Measles outbreak: Florida reports 10 cases including 9 in Broward
A patient who returned from a trip is the latest measles patient in Florida. The Polk County case of the highly contagious airborne virus increased the state’s total confirmed cases from nine to ten. The other nine cases are in Broward County.
Parents want answers after 3-year-old son left unattended on Broward school bus
In December, 3-year-old Thiago Garcia was supposed to arrive at Indian Trace Elementary School at 7:15 a.m. Instead, he got there at 9:15, having been left alone on a Broward County school bus for two hours, his parents tell Local 10 News.
BSO: Woman arrested after series of bizarre acts at Weston synagogue
A 24-year-old woman was arrested Sunday after a series of bizarre acts at a Weston synagogue that ended in her shouting “politically-based rhetoric regarding the ongoing events in Israel and also the border issues,” her arrest report stated.
Weston school pushes back on claims of Chinese influence after state pulls scholarships
A Weston private school, among four whose school choice scholarships were suspended by the Florida Department of Education over alleged “direct ties to the Chinese communist party,” is pushing back on claims of foreign influence.
Broward’s school resource officers prepare for active shooter threat in Weston
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and Peter Licata, Broward County Public Schools’ new superintendent, are relying on many of the lessons learned after the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland to improve on-campus security.
Golfer accused of causing man’s death in Villages ‘clearly’ has anger issues, expert says
The Villages-News published a photograph of Robert E. Moore Jr., on Nov. 8, 2022, after he scored a hole-in-one on hole six at the Tarpon Boil Executive Golf Course. Months later, detectives reported the photo helped them to identify the golfer accused of causing Dean W. Zook’s death.
FHP: Drunken, wrong-way driver slams into trooper in construction zone, injuring him
A Weston man was under the legal drinking age but over the legal limit early Wednesday morning when he drove the wrong way on Interstate 95 and crashed into a state trooper in a construction zone, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
This Week in South Florida Full Episode: November 6, 2022
On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg welcome state house District 100 candidates Chip LaMarca and Linda Thompson Gonzalez, state house District 101 candidate Hillary Cassell, Miami-Dade Commissioner Raquel Regalado, Weston Mayor Margaret Brown, Rabbi Adam Watstein and Florida Anti-Defamation League Senior Associate Regional Director Lonny Wilk.