14+ hour, 23+ min ago   (150+ words) Miami Herald A North Carolina man was arrested Saturday for harvesting undersized lobsters, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Lower Keys Marine Deputy Luis Guiardinu was on patrol around 2:14 p.m. near Sunshine Key when he spotted several people harvesting…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (936+ words) Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro and her permit-expediting business are under scrutiny ahead of the city’s upcoming November election after investigators said they found probable cause that she violated state ethics laws while conducting business in the Gables. The probable…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (434+ words) Built in 1958, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s old headquarters was hardly the ideal working environment. The air conditioning was shot, the elevators were unreliable, the basement and parking lot flooded, the roof leaked and the men’s restroom doubled as a…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1424+ words) Celestino Diaz thought he was building the Venezuelan answer to Chipotle. The plan was ambitious but straightforward: Start with a small arepa restaurant in New York, gradually add locations and, within five to seven years, build a 15-store chain. Among…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (643+ words) The manager of a Diego Maradona-themed Argentine steakhouse was locked up on Friday after police say he stabbed his mother to death in his Brickell high-rise apartment. Shortly before 5 a.m., Miami police were called to Solitair Brickell Apartments, 86 SW Eighth St.,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1218+ words) The Hialeah firefighters’ union is calling the city’s proposed two-year contract a “slap in the face,” saying the offer does little to address the department’s staffing and retention crisis and leaves firefighter salaries behind neighboring agencies. The proposal, presented by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (491+ words) Detectives arrested a man Tuesday who’s accused of gunning down another man outside a Miami Gardens convenience store almost two years ago. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. Nov. 21, 2024, in front of the Quick Stop at 3185 NW 207th Street, police said. When…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (608+ words) Florida prosecutors formally asked an Orange County judge Tuesday to reconsider his order to release on bail Mike Caruso, the suspended Palm Beach County Clerk who is facing charges of kidnapping and sexually abusing a child. At a hearing Friday,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1343+ words) European soccer’s governing body has gone to federal court in Miami seeking evidence for a potential criminal case against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over his failed attempt to sell a multibillion-dollar stake in the commercial business behind the World Cup....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (490+ words) A former Miami-Dade firefighter was found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing children in a new trial stemming from an appeals court overturning his convictions. Fernando Castano, 52, was convicted by a six-person jury after more than three hours of deliberation....