Machines at children and adult arcades — which sometimes have payouts valued in the hundreds of dollars — were also outlawed in a new law cracking down on video gambling, but no one appears ready to march into them to take the devices out.
A group of five seniors prepared for months to celebrate the Jewish tradition — usually a rite of passage for youngsters.
A recent inspection at one nursing home caring for children found significant shortcomings.
Anubis Day and more than 200 other Florida children are at the heart of a bitter fight over the state’s practice of putting frail children into nursing homes.
There are signs that heroin is returning as a cheap alternative to prescription pills, the by-product of Florida’s successful crackdown on pill mills.
When Gloria Morrison took ill and needed a kidney transplant, the only suitable donor was her youngest son Paul.
Witnesses say a Broward bus pulled away after the door closed on a teenager’s arm.
Union files complaint with OSHA and the Department of Transportation that wheelchair attendants work in an ‘unsafe’ environment.
Charlie Crist, a possible Democratic candidate for Florida governor, now says he supports gay marriage.
Hollywood is about to offer 13 percent raises for its police officers, but is that enough to repair a damaged relationship?
Officials say a small plane has made an emergency landing on US 27 in South Florida.
A Hollywood water tower is getting a makeover to match its natural surroundings.
Firefighters will rappel down a building, put out a fire and show how they rescue a passenger trapped in a smashed car. Police will show how they handle armed gunmen and work with their K-9 counterparts.
Travel through time on Saturday as Broward County celebrates the 55th anniversary of North Perry Airport.
At Hispanic Unity’s Unity 4Kids garage sale Saturday, shoppers can get a bargain and help fund the center’s preschool summer program.
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts brings the lessons a group of second-graders learned in the classroom to life.
Hollywood leaders aren’t so happy with the creative piece a well-known muralist created for downtown.
Davie Town Council member Susan Starkey has replaced Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Bobby DuBose as president of the Broward League of Cities.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office on Monday released the name of a man who was killed on Interstate 95 after a dispute near a Waffle House.
The name of the little girl who was shot in the chest by her older brother was released by the Broward Sheriff’s Office on Monday.
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