Oakland Park News

New Whitney Houston: "The Voice" is back -- or is she -- with her big comeback track.

Miami, Fla., Jul 1, 2009 .- A year after five Planned Parenthood clinics in Florida were shut down amid financial mismanagement including a missing $440,000, the organization is opening new clinics in Pembroke Pines and Oakland Park.

Published: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 7:12 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 7:12 a.m. OAKLAND PARK A South Florida man died early this morning after being electrocuted while trying to knock mangoes from a tree.

Gay rights 40 years after Stonewall Helping animal shelters CERT Training Little girl needs a new heart Glass of wine leads to arrest Time is running out Sweetbay Beef Recall A chilling revelation Could the rape and murder of Coralrose Fullwood have been videotaped? One man says it was and he knows where the tape is.

Jun 28, 2009 1:00 pm US/Eastern OAKLAND PARK A Coconut Creek man was electrocuted Sunday morning after a pole he was using to knock mangos out of tree hit a power line.

A South Florida mother is asking whoever broke into her truck and stole a videotape of her son to come forward.

The Broward Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who held up a bank in Oakland Park on Monday morning.

Folks are still coming from other states to get pain pills in South Florida. Some to use, some to sell.

Jun 18, 2009 11:22 am US/Eastern An Oakland Park man has been arrested for allegedly shaking a five month old baby until it stopped breathing.

A musical haven in the middle an industrial park in Oakland Park, Alligator Alley celebrated 7 years of giving South Florida are great place to drink, eat and hear local musicians.

When Michael Lamarre of Oakland Park applied for a job as a baggage screener at the Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale Airport, the Transportation Security Administration turned him down because he has HIV.

Oakland Park, FL 33334 Due to its proximity to several other bars that close a bit earlier in the night, Cheers has become a haven for serious drinkers who need an extra round or two between 3 and 4 in the morning.

The allegations were troubling: Two women said a Broward Sheriff's deputy got them alone during late-night traffic stops and touched or joked about their breasts.

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Bill McCollum, Florida Attorney General, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Mitch Bates, Chief, Garland, Texas Police Department, announce that defendant Daniel Monroy Osorio was sentenced today by U.S. District Court ...

Bounty hunters hired by a Greeneville bail bondsman returned an alleged fugitive to Northeast Tennessee on Wednesday night, but not before chasing him through a Georgia swamp.

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announced today that two players matched all five winning numbers in the Wednesday, May 27, FANTASY 5 drawing and will share a $238,991.40 top prize.

It's a new kind of drug deal, and it's happening all over Broward County. The drugs are prescriptions.

Miami International Film Festival presents The Extraordinary Journey of Fernando Bujones , a documentary on the virtuoso ballet dancer, one of the most famous figures in ballet in the 1970s and '80s. Bujones, who died of cancer in 2005 at only 50, had a special connection to Miami where he was born while his Cuban parents were on a family visit.

Rising Action Theatre will hold non-Equity auditions on Monday, June 22nd and Tuesday, June 23rd from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for two upcoming musicals: "Flora, the Red Menace" and "Grey Gardens." Auditions will be held at Rising Action Theatre at 840 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park.

The Broward Sheriff's Office is offering a new program to help business owners protect their stores from burglars.