Miami News

By Meisha Perrin Miami is one step closer to owning Brickell Avenue from Southwest Eighth Street south to where I-95 meets US 1. Last week commissioners approved taking over Brickell from the Florida Department of Transportation without swapping roadways in Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones' district, as proposed when the deal surfaced at the ... (more)

By Vanessa Zambrano The XIX Inter-American Conference of Mayors and Local Authorities this week brought public officials from Latin America to Miami once again.

MIAMI -- Miami Beach's resort hotels showed guests a tropical paradise when they were built in the 1950s, but just beyond the sunny facade was a shady, more dangerous world.

For those of you keeping track of food holidays, happy International Sushi Day. The "holiday" was first listed in Chase's Calendar of Events in 2010.

They came from as far north as Jupiter and Stuart, Boca Raton and Broward County , carpooling down to Miami for the demonstration and prayer service they hoped would send a message to Israeli officials.

The former University of Miami student convicted in the crash that killed an elderly woman in Coral Gables is expected to begin serving her sentence soon.

The Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday voted to accept a groundbreaking plan to stop the killing of adoptable dogs and cats at the county shelter.

The grassroots RollBackTolls.Com coalition has managed to turn a vote over toll hikes on the Dolphin Expressway into a political fight.

"I have two kids and I kind of lost my mojo," Calejo said. "This is my club experience and me time."

Summer is the time when aspiring hip-hop artists can master how to be the next Macklemore, budding scientists can learn how to design a skyscraper with straws and animal lovers can get personal with an 18-foot great white shark.

More than three years after a Hallandale Beach woman disappeared , law enforcement agents were once again searching for her at an empty lot in Opa-locka Monday morning.

Five years ago, the only athletic activity on Virginia Key was getting buzzed at Jimbo's and bowling bocci balls with the beach bums.

Air Rescue and the Miami-Dade Police Department Aviation Coast Guard are searching the water with their glare system over Intracoastal Waterway and the beach.

Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers out there. And a special greeting to all the surrogate and single fathers.

Previous experience includes: senior vice president of corporate banking division and president of community banking division of Union Planters Bank, Coral Gables; president and chief executive of Ready State Bank, Hialeah; and vice president and branch manager of Capital Bank, Miami; vice president and branch manager of Intercontinental Bank, ... (more)

A man who was reportedly impersonating a police officer, complete with flashing lights on top of his car, stopped a driver Saturday but was soon busted after a real Miami officer stopped to provide back-up.

Concepcion A. Mesa sold a three-bedroom, one-bath home at 12830 N.W. 17th Ave., in Miami , to Gabriela Luquetta for $49,900 on May 30. The 914-square-foot, one-story home last sold for $215,000 in September 2007.

Later, as an architect, he became a leader of the movement to preserve the city's Art Deco heritage as an original member of the Historic Preservation Board, and a hands-on savior of threatened structures.

Pinecrest council members are still working on getting a new fire station to serve the east side of the village and part of neighboring Palmetto Bay.

Rees Redirect: Get the latest storm updates from Ken Kaye. SunSentinel.com/stormcenter Amid the high-tech computers, satellite dishes and sophisticated equipment at the National Hurricane Center is a HAM radio operator station, somewhat hidden in a back office.