Friends and Neighbors

Charity pays for glasses for underprivileged kids

The Heiken Children’s Vision Program provides free comprehensive eye examination and glasses when pr...

A PROM NIGHT TO REMEMBER

Dwyane Wade surprises Miami teen at prom

Persistence paid off for an Archbishop Coleman Carroll senior. She asked (and asked) and ultimately receive...

REALITY TV

Miami police parts ways with popular “First 48” cable show

The popular television show has helped solve Miami homicides, but critics say the cameras can be a distract...

Insurance

Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare

Homeowners could save up to 70 percent on their insurance premium with a new policy offering from Citizens,...

Miami Beach

Jet-set Miami developers entangled in legal drama over private jet

For sale: a $12.6 million Bombardier Challenger jet presumably grounded at the Opa-locka Airport.

Notoriety follows Rivera pal in Nicaragua

Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congre...

Hialeah

High-profile cop problems hit Hialeah Police Department

One cop was arrested and claims his girlfriend’s pimps set him up. Another officer was charged with ...

Weather alert: Heavy storms forecast for South Florida Monday afternoon

It’s beginning to feel a lot like summer.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Glitch in widely used polygraph can skew results

The problem with a model of lie-detector used by many police agencies and the federal government has been e...

Injured Port Everglades worker rescued

A 52-year-old worker was injured at Port Everglades Sunday afternoon when a cargo container shifted and lan...

BROWARD

Broward drivers navigate the I-595 nightmare

Drivers navigate closed ramps, exits being changed, and signs warning of changing traffic patterns.

Woman, 68, struck and killed by bus at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

A bus struck and killed a woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Saturday afternoon.

One killed, two injured in crash on Florida’s Turnpike in Miramar

Officials say a car stopped in the left lane was struck from behind and caught on fire

Police search for West Park hit-and-run driver

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

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Glitch in widely used polygraph can skew results

The problem with a model of lie-detector used by many police agencies and the federal government has been e...

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...

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...

Small Florida city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ...

Politics

Marc Caputo: IRS does bad job with bad laws

Congress vs. IRS: The do-littles vs. the do-wrongs.

EDUCATION

Teacher-training programs’ success under scrutiny

Florida and several other states are creating accountability systems so education schools will develop quan...

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.

Sun Life Stadium

Miami Dolphins spent big bucks on campaign for canceled election

In six weeks, the political campaign for tax dollars to fund a Sun Life Stadium renovation became one of th...

Fla. woman charged with Haitian visa fraud

A South Florida woman has been charged with visa fraud after authorities say she falsely promised 143 Haiti...

Long-term care Medicaid patients start enrolling

Phone counselors are now available to help long-term care Medicaid recipients choose their health plans.

Alabama man's class ring found decades later

Rick Shayne Fossett loved wearing his wife's class ring.

Deputies: Bartender, 3 patrons sliced by angry man

A 50-year-old man is accused of attacking four people with a fillet knife in an Indian Rocks Beach bar.

Man's body found after North Florida home explodes

The body of a man was found following an explosion inside a north Florida mobile home.

2 Fantasy 5 players share $85,758.86 top prize

Two winners of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $85,758.86 each, the Florida Lottery said Monday.

Woman falls off 3rd floor balcony in Gainesville

A woman fell from a third floor balcony of a Gainesville apartment during a party.