South Florida Local News

A tropical wave emerged Monday east of the Windward Islands in the West Indies. Meanwhile, Claudette regained tropical storm status before turning into a low pressure trough Monday night.

Police arrested Joseph Jean, 51, Monday following the stabbing and killing of a 38-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman.

With his knee-jerk comments immediately after witnessing a horrific crash Saturday as the South Florida LGBT Pride Parade was about to kick off, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis put himself at the center of a tornado-strength vortex of criticism. He says he has apologized, but the criticism is intense, especially on social media.

Jim Notter hopes to replace his successor, Robert Runcie, who agreed to step down Aug. 10 as superintendent after his indictment on a felony perjury charge.

With his only listed income a taxpayer-funded salary of $134,181, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reported a net worth of $348,832 as of Dec. 31, 2020, up from $291,449 at the end of 2019, according to a financial disclosure posted Monday on the Florida Commission on Ethics website.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state will give a $12 million boost to funding for Alzheimer’s and Dementia research and care. The disease has become the sixth leading cause of death in Florida.

A new study ranked Florida 37th in the country when it comes to recovering from the pandemic.

Claudette, the third named storm of 2021, has been downgraded to a tropical depression, but it is expected to become a tropical storm once again late Sunday or early Monday in the Carolinas. Damage was reported in north Florida, where winds reached up to 85 mph, according to AP.

A bison hybrid who roamed the woods in Connecticut for months after escaping on the way to the slaughterhouse has adjusted to life in a Florida animal sanctuary.

Authorities said the children hooked a noose around the gator at Fay Lake Wilderness Park in Port St. John

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Witnesses at the Stonewall Parade and Festival gave conflicting accounts about whether the crash was deliberate or an accident.

In its first year as a national holiday, Juneteenth was celebrated locally at a number of events.

If Floridians really want to know how their state is doing during the coronavirus pandemic, they must look to the federal government for answers.

U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday granted a preliminary injunction Friday against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has imposed conditions for cruises to resume after a year and a half on the sidelines.

Law enforcement agencies in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties say Gov. Ron DeSantis never asked them to send officers to patrol the southwest border.

A federal court granted a preliminary injunction against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its conditional sail order that has shut down the cruise industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New COVID cases continue to decline, even as the coronavirus vaccine becomes a harder sell in Florida.

As Florida’s COVID-19 vaccine surplus grows and demand weakens, providers say they can’t help but waste doses and fear vials stored in their freezers will expire before they can be used in the fight against the spread of coronavirus.