Category: Broward News

For all the talk about this year’s Honda Classic not being the same without as many top players in a depleted field, it still turned in quite the exciting finish. It had two of the top 10 players in the world tied for a lead in the clubhouse, seeing if their Sunday would extend to a playoff as a young PGA Tour sophomore shot for the win. It had a 56-year-old vying for his first PGA title in over a decade. And it had a six-way tie down the final stretch broken up by a player winning his... Read More

A man was killed and a 10-year-old was injured in a shooting outside Dave & Buster’s in Hollywood, reports say. Early Sunday morning, just after midnight, the man was shot in the parking lot of the arcade in the Oakwood Plaza near Sheridan Street and Interstate 95, reports WSVN-Ch. 7. He was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he died, according to WPLG-Ch. 10. The child was also taken there but later released, police said. No information was available about the victims, what... Read More

Weeks after a documentary exposing injustices at a South Florida for-profit immigration detention center debuted at a national film festival, Claudio Rojas— the film’s inside source— was arrested by U.S. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Controversial issues spanning from guns to abortion will be on the Florida Legislature’s agenda during the 2019 session that starts Tuesday. State legislators will decide whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns at schools. Patients could be authorized to smoke medical marijuana. Sports betting could be legalized. New restrictions on abortion could be approved. The fate of suspended Broward Sheriff Scott Israel’s political career hangs in the balance. The session will provide a... Read More

Broward’s oldest city has a new boss. Ana Garcia, a former manager with North Miami Beach and tiny Biscayne Park, has been tapped to lead Dania Beach now that longtime manager Bob Baldwin has retired. Garcia, 57, will be sworn in March 12 at 7 p.m. and start work the next day. “Dania Beach is Broward’s first city and my goal is for Dania Beach to be Broward’s best city,” said Garcia, who left North Miami Beach in July with a severance package approaching $150,000. “I’m really... Read More

A shooting in the parking lot of the Dave & Buster’s at Oakwood Plaza killed a man and injured a child Saturday night, Hollywood police said. The child was released … Click to Continue » ... Read More

An Alabama travel girls softball coach was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting to imitating softball coaches for two college programs for pornographic purposes. Jason Ford’s sentence … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A second federal agency is dispatching investigators to a fatal crash involving a Tesla electric car that drove beneath a semitrailer that was crossing a Florida roadway. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has authority to seek recalls, issue fines and set regulations, said Saturday that it will send a “field team” to Delray Beach, where 50-year-old Jeremy Beren Banner was killed in the crash Friday. The crash is eerily similar to another one involving a... Read More

Two people were injured Sunday at 5:20 a.m. in a possible hit-and-run involving two vehicles at Commercial Boulevard and Rock Island Road in Tamarac. Rescue crews transported one person to Broward Health Medical Center with serious injuries, said Joy Oglesby, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The second person was taken to Broward Health North for treatment. Scant details were available Sunday afternoon hours after the crash. “The call came in as a hit-and-run, and the... Read More

A Parkland criminal became the last of his gang to be sentenced for a multistate fraud scheme that hit senior citizens for $2 million. Thomas White, 60, got 14 years … Click to Continue » ... Read More