Category: Broward News

What’s a presidential hug worth? It’s a serious question. Really. Because if Donald Trump’s embrace of Aminta Peréz from his presidential podium in Miami recently meant something, the Venezuelan mother … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A prominent corner of Sistrunk Boulevard where residents have shopped for groceries for 70 years is the latest to be slated for redevelopment, a move that raised concerns about access to fresh food — and gentrification of the historic black community. Eyal Peretz, CEO of the Fuse Group, plans to replace Bass Bros. Market with a retail-office building and parking garage. The property, on the northwest corner of Northwest Ninth Avenue/Powerline and Sistrunk Boulevard, is like “Main Street... Read More

Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo’s intense focus on the city’s code compliance department has the city’s top administrators worried they are being used to target certain businesses for enforcement. Meanwhile, his … Click to Continue » ... Read More

More than 1,000 jobs are available with employers scheduled for a job fair March 6 in Sunrise, according to organizer Job News USA. The job fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at BB&T Center, which is at One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. Those interested can register at the door or online at jobnewsusa.com. Employers scheduled include Doubletree at Hilton Ocean Pointe, which is looking for a catering sales manager, sous chef, cashier, room attendants, pool attendants and other positions;... Read More

Outraged by what he sees as Scot Peterson’s failures as the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre unfolded, state Rep. Spencer Roach wants to impose a severe financial penalty on the former Broward Sheriff’s deputy by terminating his $105,263 annual pension. “This guy was derelict in his duty,” Roach said. “It was his duty to protect those people. He failed to do that,” he said, adding that his bill is “about accountability.” Some family members of the 17 people... Read More

A doctor was shot in the neck Wednesday night by a patient in the emergency room of the VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach. The shooter was a double amputee in a wheelchair, officials said. The doctor was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach for surgery, and was said to be in stable condition. The 59-year-old wheelchair patient, identified by the FBI as Larry Bon, got to the hospital at about 8:30 a.m. and had been combative all day, according to the VA. While staff... Read More

A doctor was shot in the neck Wednesday night by a patient in the emergency room of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. The shooter was a double amputee in a wheelchair. The doctor was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach for surgery, and was said to be in stable condition. The 60-year-old wheelchair patient got to the VA at about 8:30 a.m. and had been combative all day, according to the VA. While staff members were checking his emotional state, he had a gun hidden... Read More

At least one person was injured Wednesday night in a shooting at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach, according to news reports. According to the Palm Beach … Click to Continue » ... Read More

In the drab, cookie-cutter world of Florida strip mall storefronts, there was little about the five Asian-themed spas lining Federal Highway in northern Palm Beach and southern Martin Counties that … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A doctor was shot Wednesday night in the emergency room of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, employees leaving the hospital said. The ER doctor was shot in the neck by a double amputee in a wheelchair, a source told CBS12. The doctor was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and is undergoing surgery. He is expected to survive. A tech was in the restroom with the shooter and saw him loading the weapon. When the tech went to seek help, the shooter came out firing, a... Read More