South Florida Local News

Fifty-two years after mankind’s giant leap, a small sprout has taken root lunar soil in a Florida lab symbolizing the blossoming of a new moon era.

Students at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in downtown West Palm Beach were wrapping up their lunches on Friday afternoon when chaos erupted. A man drove a van through locked chain-link gates at the school and jumped out, ran around the campus and eventually made it into a building with students and teachers inside.

DeSantis picks Secretary of State whose wife defended Capitol insurrection, QAnon

Eight strangers leap out of their cars at a busy Boynton Beach intersection to help an unconscious driver whose car rolled into heavy traffic.

Broward County’s COVID risk level has been upgraded to “moderate.” The higher level is a result of the county’s positivity rate rising to 16.5% and nine new COVID hospital admissions each day per 100,000 people. Broward County joins Miami-Dade as the only two counties in Florida with moderate risk levels rather than low.

Nova Southeastern University’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine graduated its first class of doctors Friday just as physician shortages are gripping the country.

The judge presiding over Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz's death penalty trial was assigned the case despite never having overseen a major trial

Keith Flaugh, founder of the Florida Citizens Alliance, was pleased with the state’s rejection of math books, although he does not take full credit.

All Florida and U.S. flags should be lowered to half-staff starting at sunset Friday to honor local, state and federal law enforcement officers who have died or become disabled in the line of duty. Peace Officers Memorial Day is Sunday, May 15.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has quickly appealed a state judge’s decision against a key part of his congressional redistricting plan.

The sum amounts to the largest scholarship donation in FAU’s history, school officials said.

The soldier from St. Augustine died this week of injuries sustained during a bear attack in a military training area in Alaska.

After more than two years of construction, the Florida Department of Transportation is nearing completion of one phase of its massive $148 million project to overhaul I-95 by Glades Road.

"Mass rescue effort" under way after boat loaded with suspected migrants capsized near Puerto Rico, killing at least 11.

A dead man was found in a car on Fillmore Street in Hollywood after a shooting, and a second victim was found on the ground.

Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee resigns amid several legal challenges.

Former Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Willard Miller was cleared Thursday of a child-abuse charge stemming from the rough takedown of a troubled 15-year-old female student, finding that his use of force was acceptable under the circumstances.

Family members of some of the 98 people killed in a Florida condominium collapse last June say they are too deep in mourning to contemplate the nearly $1 billion settlement their attorneys negotiated on their behalf

Federal prosecutors have begun a grand jury investigation into whether classified documents that ended up at former President Trump’s Florida home were mishandled, according to two people briefed on the matter.

State Rep. Ramon Alexander won’t seek re-election amid a controversy involving sexual-harassment allegations.