South Florida Local News

A tropical storm warning is in effect from east of Morgan City, La., to the Okaloosa/Walton County Florida line., according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Broward Sheriff’s Office, charging that conditions inside the county’s four jails unconstitutionally put inmates at risk of infection and death from the new coronavirus.

A candidate running for Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County submitted a letter to State Attorney Aramis Ayala Friday alleging Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis ex-cop accused of killing George Floyd, illegally voted in Florida during the 2016 and 2018 elections.

Palm Beach County on Friday requested permission to join other Florida counties in reopening additional businesses that have been closed because of coronavirus restrictions.

Tropical Storm Cristobal is forecast to reach the U.S. Gulf Coast by Sunday and tropical storm watches have been posted from the Florida panhandle to the Texas/Louisiana boarder, including the city of New Orleans. Here is the latest storm track, including the so-called spaghetti models.

The Broward County Chiefs of Police Association and its members introduced a five-point plan to improve police relations with the community.

At least eight South Florida law enforcement agencies have use-of-force policies that do not clearly address chokeholds, sleeper holds and other neck restraints under scrutiny in the wake of George Floyd’s death, according to a South Florida Sun Sentinel review.

Tropical Storm Cristobal is forecast to reach the U.S. Gulf Coast by Sunday and tropical storm watches have been posted from the Florida panhandle to the Texas/Louisiana boarder, including the city of New Orleans. Here is the latest storm track, including the so-called spaghetti models.

Val Demings’ background as a former police chief at a department that has been accused of using force excessively, including during her tenure, could prove a challenge on the national stage, particularly when people across the country are protesting in the streets against police brutality.

A flood watch is in effect for the southern half of Florida as the chance of scattered thunderstorms increases into the weekend.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment seeking to ban possession of assault-style weapons does not meet requirements to go before voters. The Ban Assault Weapons NOW group began the initiative after 17 people were killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Calling the case “much-to-do about nothing,” a lawyer for Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez is asking a circuit judge to dismiss a lawsuit that contends Gimenez should be disqualified from running for a congressional seat this year.

Former Boynton Beach police officer Gabriel Albala, 45, of Margate, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and five years probation for a child pornography conviction.

All of South Florida under a flood watch through Friday morning. .Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties could see an average of 1 to 3 inches of rain.

Political, civic and religious leaders in South Florida – young and old, black and white, Christian, Jewish and Muslim – are talking about how to change police behavior toward black citizens and how to tear down systemic racism in America.

Messy housemate puts a damper on plans for a brighter future.

A deputies union locked in a public battle against Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has sent a letter asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend the lawman from his post. But the governor's office says it's up to the voters to make that decision.

UCF is reviewing a psychology professor's tweets after others called the racist and urged the university to dismiss him.

The latest forecast for the 2020 hurricane season says the odds have grown for a landfall in the United States.

Dozens of demonstrators protested outside Broward Sheriff’s Office’s headquarters near Fort Lauderdale on Thursday in support of a deputy being investigated for going on social media to criticize the agency’s record on racial diversity.