Hialeah Councilwoman Angelica Pacheco surrendered to the FBI on Thursday morning as she faces healthcare fraud charges. The FBI confirmed to the Miami Herald that Pacheco is in federal custody and was scheduled to make her first appearance Thursday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis in Miami federal court. The councilwoman was elected […]
Hialeah’s Public Works department issued a boil water order that remains in effect Saturday for the Hialeah Heights neighborhood. The precautionary order will be lifted when sample tests show that the water is clear of possible contamination. What is the boundary? Map of the area where a boil water alert was issued in the Hialeah […]
Wednesday’s only jackpot winners in the state among Florida Lotto, Cash 4 Life, Powerball and Fantasy 5 were sold in Hialeah and Kendall, according to the Florida Lottery. The one ticket with the Fantasy 5 midday draw numbers — 1, 3, 8, 21 and 28 — was worth $54,285.96 and sold at the Kwik Stop […]
State inspectors spotted old food, moldy food, dirty hands and equipment during recent checks of bakeries in Kendall and Hialeah. When a bakery or grocer fails Florida Department of Agriculture inspection, it doesn’t get shut down, as a restaurant inspected by the state Department of Business and Professional Regulation does. But, Ag Department inspectors have […]
A father killed his son and ended his own life inside an apartment in Hialeah before the child’s mother discovered their bodies Thursday afternoon, police said. The mother found them around 5:15 p.m. in a unit at the Lake House Apartments, 7225 W. 11th Ct., a couple of blocks from McDonald Water Park. “We are […]
A registered nurse walked into Hialeah police headquarters, handed investigators a phone with videos and photos of child sexual abuse, and claimed ownership of the phone, the photos and videos, an arrest report said. This happened back on Aug. 31, 2022, but is the reason Odumegwu Agbo’s nursing license was revoked on Tuesday. Agbo “had […]
A former prosecutor who grew up in Hialeah was confirmed Tuesday morning as a federal judge by the U.S. Senate to fill one of three long-vacant judicial positions in the Southern District of Florida, one of the busiest regions for criminal and civil cases in the country. Jacqueline Becerra, confirmed by a 56-40 Senate vote, […]
Yanaisa Pulido put the welfare of others before hers. Now, her family needs others to help after she was killed in a six-car crash in Fort Lauderdale while aiding people stranded on Interstate 95 over the weekend. Those who knew her say the 23-year-old Hialeah paramedic died doing what she did best: helping others when […]
The City of Hialeah wants to establish law and order by preventing the illegal rental of mobile homes as alternative housing in the face of the affordable housing crisis. “There are many people who are taking advantage of Hialeah, people who do not live in the city, thinking that Hialeah is the Wild West,” Mayor […]
Food preparation equipment that needed to be washed, the places it would be washed needing to be washed and cat poop — not rat poop, cat poop — weren’t enough for a state inspector to close a Hialeah cafeteria last week. Mindy Supermarket & Cafeteria finally got a “met inspection standards” on an inspection on […]
When she and her business partner Mario Barone decided to open a barbecue spot in Hialeah, Gianina Roman knew it would be a challenge. Hialeah isn’t trendy (yet) and doesn’t really draw tourists the way Wynwood or downtown Miami do. It’s not a place locals outside the city think of going when they think of […]
It was the biggest industrial transaction in Miami-Dade County in 2023. Six warehouses in Hialeah were snagged for $174.3 million, but the buyer wasn’t a major corporation or manufacturer. It was the Mormon Church. It’s not yet clear what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, plans to […]