Florida Lands Third in AP Exam Success Nationwide

This might completely blow your mind, seeing as we’re about to drop some actual positive education news on you. It might further explode your gourd to know that this particular piece of good tidings comes in the category of school testing — not exactly a field the state of Florida has…

Plane Crashes Near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport; Four Killed

A Piper PA-31 crashed into a wooded area near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Sunday afternoon. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, all four passengers aboard the twin engine plane were killed. FAA officials say the pilot declared an emergency moments before the plane crashed into a nature preserve along the…

BSO Conducting DUI Checkpoint Tonight

At long last. The weekend is here. It’s been a long work week and Tax Day is around the corner and Kip from accounting has been a total douche lately. Time to watch the clock, wait until 5:00 and then unwind with some drinking and reveling. You deserve it. You…

Broward County Commissioners Propose New Regulations for Uber

Broward County Commissioners have agreed to propose new measures for ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft that would require more thorough background checks for potential driver’s, as well as more stringent inspections for vehicles. Commissioners also want to have drivers fingerprinted.  The County Attorney’s Office will prepare the requirements into…

Moves in Legislature Make It Easier for Gays to Adopt

It looks like gay couples will finally be able to adopt in Florida, thanks to one measure being approved and a last-minute intervention by Former Senate President Don Gaetz in a separate measure. The state’s gay couples have not been allowed to legally adopt for 38 years. But on Wednesday, the Florida…

Broward Bridges “Structurally Deficient”

The good news: only two percent of Florida bridges are structurally deficient — making ours the state with the lowest percentage of problem bridges of all 50 states.  The bad news:  two of the ten most heavily-traveled stressed bridges in the state are in Broward County —  the one on…

Fort Lauderdale Approves $2.1 Million Cost Increase for Aquatic Complex

Fort Lauderdale City Commissioners approved to add $2.1 million in costs for the new aquatic center. The center is already costing roughly $33.7 million. The contractor, Recreational Design and Construction, were hired to build a complex over the old one which has sat on the Intracoastal Waterway on Seabreeze Boulevard for…

Florida Police Body Cam Rules Bill Passes Committee

On the same day a white South Carolina police officer was charged with murder after shooting an unarmed black man, the Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee unanimously passed a measure that would have police agencies to establish policies and procedures addressing the proper use of body cameras for their officers. The…

Tax Season: Florida Is the Tenth Best State in U.S. for Taxes

April: forget about poetry or pleasant showers or even the opening day of baseball season. What the month really means to your average American: taxes. Times to find those mustard covered receipts under the couch and pray you actually left that W-2 where you think you did. Luckily for Floridians,…

Miami Heat Keep Playoff Hopes Alive

For a night, at least, the Miami Heat’s playoff hopes live to see another game. The Heat entered Tuesday nights home game against the Charlotte Hornets with their postseason plans on life support, but the 105-100 victory provided some much needed CPR to their season. The win snapped a four-game…

Lawsuit: All Aboard Florida Train Will Ruin Archaeology Fossils

Count archeologists among those who oppose All Aboard Florida. According to a 44-page lawsuit filed by Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee, a nonprofit archeology group, the U.S. Department of Transportation illegally approved funding for the high-speed rail project that will run 32 express passenger trains a day from Miami,…

Five Most Embarrassing Moments in Miami Marlins History

Opening Day came and went on Monday. All of America tuned in to watch first pitches across the nation. The stars were out in full force. Mike Trout homered in his first at-bat. As it is every year, it was a special day. Yet all people can talk about is…

Fort Lauderdale Cops’ Racist History

The word shot out on the police wire: Be on the lookout for a Ford Focus, black female at the wheel. The driver is waving a handgun at other cars. That muggy afternoon on July 10, 2012, a Fort Lauderdale community service officer coursing through a grid of industrial streets…