Category: Broward News

Joined in Washington by Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz reintroduced legislation on Wednesday that would require background checks for most ammunition purchases. The bill is being called “Jaime’s Law,” in honor of Guttenberg’s daughter. “We will relentlessly push to make sure Jaime’s Law becomes the law of the land,” Wasserman Schultz said at a Washington, D.C., news... Read More

Hundreds of passengers planning to leave South Florida on Wednesday night were forced to change their travel plans after President Trump ordered the FAA to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 jets, a safety precaution following a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash overseas on Sunday. At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Southwest Airlines passengers were expected to take the greatest hit, but an airport spokesman said that hit would be minimal. Southwest had three MAX 8... Read More

A Miami-Dade postal carrier faces 50 years in prison on charges he stole envelopes containing thousands of dollars in cash from a Florida City outlet store. Justin Swanson, 28, pleaded … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Shortly before the U.S. grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 planes, a Broward county official tried to ban the planes from landing landing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. That kind of ban would have been the first at a U.S. airport. On Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft following the fatal plane crash in Ethiopia last week. Calls to ground the Max 8 were growing as the investigation continues into an Ethiopian Airlines crash... Read More

Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam said Wednesday he is forming a presidential exploratory committee, a move that allows him to raise money as he moves closer to announcing a candidacy for the 2020 nomination. Messam announced the move a day after he was overwhelmingly re-elected as mayor of the state’s 13th largest city. He said in a telephone interview he expects to make a decision on running by the end of March and the exploratory committee would help him “ensure that once a decision is... Read More

Following a path already trod by the city of Key West, Miami Beach is considering a ban on the sale of sunscreens containing two chemicals believed to harm coral reefs. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A Key West man was sentenced to 25 years in state prison for a 2015 shooting that left the victim paralyzed from the waist down. Anthony Valdes, 43, appeared in … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A University of Miami Health System doctor has been fired after sharing on his personal Instagram account graphic photos of patients, including pictures of genitalia of some patients who were … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A second man has been charged with murder almost five months after a fatal shooting and double-rollover crash in Pembroke Park. Christopher Avery Campbell, 29, of Miami, was arrested Tuesday, for the Oct. 26 shooting death of Wadarius Harris, 27, of Miami, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Campbell joins another man from Miami-Dade, Eric Alexander Vail Jr., 27, who was charged with murder Jan. 29. According to the arrest reports, Campbell and Harris were in an ongoing feud that involved... Read More

A little more than a year after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting that left 17 people dead, including assistant football coach Aaron Feis and athletic director Chris Hixon, Eagles football coach Willis May has resigned, May told the Sun Sentinel on Wednesday. “It’s been hard to come to work with everything that’s went on,” May said. “I miss Aaron Feis every day, and I miss Chris Hixon every day. It’s been really hard, and I just needed a change. I needed a change for... Read More