New flight paths may make your life a little louder. The FAA wants to hear your thoughts

Before the Trump administration moves to overhaul the airspace above South Florida, concentrating flight paths and likely causing noise increases in neighborhoods that typically do not feel such saturated jet … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Earth Day celebrated in Hollywood with music, art — and trash

More than 2,000 people showed up to party and pick up over 1,000 pounds of trash on Hollywood beach on Saturday as part of the second annual Earth Day “Free Our Seas and Beyond, Environmental Art Festival,” organizers said. “Oh, it’s a huge success,” said Free Our Seas executive director Manon Wiese. “I’m so happy everyone came out to celebrate Earth Day with us.” The event began with a beach cleanup between 9-11 a.m. near the historic Carpenter House at Hollywood’s North... Read More

Fake officer tries to pull over a real undercover cop in Florida

Authorities say a Florida man impersonating an officer flipped the red and blue lights on his SUV while unknowingly trying to stop a car with a real officer. The Tampa Bay Times reports 26-year-old Matthew Erris was arrested on a charge of impersonating a public officer. An arrest report says Erris turned on the red and blue lights on his SUV in Plant City, Florida to try to stop the car in front of him. The driver was an undercover Hillsborough County sheriff’s detective in an... Read More

Divers take aim at underwater trash and find gun on ocean floor

A group of divers hunting invasive lionfish, checking for coral reef damage and cleaning up undersea debris found something unexpected on a recent dive off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea — a handgun. One of the divers happened to be a Miami-Dade police detective and he found the Beretta, model 92, 9mm semi-automatic pistol half-buried in the sand about 25 feet east of Anglin’s Fishing Pier, said dive organizer Tom Carpenter. “Once we got ashore we called ,” he said. “A deputy came over and... Read More

A body is found on a roadway. BSO wants to know if the man was knowingly struck

Broward sheriff’s deputies are investigating an early-morning traffic death in Oakland Park that may be a hit-and-run. Joy Oglesby, a Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, said a body was found in … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Venezuela Today

The Evangelical Council of Venezuela is seeking a new way of societal accord, peace, and reconciliation. Venezuela, with the oil wealth of Saudi Aribia, today looks more like Syria, noted a journalist. With the country in free fall, it is hard to imagine how it can last much longer. In daily updates, we listen to multiplying horror stories of no food, empty medicine shelves, stunning numbers of kidnappings, and the hemorrhaging of ten percent of its population in a matter of months. This... Read More

Divers take aim at ocean trash and find gun off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

A group of divers hunting invasive lionfish, checking for coral reef damage, and cleaning up undersea debris found something unexpected, on a recent dive off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea — a handgun. One of the divers happened to be a Miami-Dade police detective and he found the Beretta, model 92, 9mm semi-automatic pistol half-buried in the sand about 25 feet east of Anglin’s Fishing Pier, said dive organizer Tom Carpenter. “Once we got ashore we called ,” he said. “A deputy came over... Read More

The weather is nice again. But that doesn’t mean things are back to normal at airports

Florida emerged from Friday’s wicked weather that killed an 8-year-old girl, led to hundreds of canceled and delayed flights at Miami International and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International airports, and the temporary … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Good Friday brings protests — but no apparent changes — at shelter for migrant youths

Despite another day of spirited protests demanding closure of the Homestead center for unaccompanied minors — this time coinciding with Good Friday and the imminent start of Passover — the … Click to Continue » ... Read More