Review: I’ve seen the light — Fat Boyz Barbecue in Coral Springs is smoked meat done right

★★★½ Crow is not on the menu at Fat Boyz Barbecue in Coral Springs, but after I enjoyed just about every smoked morsel in the place — ribs, brisket, pastrami, chicken and turkey — I will gladly eat it. Proverbially speaking, of course. Fat Boyz Coral Springs, which opened in July 2018, may well be the best barbecue joint in Broward County. It is clean, spacious and comfortable, with a recently-annexed second room raising capacity to 100 seats. Smoke perfumes the air and workers... Read More

Ex-Margate commissioner David McLean sentenced to 5 years in corruption case

Former Margate Commissioner David McLean, convicted last month on charges of bribery, unlawful compensation and official misconduct, was sentenced Tuesday to spend five years in state prison, followed by four years of probation. There was little drama in the sentencing hearing: McLean, 56, faced a maximum of 50 years in prison, but not even prosecutor Catherine Maus wanted a punishment that harsh. Sentencing guidelines called for McLean to serve four to eight years, and Maus told Broward... Read More

How did Li Yang go from spa owner to Trump selfie queen? ‘She likes to show off,’ mom says

Ever since a photograph surfaced of President Donald Trump smiling with a Florida woman who owns a chain of Asian-themed massage parlors with a reputation for selling sex, cable news … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A year after Parkland massacre, some Florida lawmakers want to allow guns in cars parked in school lots

Florida state legislators have started working to loosen regulations on firearms, sparking concerns from gun control advocates that Florida is heading in the wrong direction on school safety. A state House committee voted Tuesday to allow employees, parents and visitors to have guns stowed in their cars while on school property. Another bill cleared the panel that would allow religious institutions to permit guns to be carried in private schools. The measures are the first of several... Read More

Dad arrested for bringing AK-47 to school after son said teacher ‘slammed’ him, cops say

A distraught dad, who received a Face Time phone call from his crying son, showed up at school with an AK-47 handgun making death threats, Palm Beach County School District police said. According to the arrest report, Christopher Freeman, 27, who lives near West Palm Beach, arrived at Bear Lakes Middle School, 3505 Shenandoah Blvd., just before 4 p.m. Monday, angry that his son had been “slammed” by a teacher. An assistant principal had called Freeman earlier in the day about his... Read More

Why Augustine’s ‘Come to Jesus’ Moment Tells an Incomplete Story

The same church father who experienced a radical turn to faith also preached a gospel of continual conversion. My parents bought me my first copy of Augustine’s Confessions when I was a young teen. In this classic of the Western literary canon, the church father Augustine describes his sometimes wayward youth, his eventual conversion to Christ, and how God transformed his way of seeing the world. The book has captured the imagination of countless spiritual and intellectual seekers and... Read More