Hialeah councilman Calvo officially resigns. What’s going to happen with his seat?

Hialeah councilman Bryan Calvo has officially announced his resignation from the city council, less than three years after he was elected, to run for Miami-Dade County tax collector. This will … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Daily Horoscope for May 17, 2024

General Daily Insight for May 17, 2024 Focused thought could currently be necessary. When mental Mercury squares disruptive Pluto at 3:44 am EDT, it might become apparent that some of our cherished ideas don’t perform well under the pressure of reality. While the nervous Virgo Moon opposes restrained Saturn, reacting emotionally won’t make our problems go away. Even so, as Luna goes on to trine both cooperative Venus and innovative Uranus, creative solutions are possible if we keep our... Read More

Broken ribs, blunt force trauma: Homestead parents killed 6-month-old baby, cops say

Homestead police officers made a grueling discovery last weekend when they were called to an emergency room — a dead six-month-old baby with fractured ribs and internal lacerations, cops say. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Red-hot Gators enter NCAA Tournament in thick of national title hunt

GAINESVILLE — Florida center fielder Kendra Falby’s boom box blared as the Gators’ team bus bounced to the winning beat. Coach Tim Walton was all smiles — happy to be along for the ride. “We were literally shaking the bus,” Falby recalled Thursday. “The bus driver is probably like, ‘Oh my god. Coach Walton is probably going to have to pay for tires.’ “But you could just feel, he loves it.” UF (46-12) enters Friday’s Gainesville Regional against Florida Gulf Coast... Read More

DeSantis signs bills to add new judges, revise housing law

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed 11 bills, including a measure that will increase the number of circuit-court and county judges and a bill that will revise a major housing law, known as the “Live Local Act,” that passed in 2023. The bill adding judges (HB 5401) will create a circuit-judge position in the 1st Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton counties. It also will create a circuit-judge position in the 20th Judicial Circuit, which is made... Read More

One dead, two injured in Hollywood shooting

One person is dead and two people were hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a shooting in a Hollywood neighborhood, police said. Officers were called to the 5800 block of McKinley Street shortly before 4:30 p.m., police department spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said. One person was pronounced dead there. The two who were injured were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital as trauma alerts, Bettineschi said. She did not provide further information about their conditions or the circumstances of... Read More