Rickenbacker Causeway ramp construction resumes months after disastrous first attempt
The construction on the flyover ramp will be done in phases this time around.
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Peter D'Oench is a reporter for CBS News Miami.
He came to the station from WKRN-TV in Nashville in September 2007.
He is seen regularly on weekdays on the news at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. and focuses on enterprise, crime-related and breaking news stories and doing follow-up reports on the stories he has covered.
He has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, most recently in 2023 for his part in team coverage involving the wrath of Hurricane Ian in 2022.
D'Oench was an award-winning member of the WPLG News Team as a reporter from 1989-2004.
In addition, he was a producer for news, special projects and the station's Problem Solvers franchise from 2004-2007.
Prior to joining WPLG, he was an anchor/reporter with WTNH, New Haven (1984-1989); a reporter for WFTV, Orlando (1983-1984); a reporter and morning anchor with WCBS, New York City (1982-1983); a reporter for WSVN, Miami (1978-1982) and a reporter for KAMR, Amarillo, Texas (1977-1978).
D'Oench is the recipient of a number of prestigious honors and awards, including a Silver Circle and five Sunshine State Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, a pair of awards from the Sigma Delta Chi honor society, a special citation from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, an Excellence in Reporting commendation from the New York City Overseas Press Club, a special citation from the Miami-Dade County PTA and a special commendation from former Florida Gov. Bob Graham.
D'Oench and his wife Connie have three daughters, Jennifer, Dana and Holly, and two granddaughters, Taylor and Zoey.
The construction on the flyover ramp will be done in phases this time around.
There were some scary moments at a Pembroke Pines strip mall on Friday afternoon where police say one man was shot at a barber shop.
Luciano Mercenari left his Key Biscayne home Monday and has not been seen since.
South Miami Police say surveillance video shows a man, accused of burglary, looking inside homes through windows.
Luciano Mercenari's paddle board was found about ten miles offshore on Wednesday.
The woman's roommate said the officers gave her plenty of warnings before she was shot.
The Coast Guard, Miami-Dade Police and FWC are searching for 29-year-old Luciano Mercenari.
New surveillance video obtained exclusively by CBS News Miami shows two men arrested at gunpoint as they are accused of stealing checks from the mailbox of a Southwest Miami-Dade business.
A victim is speaking out exclusively after surveillance cameras at his home on the upscale Venetian Islands shows a young male smashing the front window of his home in an attempted burglary.
The "goosebumps" singer was taken into custody at the Miami Beach Marina.
South Florida rabbis speaking out after reports that bomb threats were sent to more than 50 synagogues in Florida.
The damage was so severe that residents were not allowed inside to retrieve their personal belongings.
The family of a UPS driver who was killed in a shootout in 2019 on a busy South Florida highway is speaking out after four Miami-Dade police officers were indicted in the killing of twenty-seven-year-old Frank Ordonez and another driver.
While South Florida may see less rain on Friday, compared to earlier this week, many neighborhoods remained affected by standing water.
Nearly 36 hours of rain, with a few lulls in between, have turned parts of South Florida into a soggy mess