Category: Local News

Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed former School Board member Kevin Tynan and Judge Catalina Avalos to fill two vacancies in the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County. Tynan will step into the role that was left open when Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who presided over the trial of the gunman who murdered 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018, resigned earlier this year. Avalos, who has served as a county judge since 2022, will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Circuit Judge Dale Cohen, the governor’s office said in a news release...

While the world watches the mayhem and destruction unfolding in Israel, South Florida grieves. On Monday, the death toll topped 1,500 after the brutal attack on Israel by Hamas over the weekend. Rabbi Jonathan Berkun, spiritual leader of the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, described the emotions many throughout South Florida are feeling in the wake of the unprecedented attack on Israel, one of the deadliest in decades. “Everyone is absolutely devastated,” Berkun told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Monday. “Deeply concerned. Upset. Angry. Grieving. Everyone has some kind of connection either...

Pretty beach. Stunning skyline. Sparkling waterways. The kind of city you never want to leave. Residents got a chance to see Fort Lauderdale through the eyes of Mayor Dean Trantalis on Wednesday night at his annual “State of the City” speech. The speech, delivered at The Parker playhouse, drew a crowd of nearly 400 people. Some cheered. A few booed. (But more on that later.) Trantalis touted Fort Lauderdale’s growing reputation as a diverse and cosmopolitan city that is fast becoming one of the most desirable places in the nation to live, work and visit. Fort Lauderdale earned a top spot by...

Six children were taken to Broward County hospitals from the Lauderhill Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday evening after eating a candy containing an “unknown substance,” Lauderhill Fire Rescue and Lauderhill Police said. Lauderhill Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jeff Levy said the children were taken from the club, located at 5455 NW 19th St., to Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes and Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale in stable condition. The injuries are not life-threatening, Levy said. Lauderhill Police said in a news release about 9 p.m. Wednesday that officers responded...

The Rev. Gerald Kisner knows how the housing crisis is placing big hardships on families. He recalls how a 47-year-old worker, unable to afford rent with two jobs, moved back in with his family. There’s the story of the three families living together in a three-bedroom apartment. And there’s a senior citizen, Kisner recalls, who had to choose between paying rent or buying medicine. “What do these people all have in common?” Kisner, of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in West Palm Beach, asked Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday. “They’re working here in Palm Beach County, and they...