of student support initiatives, announced her retirement plans Thursday, becoming the latest in a growing list of high-profile administrators to step down in recent months. Since December, the school district has also lost its... Read More