For third time in three weeks, Dillard High faces lockdown amid threat reports

For the third time in three weeks, weapons investigations at Dillard High School led to a lockdown and police search on Friday of the Fort Lauderdale campus. The school was secured at 12:03 p.m. and the lockdown was lifted 19 minutes later, Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Casey Liening said. A 911 caller had claimed there was an armed person on campus, but gave the wrong school information and meant Lauderdale Lakes Middle school, Liening said. As a precaution, officers searched Dillard... Read More

Fatal hit and run suspect on the run, detectives say

Detectives may have identified the driver involved in a hit and run that killed a pedestrian in Deerfield Beach, but they say he is evading capture and they are seeking the public’s help to find him. Michael David Green, 68, of Boca Raton, is wanted in connection with the death of Grigoriy A. Berkolayko, 60, of Deerfield Beach, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Pictures were released, Friday, of Green and a 2006 gray Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with minor damage on the front... Read More

Out of the hospital, in front of a judge: Driver faces vehicular homicide, DUI charges

Five days after a collision that left one woman dead and four other people in intensive care, the man charged with causing the crash was out of the hospital and before a judge in Broward County. Raphael Candido Vilela, 20, of West Boca, was ordered jailed without bond on nearly two dozen charges including vehicular homicide, DUI and reckless driving involving the death of Thais Haug, 19, of Deerfield Beach, records showed. He appeared before Judge Betsy Benson Friday, with his right arm in a... Read More

Forty years later, this board is still fighting battles for people of color in Miami

The Miami-Dade County Black Affairs Advisory Board (BAAB) began its 40th year with an exhibition titled, “Vessels 2019: Women of Substance” and “Triumphant Spirits 2019: African American Men.” The exhibit … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Grand Canyon University’s Online Seminary Gains Accreditation

After shedding its for-profit status, GCU becomes a bigger competitor in the traditional Christian college space. With 90,000 students online and on campus, Grand Canyon University (GCU) now ranks as the biggest Christian college in America. After a decade growing its bottom line and its enrollment as a for-profit entity, GCU transitioned to nonprofit status in July 2018. Meanwhile, the for-profit college industry that GCU tried for years to leave behind continues to crash. The Pentecostal... Read More

After breakneck first 66 days, Gov. Ron DeSantis tells Broward leaders there’s much more to come

Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking to more than 1,000 Broward business, government and civic leaders on Friday, touted a rush of activity since he took office in January, and promised to continue the breakneck pace. “Stay tuned. This is just the beginning. We plan to do much more,” he said at the end of his 23-minute speech to the Broward Workshop’s annual State of the County Forum. Earlier on Friday, he met with the top officials from 10 Broward police agencies and Ryan Petty, whose... Read More

18-wheeler falls from I-95 ramp leaving driver critically hurt; lanes now fully reopened

A tractor-trailer driver was critically hurt early Friday when the 18-wheeler crashed through the State Road 84 ramp from northbound I-95 and fell next to the highway below. The big rig landed just off I-95’s travel lanes, coming to rest between a guardrail and the massive ramp wall. The crash happened shortly after midnight and the driver had to be extricated from the truck’s smashed cab and taken to a hospital, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said. Because of the crash, two northbound... Read More

Cop arrested for violating second domestic violence restraining order in three years

A Miami-Dade police officer has been arrested for violating a domestic violence restraining order — the second domestic violence restraining order filed against him in the last three years. Officer … Click to Continue » ... Read More