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Two fishermen found a body in a canal in western Miramar on Wednesday evening, according to police. The fishermen saw the body in the canal near Southwest 196th Avenue and south of Pembroke Road shortly after 7:30 p.m., said Tania Ordaz, a spokesperson for Miramar Police. A car was also found submerged in the same canal, she said. The person’s gender and identity as well as the type of car were not known Wednesday night, Ordaz said. Officers remained at the scene as of about 9:30 p.m. The canal where the fishermen found the body is about three miles northwest of where a Fort Lauderdale...

The Piper PA28 that crashed into a pond at an airport in northern Palm Beach County earlier this month had just taken off from the runway when it disappeared behind the trees and was last recorded just 25 feet above the water before its data ended, according to a preliminary investigation report released Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Stephen Taylor, 59, of Hollywood, and Gojko Damjanic, 58, of Fort Lauderdale, were doing an instructional flight across the state in a Piper PA-28-161 on July 10. An NTSB investigator previously told reporters that one of the men was...

Palm Beach County child care centers on Friday drew a visit from leaders who highlighted the goal of fostering small-business growth and the need to provide affordable child care. Stopping by the centers were Congresswoman Lois Frankel and Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator Dilawar Syed. In the past three years, the Small Business Administration has helped over 18 million new businesses get back on their feet, supporting them with nearly a trillion dollars of COVID relief loans, Syed said during a visit to Learning Wonderland Preschool in Palm Springs. “It’s good news, and...

More than a dozen South Florida Sun Sentinel staffers were awarded eight prizes in the statewide Florida Society of News Editors contest for their reporting on numerous beats and their photography and video work. The awards were presented at the annual luncheon in Orlando Thursday afternoon. The Sun Sentinel was among winners in the contest’s largest division, which includes the Orlando Sentinel, the Tampa Bay Times, the Miami Herald and the Palm Beach Post. Winning first place in the niche site category were magazines editor Mark Gauert, Cassie Armstrong and Anderson Greene for “Explore...

Boynton Beach commissioners decided Tuesday night to try to prevent the rehiring of a veteran officer who was fired in 2022 after chasing a 13-year-old boy, who crashed and died on his dirt bike. The city attorney will appeal an arbitrator’s recent decision that Mark Sohn, a nearly 20-year officer with Boynton Beach Police, should get his job back. Sohn chased Stanley “SJ” Davis III the day after Christmas in 2021 after he attempted to pull over Davis at a gas station on North Federal Highway. Davis fled and crashed as Sohn chased him. Sohn’s pursuit “clearly and unequivocally” violated the...