Ronnie Smith, a Miami horn player who spent five booty-shaking years with K.C. and the Sunshine Band, then wrote Jimmie “Bo’’ Horne’s 1978 disco smash, Spank, has died at age 59.
Miami-Dade police have cordoned off several streets in Liberty City Wednesday night were a suspect has been shot an killed by a police officer.
A guardian for Wellington polo mogul John Goodman’s teenage children is asking a judge in Miami to toss Goodman’s recent adoption of his 42-year-old girlfriend, saying the move defrauded the court, blindsided the children’s mother and shirked public policy on adoptions.
After five suspects were charged in the killing of Miami teenager Richard Rojas, prosecutors warned the victim’s family it would be two or three years before the capital murder case could come to trial.
Nearly two years after uttering “taking my talents to South Beach” turned Miami Heat star LeBron James into a leader in the unpopularity polls — he appears to be bouncing back.
Miami Beach’s two towing companies, Beach Towing and Tremont Towing, won’t get a towing rate increase. At least not for the next four months.
This week, students at Miami Northwestern Senior High are learning the choreography of Revelations in a workshop with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
The Sunshine State hasn’t been living up to its name this week, with more gray gloom expected over t...
Miami Voice, a political action committee, plans to file language on Thursday for a Miami-Dade charter amen...
Fox is cancelling House, the popular medical drama, Variety is reporting.
In their despair, people who care deeply about public education in Florida sometimes get a little carried a...
Two state judges will judge a music competition to raise money for legal services for the poor.
Maintenance work on the rail tracks between the Okeechobee and Palmetto Metrorail stations in Hialeah will...
The Sunshine State hasn’t been living up to its name this week, with more gray gloom expected over t...
Fort Lauderdale police are investigating how a small child was left with a disfigured right hand that a mis...
Knock, knock. Want to win some money? A couple of Hallandale Beach and Hollywood residents had the chance t...
In their despair, people who care deeply about public education in Florida sometimes get a little carried a...
Scott Rothstein’s uncle pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court Wednesday for his supportin...
Chief Judge Peter Weinstein moves plans forward to open a Veterans Court in Broward as more troops head hom...
The Sunshine State hasn’t been living up to its name this week, with more gray gloom expected over t...
The Obama administration and top Republicans, including Sen. Marco Rubio, continued their fight over a law ...
Even though the number of bites are down, Florida is once again the shark attack capital of the United States.
In their despair, people who care deeply about public education in Florida sometimes get a little carried a...
Catholics Days continues at the Capitol, culminating with Red Mass of the Holy Spirit program at 6 p.m. Not...
Former Fort Lauderdale legislator Mandy Dawson will plead guilty to tax-evasion charges stemming from secre...
The House budget proposal includes special allocations for a trio of colleges in north and central Florida.
Gov. Rick Scott’s Facebook page is intriguing because the comments to a question about the Florida L...
New York and California have agreed to sign the proposed settlement between U.S. states and the nation's bi...
Florida A&M University's board of trustees is giving its president mixed job reviews in an informal yearly ...
Authorities say a central Florida teen killed his grandmother, who was found stabbed nearly 100 times, stru...
Florida state senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla is facing an ethics charge that he failed to properly repo...
An effort to free whales from SeaWorld by claiming they were enslaved made a splash in the news but flopped...
A Florida group that wants tougher laws against those in the country illegally is "thanking" Gov. Rick Scot...
Legislation that would ban the use of food stamps to buy candy and other junk food remains alive in the Flo...
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The artist has produced more than a thousand paintings about the joys, hopes and horrors of the apocalypse.
A community group in Midtown wants a real estate developer to create a space where kids can play.
The Coral Gables Art Cinema has extended its showing of Glenn Close's new film Albert Nobbs through Feb. 9.
Change to Euclid Avenue Plan would add 5' bike lane
Health inspectors should look at tourism review sites
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