South Florida Local News

Some of his biggest priorities have hit a wall in the courts with key provisions being blocked.

As COVID-19 cases, testing positivity rates and hospitalizations climb across Florida, 10 counties — including Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade — now officially have high community levels, according to the CDC. South Florida's three counties all have positivity rates at or above 20% and COVID-related hospitalizations are at a nearly three-month high.

A 25-year-old Missouri woman is accused of leaving four dogs locked in a hot car while she had lunch in a Florida restaurant

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is signaling he will only agree to one debate before voters select a Democratic candidate for governor.

Florida's two-week disaster-preparedness tax holiday will begin Saturday and, for the first time, shoppers will be able to avoid paying sales taxes on numerous types of pet supplies.

Moms Demand Action, a national organization that works to prevent gun violence, is holding a vigil in Sunrise on Saturday to mourn the victims of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas.

Marlene Warren was shot in the face by a clown wearing a white-painted face, an eerie smile, a red clown nose and an orange wig. Now, 32 years later, the trial of Sheila Keen-Warren — her accused killer — has once again been delayed, setting back the long-awaited closure to one of Palm Beach County’s most notorious murders.

It was a not a good Thursday for cruise ships. On the same day Carnival Cruise Line grabbed headlines with one of its ships’ funnels engulfed in flames, Royal Caribbean crashed into a dock in Jamaica with one of the world’s largest ships.

The CDC recommends masks in high-risk areas for COVID-19 as we head into Memorial Day weekend, but the state of Florida says masks have little to no value.

Daniel Foganholi, Broward County’s newest School Board member, is weighing which public office he may pursue next.

Broward County will consider requiring condos to submit building reports, with the goal of making them public so potential buyers have a better idea of whether the building is in OK condition.

A little girl's quick thinking kept her from being another fatality in the Texas school shooting.

A state investigator demanded to know who in Orange schools authorized the purchase of the book “Gender Queer."

Organizers for March for Our Lives on Thursday announced additional demonstrations across Florida, bringing the number of planned events up to six in the state so far.

Florida legislators leave without lowering property insurance rates

The elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas is becoming an issue in the 2022 race for U.S. Senate in Florida. The Miami Heat basketball team urged fans to contact U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, “demanding their support for common sense gun laws” – and telling them they can “make change at the ballot box.” Rubio didn’t like it.

Guardians for the Missing helped dive teams from the Broward Sheriff's Office and the Pembroke Pines Police recover submerged vehicles from Sailboat Lake in Deerfield Beach. At least three of the vehicles had been reported as stolen.

The husband of one of the teachers killed in Tuesday's Texas school shooting has died, family members said.

Memorial Day weekend is forecast to deliver the type of seasonal summertime weather South Florida is accustomed to getting. No day is a washout, but be on alert for rip currents and afternoon showers.

Ray Liotta, an edgy actor who easily moved from good guys to gangsters and was best known for his starring role as a likable mobster in the New York City-set “Goodfellas,” has died at age 67.