Police search for West Park hit-and-run driver

West Park hit and run crash sends man to hospital with serious injuries.

Father son rescued from swamped airboat in the Everglades

Rescuers pulled a father and teenaged son out of the Everglades Friday afternoon after their airboat took o...

Gala honors South Florida black business leaders

Legacy Magazine is holding its ninth annual Legacy Power Weekend honoring 50 black businessmen and women Fr...

Journalist Soledad O’Brien to speak at Broward youth event

The Town Hall meeting is to push youth to talk about what’s important to them, according to organizers.

Judge issues warrant for Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson

Couple killed while crossing the street in Margate

Two people were struck and killed Monday as they tried to cross State Road 7 in Margate.

Toddler in serious condition after hit-run in Fort Lauderdale

A toddler was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident in front of his Fort Lauderdale home, according t...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

Lesbian, 18, faces 15 years in prison for sex with classmate, 14

FHP identifies motorcyclist who died in crash as Miami man

Authorities have identified the man who died Sunday afternoon after he lost control of his motorbike.

6 months before boy’s death, DCF said he was safe

MILITARY

Southcom honors heroes, felled by war

Courts

Star witness in Rilya Wilson case walks free from prison

Robin Lunceford, originally slated to spend her life behind bars, testified that a Kendall woman confessed ...

Sweetwater

FIU, Sweetwater unveil José Martí statue on Cuban Independence Day

Jay I. Kislak honored by Spain

Miami philanthropist and real-estate magnate Jay I. Kislak was honored by Spain for his work in cultural pr...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

Lesbian, 18, faces 15 years in prison for sex with classmate, 14

6 months before boy’s death, DCF said he was safe

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: On Robaina, Miami-Dade voters got it right

Credit the wisdom of Miami-Dade voters. They saw through Julio Robaina.

Politics

Nan Rich: Time for South Florida Dem to run for governor

— For 10 years, political pros have taken it almost as gospel that the strongest statewide Democrati...

Tallahassee

Gov. Scott vetoes hundreds of millions from state budget

From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from t...

U.S. suburban poverty growing, but trend mixed in Miami-Dade, Broward

More poor people now live in suburbs than in big cities or rural areas, a new book by the Brookings Institu...

FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD

Florida National Guard in transition phase

The Florida National Guard’s emphasis is changing as foreign deployments dwindle. Now its members ar...

Tallahassee

Gov. Scott vetoes hundreds of millions from state budget

From a coast-to-coast bike trail to tuition increases, Gov. Rick Scott vetoed more than $350 million from t...

STATE BUDGET

Gov. Rick Scott to veto tuition hike

When he signs the state budget Monday, the governor is also expected to approve an extra $65 million for sa...

GAMING

AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law

A new state law cracking down on gambling prompted the nation’s retirees association to eliminate i...

POLITICS

Analysts: Supermajority not needed on tax cut vote

Legislative analysts flip-flopped on whether lawmakers’ vote on Gov. Rick Scott’s manufacturi...

POLITICS

Gov. Rick Scott’s choice: to veto or not to veto?

Gov. Rick Scott, who campaigned on a pledge to shrink the size of government, has until next week to decid...

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Boondoggle? Hey, it’s for the kids

Tallahassee has long resonated with talk about our precious, precious school children. Except lately the al...

Tallahassee

Florida lawmakers pay peanuts for health insurance

The state House quietly kept members’ health insurance rates low. How low? Less than 9 bucks a month.

Face-chewing victim continues recovery in Miami

A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play ...

Last of FAMU suspects in court

The last of the suspects to be charged with the death of a Florida A & M University drum major during a haz...

Fla. Gov. visit to Chile marks 8th overseas trip

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is leaving the country for his eighth overseas trade-related trip in the last two-a...

Fla. foster youth head to DC to shadow lawmakers

Several Florida former foster youth are joining dozens of foster youth from around the country on Capitol H...

Miami-Dade schools settle sex harass lawsuits

Two female police officers with the Miami-Dade County school system have settled lawsuits accusing the form...

State Board of Education to get legislative update

Members of Florida's State Board of Education are getting an update on a series of education measures that ...

No bond for ex-RB Collins: probation hearing Jul 1

A Louisiana judge has ordered former Miami Dolphins running back Cecil Collins held without bond until a pr...