Police Warn Of Stray Bullets This Fourth
"Do whatever you do for fun…but don't use a gun." This is the advice Miami Police Chief Manny Orosa offers to those celebrating this Fourth of July.
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"Do whatever you do for fun…but don't use a gun." This is the advice Miami Police Chief Manny Orosa offers to those celebrating this Fourth of July.
That buzzing you hear tonight as you try to doze of may not be the hum of a pesky mosquito flitting around your face; it could be the hum of an airplane doing battle with millions of the pesky critters, as Miami-Dade breaks with practice and holds an unusual night-time mosquito spraying.
Summer in South Florida means heat, rain and pesky mosquitoes. If you've been outside recently, you know the mosquitoes are back in full force which has Miami-Dade mosquito control ready to fight back.
Miami-Dade commissioners have passed on first reading a ban on the sale of synthetic marijuana.
he Miami-Dade Charter Review Task Force will hold its first in a series of public hearings on Monday.
Miami-Dade's 23-year ban against keeping or owning pit bulls is looking a bit shaky after Miami-Dade commissioners voted 11-1 Monday to end the ban if voters approve in the August election.
The days of people fleeing the high unemployment, high taxes, and real estate meltdown of the Sunshine State may be at an end. Where US Census figures once showed people leaving Florida in large numbers, between 2010 and 2011, they started to return, with South Florida leading the state.
A City of Miami police officer and a pedestrian were both taken to the hospital early Saturday morning after the officer's patr0l car hit the pedestrian.
He reads stories, sings songs and teaches children who need special attention. He's also one of the most amazing teachers in Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade unemployment figures for the month of January dropped below double digits for the first time in years, echoing a continuing drop in state unemployment numbers released Tuesday.
Students from across Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties put their spelling skills to the test Tuesday at the Miami Herald's 72nd annual spelling bee competition.
Looking for a summer job? Despite economic problems, staff cutbacks and the possibility of layoffs, Miami-Dade County is actually looking for summer part-timers, and the search started Monday.
Thirteen times over the years the Miami-Dade commission has asked voters for a pay raise. Twelve times before this GOP primary day, voters rejected their request. It appears that this latest request, on the primary ballot, may be unlucky 13.
One year after two Miami-Dade police officers lost their lives in the line of duty, they were honored in a special ceremony at Miami-Dade Police headquarters and the widow of officer is speaking out for the first time about her husband and the shooting.
Friday marks the one year anniversary in the deaths of two Miami-Dade police officers who were shot and killed on the day they served a murder warrant.
The nation's fourth largest school district dismisses the fewest teachers for poor performance, according to a group that analyzes teacher quality.
A former athletic director at a Miami-Dade private school already in trouble was rearrested early Friday after a 17-year-old student told authorities that he also had a sexual relationship with her.
Miami-Dade Transit is looking to fill over120 part-time bus driver positions. The move comes after some veteran full-time bus drivers are being trained to become Metrorail operators for the forthcoming elevated train line to Miami International Airport.
Police say someone slaughtered an abandoned horse the day after Christmas and left the body in a SW Miami-Dade canal, the latest in a number of horse slaughters that have plagued Miami-Dade in 2011.
As 2011 draws to a close, it could only mean one of many things, besides whipping out that New Years resolutions list. It's time for another year in review as we begin our top stories of 2011 coming out of Florida, especially here at home in South Florida.
Florida unemployment fell slightly statewide in November, but Miami-Dade County saw a major drop of more than a percentage point. That good news was tempered by the fact that almost 50 thousand people statewide were wiped from the unemployment rolls possibly because they stopped looking for work, or lost their benefits.
Almost 65 percent of adults in Miami-Dade County are obese or overweight. Make Healthy Happen Miami is working to educate neighbors by providing fresh food and healthcare in neighborhoods that desperately need it.
A two county police chased ended in Broward County when a Hollywood police officer shot a suspect who allegedly tried to run over another officer.
Three people remain hospitalized Monday after a devastating house fire in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Victims of October's flooding in Broward County will be getting the chance for extra help from the feds, after the Small Business Administration approved Tuesday a state request for a Disaster Declaration.
