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Police: Woman struck by car on Miami sidewalk
MIAMI – A woman in her 70s was rushed to a hospital Wednesday morning after being struck by a car in Miami, authorities confirmed. The crash was reported at 7:22 a.m. in the 1700 block of Northwest 27th Avenue. Legal fight ensues over Florida law targeting Chinese nationals' property...
Changes are coming for 11 Miami-Dade County schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is proposing boundary changes for 11 schools — three of which will be repurposed — for the 2024–25 school year, a move that's expected to affect around 250 students.Why it matters: While boundary changes are common, it's rare for the district to propose repurposing schools.Parkview and Shadowlawn elementaries and Myrtle Grove K–8 will be "reimagined," officials said.The big picture: The proposed changes, presented last week to the school board, are part of an annual evaluation to determine how schools are being utilized, address enrollment concerns and meet state requirements.Factors considered include enrollment declines, class size mandates,...
Two dead, multiple injured in I-75 crash
Two people died and an adult and two toddlers were injured when the van they rode in collided with a semi-trailer and then struck several trees along Interstate 75, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. According to an FHP press release, a van, driven by a 49-year-old Miami man, was traveling...
Brightline trains break 4 March records as Miami-Orlando eclipses South Florida service
Brightline’s growing long-distance ridership continued to eclipse the fluctuating short-distance ridership, helping the high-speed rail company break four records in March, according to its latest reports. The Miami-Orlando service that launched Sept. 22 broke records in March for:. 4,600 average daily bookings. 133,928 monthly ridership. That boosted total ridership...
2 men killed in collision between boat and yacht near Boca Chita Key identified
Authorities have identified the two men who were killed when a small boat and a yacht collided near Boca Chita Key over the weekend. Jorge Marenco, 49, and Jose Turcios, 51, were killed in the Sunday night collision on Biscayne Bay, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report released Wednesday.
Florida Couple Sorry for Waving Guns Outside Day Care: ‘We’re Not Bad People’
A Florida couple would like to apologize for wildly brandishing guns outside a Miami day care, which caused a panic as workers feared for the children’s lives. According to police, Miguel Ruiz and Estrella Pereira triggered an emergency lockdown at Devon Aire Kiddy College when they pulled two rifles out of a car in the parking lot, aiming one at the building and at a mother picking up her toddler. They say they did it for the ’Gram. “We’re body builders and we’re into the social media thing,” Pereira told WESH. She said Ruiz “thought it would be cool to take a picture with a gun, because with muscles and guns and it sounds really cool like if you look at a photograph like that.” Pereira claimed the pair didn’t know they were pretending to fire at a day care. “Really, we’re not bad people, we will never harm anyone or anything,” she insisted. The gun nuts were charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and exhibiting a firearm near school property.Read it at WESHRead more at The Daily Beast.
Miami man arrested, charged with four voting-related third-degree felonies
Apparently, six felony counts were not enough for one Miami-Dade County man. Wednesday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle pinned a few more badges of dishonor on Cuban-born Lazaro Valle-Villar, 74, who is charged with four voting-related third-degree felonies related to becoming a registered voter in the county despite his present non-citizen status.
Liberty City after-school activity center changes lives of those they serve
MIAMI — What started as an after-school activity center is now much more to the families it serves. The Multi-Ethnic Youth Group Association, or MEYGA, Learning Center in Liberty City is evolving with the area around it and making Miami Proud. "This is a mission from the very beginning, I felt like this is something that I was chosen for," said MEYGA Learning Center founder Samantha Quarterman. Quarterman, who also serves as principal of MEYGA, said she grew up in the same community that the learning center serves: Liberty City. Things she witnessed and went through in her community inspired her...
Dejavu: Miami Commission considers amending LED sign ordinance — again
It started as a bold move by a newly-elected and reform-minded city commissioner to right a terrible wrong. But the ordinance to amend regulations that allow giant LED signs in Miami has been stalled over and over. Commissioner Damian Pardo, who has also sought a temporary moratorium on any new...
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