HOLLYWOOD

Former sheriff candidate Lemack quits Hollywood job

Former Broward sheriff's candidate Richard Lemack quit his job as Hollywood assistant city manager and said he had not yet applied for a new job.

Arrest made in Hallandale party shootings

Police said Tuesday a Pembroke Pines man had been arrested in the shootings of two women and a man at a party in Hallandale Beach over the weekend.

3 hurt in shooting at Hallandale Beach banquet hall

Three people were injured Sunday morning during a shooting at a Hallandale Beach banquet hall, police said. The victims' injuries were not life-threatening, said Andrew Casper, a Hallandale Beach police spokesman.

POLICE REPORT

$4,000 stolen from Hollywood doughnut shop

Two women told police they were working at Dunkin' Donuts at 7005 Taft St. in Hollywood when an unshaven man wearing a black mask and dark clothing entered the store about 5:10 a.m. Sept. 22.

HALLANDALE BEACH

Trucks, cycles, ATVs stolen in Hallandale Beach

In Hallandale Beach, thieves stole two pickup trucks, two motorcycles, two all-terrain vehicles and an old Ford Taurus. Between 9:30 a.m. Sept. 15 and 7 p.m. Sept. 18, someone stole a locked 2005 Dodge Ram pickup truck from its assigned parking space in the parking garage of a condominium building in the 200 block of Golden Isles Drive.

BROWARD SCHOOLS

School Scene

Your school can take part in The Miami Herald's annual Scary Stories section, to be published on Oct. 26. The deadline for teachers and parents to submit students' scary stories and spooky art is 5 p.m. Oct. 13.

HOLLYWOOD BEACH

Flowers put down new roots

A SOUTH FLORIDA ENDANGERED PLANT GETS A CHANCE TO THRIVE ON HOLLYWOOD BEACH

Leaders decide to add Oliveri's name to park

The Hollywood City Commission voted to co-name Veterans Park after former City Commissioner and Mayor Sal Oliveri in a surprise vote Wednesday, two years after a previous slate of commissioners scuttled a similar proposal.

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood high-rise wins key backing

Hollywood city commissioners tentatively approved a key zoning change Wednesday for a proposed 41-story ocean-side hotel set to join other high-end high-rises near the Hollywood-Hallandale Beach border.

PAUL ST. JAMES, 55

Church volunteer dies days after being attacked

A Hollywood man known for volunteering his handyman services died more than three weeks after being beaten during a robbery.

HOLLYWOOD

Memorial Regional Hospital at heart of healthcare

South Broward's first public hospital is home for an ever-growing network of healthcare facilities.