Housing costs are rising. Sales aren’t. Prices for single-family homes in the Miami area are now at an all-time high, according to March data. But the number of deals in Miami-Dade and Broward dropped 15% from a year ago. Here’s a breakdown of costs and sales in South Florida: What is the median sales price […]
Unexpected news stunned the Broward County Public Schools community on Tuesday: Superintendent Peter Licata stepped down, citing health reasons, and Howard Hepburn replaced him. Who is Hepburn, and why did the Broward School Board pick him to lead the sixth largest school district in the country, with about 260,000 students? We’ve got five quick facts […]
Practicing where they shouldn’t and not responding to Florida Bar investigative records requests — in one case involving a $300,000 settlement check and a claim of misappropriated funds — put lawyers from Miami and Broward on the monthly list of attorneys disciplined by the state Supreme Court. In alphabetical order…. Albert Moon, Miami Albert Moon […]
A man who allegedly shot and killed a man at his ex-girlfriend’s house in Broward, then kidnapped her and her then 2-year-old son at gunpoint was recently captured in the Caribbean, the FBI announced Thursday. Kareem Jobbar Lightbourne, 47, entered the woman’s Lauderhill residence in December 2002, where he shot the man to death, the […]
A hair salon owner heading to work on a July morning was suddenly the target of a racist, road rage-fueled pursuit in Coral Springs that ended in the death of the man chasing him and his own arrest, attorneys say. Melvin Foster said he shot Thomas Sconzo that day in 2021 because he was afraid […]
Interstate 95 south was shut down early Tuesday morning near Miami Gardens after an armed carjacking in Broward County turned into a police chase, according to authorities. I-95 — closed between Ives Dairy Road and Golden Glades — remained shut down at 7:50 a.m and traffic was backed up for miles. An alternate route is […]
In 2007, an ominous man known as “El Tigre” gunned down a customer at a Fort Lauderdale sports bar. Police caught the elusive suspect during a traffic stop last year. But this week, Broward prosecutors opted not to pursue a case against him, records show. Jose Wilson Padilla-Padilla, 42, was arrested in February 2023 when […]
A Broward man is facing a slew of charges after admitting to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl, police say. On Wednesday, Pembroke Park police got a call from a nearby hospital about a girl who came in reporting a sexual battery. The following day, officers showed up to an apartment in the 3700 block of […]
Some South Florida malls are open and others are closed on Easter Sunday. Here’s what to know about holiday hours for major malls in Miami-Dade and Broward counties: Shopping mall hours on Easter Sunday Aerial view of Town & Country Mall in Kendall in 2022. Is your favorite mall open on Easter Sunday 2024? Aventura […]
With all his opponents having dropped out, former President Donald Trump won every city in Broward in Florida’s presidential primary, though he didn’t perform quite as well as he did in the rest of the state. And the Republican votes in the county’s cities and towns weren’t uniform. Some communities provided him a much larger […]
The man who shot and wounded a police officer in a Fort Lauderdale hotel room on Thursday had a history of arrests and mental health problems severe enough that police invoked Florida’s touted ‘red flag’ law to take his guns away two years ago. But that was only temporary. Karl Chludinsky got them back last […]
Housing costs in Miami-Dade and Broward counties are rising. Prices for single-family homes and condos are now at an all-time high. Here’s a breakdown of costs and sales in South Florida: What is the median sales price of a single-family home? Miami-Dade County: $650,000 Broward County: $625,000 What is the median sales price of a […]