Category: Broward News

Boy, 12, fires BB gun on Dillard campus, cops say

Dillard Middle/High School was on lockdown while a 12-year-old was being detained for firing a BB gun at a faculty member on campus, Fort Lauderdale police said. It started about 9 a.m. Friday at 2501 NW 11th St., said police spokeswoman Casey Liening. “He was in class, being disruptive the teacher told him to report to the front office,” she said. There were two faculty members in the administration office at the time. When one went to leave, the boy — a recent transfer student —... Read More

Student, 12, fires BB gun on Dillard campus, cops say

Dillard Middle/High School was on lockdown while a 12-year-old was being detained for firing a BB gun at a faculty member on campus, Fort Lauderdale police said. It started about 9 a.m. Friday at 2501 N.W. 11th St., said police spokeswoman Casey Liening. “He was in class, being disruptive the teacher told him to report to the front office,” she said. There were two faculty members in the administration office at the time. When one went to leave, the boy — a recent transfer student —... Read More

Peter Frampton says a rare disease means he has to go on a real ‘Farewell’ tour

Rock guitarist Peter Frampton entered the pop culture firmament with the release of his “Frampton Comes Alive!” album in 1976. Forty-three years after the release of that seminal double-LP live … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution in Jupiter

Robert Kraft, owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, faces charges of soliciting another to commit prostitution after an investigation into illegal activities at a day spa in a northern Palm Beach County strip mall. The 77-year-old billionaire, who lives in Massachusetts and has a home in the Palm Beach area, will face two counts after being caught on video at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, the Jupiter Police Department said Friday. Jupiter Police Chief Daniel Kerr said he was... Read More

Pompano Beach poker killing will be featured on Discovery ID cable show ‘Heart of Darkness’

On Easter Sunday 2010, Pompano Beach resident Yvonne Oulton was found beaten to death inside her minivan. The case stunned the local poker community, which knew the 62-year-old woman and her husband Robert, also a gambler, who was ultimately convicted of killing her and sentenced to life in prison. The cable network Discovery ID will revisit the murder as part of a six-part series called “Heart of Darkness.” Oulton’s episode, called “Gambling with the Devil,” airs at 9 p.m.... Read More

Cyclist, 70, critically hurt when car hits her, officials say

A 70-year-old woman was flown to a hospital after a car struck her while she was cycling with her husband in Weston, rescue officials said. It happened about 7:48 a.m. Friday in a roundabout at Lakeview Drive and Saddle Club Road, officials said. The woman was flown by a Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter to Broward Health Medical Center in serious condition, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Gina Carter. “The driver saw the first bicyclist, a man, but failed to see the second, a woman, and... Read More

Bicyclist, 70, hit by car, critically hurt, officials say

A 70-year-old woman was flown to a hospital after a car struck her while she was riding a bicycle with her husband in Weston, rescue officials said. It happened about 7:48 a.m. Friday in a roundabout at Lakeview Drive and Saddle Club Road, officials said. The woman was flown by a Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter to Broward Health Medical Center in serious condition, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Gina Carter. “The driver saw the first bicyclist, a man, but failed to see the second, a... Read More

Some of these things might seem flushable, but they’re not. Here’s the ‘dirty dozen’

The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department has 6,452 miles of sewer water pipes flowing into three waste water treatment plants that treat about 300 million gallons of waste water every … Click to Continue » ... Read More