NEWS FROM: Florida City, Goulds, Homestead, Naranja, Princeton, Redland, South Dade
A car ran out of control and slammed into 12-year-old twins waiting for their middle school bus Wednesday morning in South Miami-Dade.
Strong and intelligent women changed Florida -- even if they couldn't vote until 1920. May Mann Jennings, a former governor's wife, was such a woman who even lobbied the state Legislature.
Keys Gate Charter School parents squared off against city officials Monday on how much a proposed new K-8 would have to pay for traffic improvements before it can be built.
The city council moved a townhome project and two restaurant applications forward, hired an internal auditor and adopted recommendations for development around the Air Reserve Base.
A South Dade High School student is recovering after a fight in the school restroom as police hunt for the other combatant, who will face a felony battery charge.
GOULDS A burglar stole jewelry, a television and laptop computer after breaking a door at a house in the 21800 block of Southwest 124th Avenue between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nov. 3. The items were valued at $11,450. Damage was estimated at $100.
M ore than 300 works of art by students from throughout Miami-Dade will be on display in a new exhibition, The Shapes of Space, now on view at 801 Art Studio, 801 SW Third Ave. in Miami.
A student found unconscious in a rest room at South Dade Senior High was knocked out in a fist fight with another student, police said Tuesday.
Cleotha Brown has spent 56 years building a life and a home in West Perrine. He and his wife Janice don't think they should be forced to live next to a trash-infested lot with men urinating in the open field -- with their tax money paying for it.
Florida City wants to expand its redevelopment area but faces a budget reality that it won't be able to afford all of its proposed projects -- at least for now.
Military members defend the U.S. and for this we owe them a debt of gratitude every day -- not just on Veterans Day.
The attorneys and staff of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP put down their legal documents for a day and picked up paintbrushes, shovels and gardening tools to polish the grounds of the Seymour Gelber Senior Day Care Center in Kendall.
Are you all too young to know what the term ''true grit'' is? It's the ability to stay with it and not ever give up. Yup. That's my man: Bob Ross for Pinecrest Village Council Seat 1.
OK, parents, teachers and counselors: Take a deep breath. You will survive senior year. Your senior's college applications are a work in progress and frankly driving you, the counselor, the College Assistance Program (CAP) advisor and teachers to the point of madness.
REDLAND SPICE PARK AREA | A burglar hauled away a generator, a pump and a lock for a container after prying open a window at a house in the 19900 block of Southwest 240th Street between 6 p.m. Nov. 5 and 1:45 p.m. Nov. 6. The stolen items were valued at $3,500.
It makes sense: You can learn about going green at one of Miami-Dade's lushest parks this weekend. The Fruit and Spice Park is having a Great Green Family Festival this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
THE HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY HOSTS ONE OF THE REGION'S HOTTEST EVENTS THIS WEEKEND: NASCAR'S 2008 SERIES CROWNING FINALE
Given the nation's newfound awareness over climate change, energy and other environmental issues, South Florida educators say they have witnessed an increased appetite among students and parents to ``go green.''
Students from schools throughout Miami-Dade County were named the September winners of the Do The Right Thing Program, sponsored by the Miami Police Department, British Airways, The Miami Herald and WTVJ-NBC 6.
GOULDS A burglar went for a laptop computer, two televisions and jewelry after breaking a bedroom window at a house in the 22900 block of Southwest 107th Place between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Oct. 30. The items were valued at $5,800. Damage was estimated at $250.
More than 900 came out to the sixth annual Homestead Speedway Bicycle Festival to learn about bike safety and participate in rides.
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