On Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office had to put the cuffs on one of their own. An arrest among the ranks of law enforcement is always bad enough, but the crime Deputy Ted Arboleda is accused of is particularly grimey: swapping sex in exchange for looking the other way on…
The Florida Panthers apparently are a thing. And last night they had themselves an honest-to-goodness NHL hockey match at the BB&T Center in Broward. Unfortunately, not many people were aware of it because, according to the official tally, only 7,311 people showed up to the game. So maybe it’s because…
Inside a conference room at Major League Baseball’s modernist Manhattan headquarters, Rob Manfred stared down Alex Rodriguez. The fate of both men — the future commissioner of baseball and the era’s greatest slugger — hung in the balance. Rodriguez was furiously fighting a record suspension for buying steroids from a…
By Michelle de Carion Correction: The original version of this story identified Speck as a traffic engineer. He is a city planner. A city planner writing in The Atlantic minces no words when he accuses the Florida Department of Transportation of the “greatest pedestrian massacre in U.S. history.” FDOT and…
Te Andre Gomion, a candidate for the Lauderdale Lakes commission, was found over the weekend slumped behind the wheel of a vehicle that was still running. He was allegedly inebriated, according to police. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office report, Gomion’s car was parked and his foot was on the…
Vice President Joe Biden is hitting up Boca and Broward on Monday to do a little campaigning for Charlie Crist. The vice president will be making the rounds with Crist, first at a synagogue in Boca Raton, then later at Broward College’s Coconut Creek campus. Biden’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden,…
Tommy Rosen is pretty smokin’ hot, so it’s hard to imagine him as a scraggly, cigarette-smoking, drug-addicted Deadhead. But the 47-year-old abused substances from the age of 13 and later suffered from a major gambling problem. Most of us have some kind of addiction that’s holding us back, Rosen points…
Members of all three South Florida native people’s groups — the Seminole Tribe, the Independent Traditional Seminole Nation, and the Miccosukee Tribe — got an early start on Columbus Day this year, marking the date with education and networking on what they see as a new form of colonization –…
Midway through the second half of the Dolphins-Packers game Sunday, Fox color analyst John Lynch compared Aaron Rodgers to Fins legend Dan Marino. Lynch told viewers that Marino’s release was the quickest he’s ever seen but that Rodgers’ release was right up there. Little did Lynch — or any of…
By Michelle de Carion A onetime Indy 500 Rookie of the Year is about to realize a dream he never thought possible: to be released from prison. He had been serving life without parole for marijuana trafficking. Randy Lanier’s days of playing chess and practicing tai chi in prison are…
Rick Scott and Charlie Crist are all set to debate this Wednesday at Broward College. The polls show a close race between the two candidates, with razor-thin differences in the percentage points. But there’s another candidate in play as well, and he’s looking to get in on the debate and…
The John Goodman retrial has yet to start, but it’s already beginning to get a little nuts after a potential juror was placed under arrest for contempt of court Thursday. The juror, Travis Van Vliet, 23, of Lithia in Hillsborough County, Googled the Goodman case, which is a no-no, and…
With same-sex marriage on the brink of being legalized in Florida or getting forever mired in litigation, advocates and gay rights groups have been using news releases and the media to call on Gov. Rick Scott to lift the ban. But now one same-sex couple is going directly to the…
The 2014 Miami Dolphins season is well underway! And while lots of other websites will be breaking down each game and listing reasons why the Dolphins will or won’t win while analyzing players, coaches, and match-ups against their respective opponent week to week, we won’t. Not us. Not here. Instead,…
On Wednesday, Broward College will be the site of a gubernatorial debate between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist. Good time to bring attention to another important issue at the college. In recent years, colleges and universities have faced a crisis within their ranks. Fewer and fewer teaching jobs are designed…
In response to the divisive topic of same-sex marriage, Broward College will host a Religious Liberty and Marriage Equality forum on its South Campus on Monday, October 13. The forum is part of the college’s Humanities Initiative, which is designed to help students and community members learn how public policy…
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies busted thee people whom they’re calling a counterfeit crew who used phony credit cards at ATMs in Weston. The three suspects were caught withdrawing bundles of cash using the fake cards, albeit not in a very conspicuous fashion. All told, the trio was allegedly caught with…
Last year, the Satanic Temple put in a request to Florida’s Department of Management Services to have a display placed in the state’s Capitol rotunda along with a Nativity scene for the holidays. The Satanic Temple was rejected with extreme prejudice and told that its display was “grossly offensive for…
Ever since South Florida voters booted him from office after realizing they’d accidentally elected not a serious politician but a self-interested sound-bite machine, Allen West has been looking for steady work. Sure, he can hop onto Fox News whenever he wants and say some treasonous malarkey, and the Tea Party…
Yes, it’s already time to start thinking about your Halloween costume — the triumphant return of pumpkin-spice everything should have been your first clue that fall was fast approaching. Lucky for you, you live in Florida, where Halloween costume ideas practically throw themselves in front of your face every day…
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject same-sex marriage appeals in several states earlier this week — opening the door to lifting the ban in a total of 30 states — the attorney general and Gov. Rick Scott are still sticking to their guns in trying to keep same-sex…
In August, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle ruled on Grimsley and Albu v. Scott that Florida’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples was unconstitutional and, despite a stay on his ruling, ordered the State of Florida to issue a new death certificate for Carol Goldwasser, naming Arlene Goldberg, her…
