Melissa intensifies to Category 5 on path to slam into Jamaica as island’s strongest recorded storm
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. It would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.
Priscilla Timmons said she sent her mother a text message asking for help right before she fainted on March 13. An emergency room physician at Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines later said she had blood clots in her legs, lungs, and heart.
An arrest has been made following a deadly shooting outside a popular Broward County sports bar.
Police have identified the driver who crashed into a ditch inside CB Smith Park.
A two-vehicle crash on the northbound entrance ramp to Interstate 75 at Pines Boulevard left one person in critical condition Sunday, according to Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue.
Police in Pembroke Pines responded to a bar early Sunday morning to investigate a shooting.
Parents have sounded off as Broward County Public Schools considers closing or consolidating six elementary and middle schools next fall.
Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit asked for the public’s help Monday in locating a 17-year-old boy, who they said has been reported missing for nearly a week.
Florida’s chief financial officer put Broward County’s budget on blast Tuesday, accusing local leaders of wasting taxpayer dollars.
Pembroke Pines police are investigating after they said a shootout occurred in a parking lot because a couple was fighting over their child.