Tamiami News

A menagerie of officials hailing from Washington, Tallahassee and South Florida descended upon the Tamiami Trail last Friday for the groundbreaking of a project being called the most significant one yet in the effort to restore the Everglades.

A pilot has died after his small plane crashed into the Florida Everglades last night, authorities said.

Jannus Landing is on the verge of getting a new operator and, maybe, new life. "We're finalizing negotiations to lease the properties to a new operator," said the property owner's attorney, Jonathan Damonte.

"I'm proud to be from Puerto Rico. And I want everybody to know it." Details: Dainamite, at "A Millionaire's Approach" seminar.

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Former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom wants a judge to throw out his criminal case.

Share + Sep 2, 2009 8:43 am US/Eastern The Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee is expected to hear another death penalty appeal Wednesday from South Florida serial killer Rory Conde, dubbed the "Tamiami Strangler." Conde admitted killing six prostitutes and dumping their bodies along roadsides in South Florida between September 1994 and January ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is giving Miami-Dade County $4.2 million to extend the main runway at Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport.

Owed nearly $370,000 for design work on the ill-fated, 18-story Proscenium real estate project, a New York architect has filed a construction lien in circuit court for repayment.

Three weeks into the "Cash for Clunkers" program, many dealers say they still haven't seen a dime from the government.

He was known as Abraham Lincoln to whites because he resembled the president of the same name.

Gaby Casal, a third baseman for Tamiami, Fla., drove in six runs over the final two innings and his three-run, opposite field home run in the top of the sixth inning helped propel Tamiami to an 18-4 victory over Washington in an elimination game at the Pony League World Series.

Share + Aug 6, 2009 8:36 am US/Eastern With the start of the new school year a little more than two weeks away, parents in Miami-Dade who need to get their child up to date on their vaccinations can do so for free Thursday.

Share + Aug 6, 2009 8:36 am US/Eastern With the start of the new school year a little more than two weeks away, parents in Miami-Dade who need to get their child up to date on their vaccinations can do so for free Thursday.

Southwest Florida car dealers are banking on gas-guzzling clunkers to jolt business.

He embraced a new language and country, graduated from Miami-Edison Senior High.

A whistleblower is accusing a county employee of using taxpayer money to benefit her family.

Share + Jul 15, 2009 2:02 pm US/Eastern 1,780 Positions To Be Eliminated, 5% Pay Cut For County Employees 1 of 1 Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez unveiled his latest budget proposal that includes deep cuts across the board, job cuts, and a property tax increase.

Sandra Segura and Eric Perez look at a Jeep vehicle for sale on the sales lot of the Tamiami Chrysler Jeep Dodge dealership which is slated to close on June 8, 2009 in Miami, Florida.

In the company's final hours, Tamiami Chrysler employees drove cars off the lot, onto a transporter headed to an Auction in Orlando.