This Week in South Florida: Ken Russell

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The state of the county address is a chance for mayors to tout accomplishments, frame plans, and stage some optics for public consumption. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava did that last week. Her address had a few surprises to talk about. The mayor joined This...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Which accused criminals have to wait for their trials in jail and which get to be free during that process?. Generally, people think that depends on the crime, and flight risk of the suspect, and both are true. But “out on bond” also currently involves...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – This week’s episode of This Week in South Florida featured a little something different. On a program of news and newsmakers, that title belongs to a group of students from Pompano Beach High School. They are part of the Make Our Schools Safe Club...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The blowback was fast and furious even before details of a new AP African American History course and the reason it was rejected became public. Florida state administrators see violations of new law in the curriculum while Black leaders give voice to fears of a whitewashing of history and culture.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami football team released its 2023 schedule on Monday night. Hurricanes fans can now circle Friday, Sept. 1 on the calendar, that’s when the Canes will host Miami of Ohio at Hard Rock Stadium to open the season. Eight days later...

Below is a list of places ordered shut last week by inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. According to state records, no establishments were ordered shut in Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys last week. All the places mentioned that were shut were allowed to re-open following...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – After nearly a year paralyzed from a fall at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, family members are mourning 25-year-old Gabby Assouline, who died last week as a result of her injuries. Assouline’s family blames Southwest Airlines for the fall and has sued the carrier.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The City of Fort Lauderdale celebrated the re-opening of its new aquatic center on Saturday and shared the moment with Olympians including Greg Louganis, Dara Torres and Sam Dorman. According to a news release, the event showcased “one of the world’s tallest dive towers, the...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police in Miami-Dade County announced the arrest of an alleged repeat polluter. Julio Barreto, 51, is facing several charges including felony littering and willful disregard for the environment. He’s also been fined more than $10,000 in civil citations. On Friday Local 10 News reported...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities in Broward County are investigating after two cars were found submerged in a canal on Sunday. Crews responded to the scene in Fort Lauderdale near Powerline Road and West McNab Road. According to deputies, a woman with some kind of search boat spotted the...

LAUDERHILL, Fla. – Problems are persisting for residents of a Lauderhill apartment building that can’t seem to get its elevator fixed. Patrick Holt came in from out of state to help his sister, Shauna Gibson, who lives on the third floor of the building. Gibson is in a...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A meeting inside a temporary shelter got heated Monday morning, two days after a fire erupted inside a condominium building in Miami Gardens, displacing dozens of residents. “They don’t care! They raised my motherf***ing rent -- I don’t appreciate that!” one resident said. “So what...

SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. – Two people are behind bars following a police chase over the weekend in South Miami. The incident happened Saturday afternoon and ended in the area of Southwest 62nd Avenue and 79th Street. The chase began after a police helicopter spotted a stolen BMW they say...

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A Miami man faces more than two dozen charges after deputies said he stole personal information from gas station customers in the Florida Keys, officials said Monday. Da’Vhun Amaru Kinson, 22, is already jailed in Miami-Dade County on a number of unrelated charges. Monroe...

MIRAMAR, Fla. – The City of Miramar held a special parade on Saturday to celebrate the birthday of a beloved community member. Mrs. Ruby Campbell celebrated 101 years of life on Thursday and the City of Miramar decided they needed to ‘do it big’ for such an important milestone.

DORAL, Fla. – Gen. Laura J. Richardson celebrated the beginning of the construction of a military housing project that will be within walking distance from The U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for the military resources in the Caribbean and Central and South America. Richardson, who Biden nominated in...

BOCA RATON, Fla. – State officials opened a new diverging diamond interchange along Interstate 95 in South Florida Monday morning. The new interchange is located at I-95 and Glades Road in Boca Raton. A diverging diamond interchange, or DDI, forces two directions of traffic to temporarily cross to the...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A man was arrested in Miami Beach after allegedly breaking into a building and then running from police. It happened Saturday at a building located at 600 15th Street in Miami Beach. According to police, 20-year-old Allan Mauricio Anariva-Avila was observed by a witness breaking...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Four deputies were involved in a fatal shooting after a chase on Monday morning in Pompano Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony said an armed bank robbery suspect died. Dino Standjofski said he was in the kitchen of his...

MIAMI – Police officers reported finding 16 forms of U.S. identification, including driver’s licenses and social security cards, and 47 debit cards in a man’s car and wallet on Sunday in Miami-Dade County. Luis Bonachea was in Sweetwater when police officers arrested him on Sunday, according to...