The Broward NAACP and Public Defender’s Office strongly urged Friday that a Fort Lauderdale police officer be fired after a police investigation determined he spewed racial slurs and instigated a fight with group of Black men outside a club following a night of drinking. Last month, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief William Schultz and a civilian […]
A Fort Lauderdale officer may face termination after he allegedly yelled racial slurs and tried to fight a group of Black men outside a club while off-duty the morning after Thanksgiving, sources say. A department investigation revealed the racist tirade began with a night of drinking. On May 9, Fort Lauderdale Police Chief William Schultz […]
Fort Lauderdale was in the bull’s eye of an intense “1,000-year” rainstorm that swamped homes, streets and neighborhoods last year. Residents of Broward County’s largest city didn’t have to wait long for the next deluge to hit. In June, a storm dumped up to 20 inches of rain in 48 hours in parts of southern […]
A boater found the paddleboard and some gear offshore between Miami-Dade County and Fort Lauderdale that belongs to a man last seen leaving Key Biscayne Monday evening to go spearfishing, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The boater found the items in the ocean about 7 to 10 nautical miles from shore, said Petty Officer […]
Someone vandalized nearly three dozen of Elon Musks’s new Tesla Cybertrucks that were parked in a lot in Fort Lauderdale some time between Thursday night and Friday morning, when they were found with spray-painted writing on them, police said. Someone found 34 vandalized trucks in the lot, located in the 1900 block of Northeast 9th […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One man died and four others were hospitalized after an apparent drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale on Friday night, police said. On Saturday, they identified the man who died as Michael McKinney, 33. Fort Lauderdale Police have since found the vehicle used in the shooting but are still seeking help from […]
Fort Lauderdale police said a man had died and four others remained hospitalized following what appeared to be a drive-by shooting on Friday evening. Authorities said officers responded to the 2300 block of NW 8th Street shortly after 7 p.m. about a shooting and when they got there, they found five people suffering from gunshot […]
The severe rain bomb that triggered an “exceedingly rare” flash flood emergency — meant for catastrophic showers — in multiple South Florida cities has led to the closure of universities, government agencies and transit systems on Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued the emergency alert for portions of southern Broward and northern Miami-Dade Counties. Four […]
Wednesday’s ceaseless rains caused phones to explode with alerts, delayed the Florida Panthers departure to Edmonton for Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, shut down Interstate 95 and provided social media with a lot of content. While the showers pinned planes to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport runways, there were multiple reports of […]
As thunderstorms continue to cause severe flooding in South Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol has shut down all lanes on parts of Interstate 95 in Broward. Water has pooled on the roadway to dangerous levels. Around 2:15 p.m., troopers shut down southbound I-95 at Griffin Road near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Traffic is being […]
A man, mistaken for a murder suspect, was bum-rushed by a group of Fort Lauderdale officers after he got off a county bus nearly a year ago. He’s now suing the officers involved — two of whom were also named in another lawsuit accusing them of excessive use of force during a Black Lives Matter […]
A 8-year-old boy was discovered face down in a Broward County pool, where officers made a desperate attempt to rescue him while responding to a 911 call from the homeowner Monday evening. Days later, Ft. Lauderdale police are investigating the circumstances surrounding his tragic death — including how and why he got into the backyard […]