Pembroke Pines News

As Barr indicated, it's anybody's guess. Various mock drafts have linked the Giants to Piscotty, right-hander Nick Travieso of Archbishop McCarthy High School in Pembroke Pines, Fla., right-hander Lance McCullers of Jesuit High School in Tampa, Fla., infielder Richie Shaffer of Clemson and left-hander Andrew Heaney of Oklahoma State University.

In the end, it came down to one word in the sixth round for Vaidya Govindarajan: polynee, the Swedish word for a cookie dough tart filled with meringue and ground almonds.

JULY 18: Big Gulp, Super Big Gulp and Double Big Gulp cups sit in there dispensers at a 7-Eleven store on July 18, 2002 in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

The state Department of Juvenile Justice does not have a stellar track record of competency or efficiency.

Christal, 12, of Pembroke Pines, and Vaidya Govindarajan, 14, of Miami, competed Wednesday against 278 other spellers, ages 6 through 15, from around the world in the preliminary rounds at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Pembroke Pines; 786-340-8054. Robyn Almodovar, a Le Cordon Bleu graduate who cooked at The Forge, Devito South Beach and the Royal Palm Hotel before hitting the South Florida streets with her 24-foot Palate Party food truck, is a contestant on Season 10 of Fox's Hell's Kitchen.

Job Title: RN II Department: 61443 6 Central-Medical/Telemetry Category: RN Location: Memorial Hospital West Shift: Full time nights 12 hours Req #: memo-00040371 Job Description: RN II, 6 Central-Medical/Surgical. Able to prioritize care for multiple patients, accountable for the assess, plan, implementation, evaluation of the adult and geriatric ... (more)

A county commissioner thinks a three-story house under construction in his district may not be what it appears.

Warm congratulations to Temple Beth Am Day School for earning top awards on May 15, at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden Challenge.

The Syrian military in the past month planted a band of anti-personnel mines along stretches of the border with Turkey, where last year more than 10,000 Syrian refugees fled the Assad regime's crackdown on the pro-democracy "Arab Spring" uprising, Syrian witnesses said.

If you dream about a big fish, and then see a man on a bicycle when you walk outside to get the paper, be sure to play the lottery numbers 1-0-5-2. "It's a Cuban tradition," said 68-year-old Juan Campos as he bought a Play 4 ticket on Wednesday at Navarro Discount Pharmacy in Pembroke Pines.

A tourist from Uruguay said he was robbed, kidnapped and assaulted by two men after leaving the Pembroke Lakes Mall Thursday afternoon.

Hurricane Season 2012 is set to begin on June 1, and Verizon Wireless encourages Floridians to be ready with an emergency communication plan.

NBC 6's Hank Tester reports on the condition of the three law enforcement officers injured in the series of events connected with Thursday's Florida's Turnpike shooting: Key Biscayne Police Officer Nelia Real, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Gabriel Martinez, and Broward Sheriff's Office Deputy Enid Conley.

A judge set high bail for a woman who is accused of trying to sell her baby, while her three children were placed with her estranged husband.

Three men were sentenced to federal prison on Tuesday for their roles in a multimillion dollar kickback and fake billing scheme at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens.

The U.S. Postal Service has been fighting hard to balance its books under mounting losses.

A confrontation early Wednesday morning that may have begun at a Pembroke Pines nightclub ended with one man dead and another injured in a Hollywood neighborhood, according to police.

Paul M. Russo will oversee delivery of health care to nearly 60,000 Veterans living in South Florida and an operating budget of $478 million.

With so many offices in play in Collier and Lee counties, and with vacations, and with early voting starting - this is not a typo - on July 30, we had to get moving.