Miami Students Take Pledge Against Violence, Bullying
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Hundreds of students in the City of Miami took a pledge against violence Friday. More than 700 fifth graders from nine area schools raised their right hands and made a victory pledge...
View ArticlePolice: Marijuana Grow Op Found At SW Dade Nursery
MIAMI (CBS4) – A nursery in southwest Miami-Dade was reportedly growing more than just palm trees. Wednesday evening police descended on the remote, rural plant nursery near the intersection of SW...
View ArticleRobbery Leads To Murder In NE Miami-Dade
NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade police continue to investigate a deadly shooting at a Northeast Miami-Dade apartment complex Friday morning. According to police, the shooting took place...
View ArticleMan Dies After Winning Bug Eating Contest
DEERFIELD BEACH (CBS4) – Exotic cuisines sometimes leave diners feeling sick to their stomach, but what one man consumed in Deerfield Beach last Friday night may have contributed to his death. Edward...
View ArticleDoctor’s Office Burglary Caught On Camera
MIAMI (CBS4) – A break in at Coral Gables doctor’s office was caught on camera. Now police are looking for the thief who made off with a quarter of a million dollars worth of medical equipment. The...
View ArticleMiami Firefighters Battle Smoky Warehouse Fire
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami firefighters were put into an extremely dangerous situation Wednesday as they battled a fire inside a warehouse packed with art and art supplies. “I went to check my car around...
View ArticleThree Dead In Parking Garage Collapse
DORAL (CBSMiami/AP) – Members of the Miami-Dade police and fire departments, along with members of other county agencies, gathered Thursday to come up with a plan as to how they were going to handle...
View ArticleSurvivor Describes Parking Garage Collapse As Crews Search For 4th Victim
DORAL (CBSMiami/AP) — For the first time, a construction worker who survived the horrifying crash of the parking garage at Miami Dade College’s west campus is speaking out, saying he jumped from the...
View ArticleMan Gunned Down In Front Of Miami Home
MIAMI (CBS4) – Miami police are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting early Tuesday morning. Some time after 2 a.m., shots rang out in the 1100 block of NW 34th Avenue. A neighbor called...
View ArticleFort Lauderdale Firefighters Arrested In Conspiracy Scheme
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Four Fort Lauderdale firefighters and one former firefighter face a slew of charges, including conspiracy to commit perjury, forgery, grand theft, and official misconduct....
View ArticleLocal Firefighters Provide Tips On Preventing House Fires
HIALEAH (CBSMiami) – Can you name three ways to prevent fires in your home? CBS4 had a “hot” time finding out from local fire departments Thursday morning. October is National Fire Prevention Month...
View Article$300,000 Bond For Former Firefighter Arrested In Forgery Scam
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – A former Fort Lauderdale firefighter wanted for allegedly forging documents and official misconduct appeared in court Friday, just hours after being taken into custody....
View ArticleWoman Shot During Robbery In Little Haiti
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A man who reportedly shot a woman during a robbery in Little Haiti has been taken into custody. The woman, who was shot in the hand, was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital she’s...
View ArticleMiami-Dade Schools Win Top Education Prize
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Miami-Dade County Public Schools has won the prestigious Broad Prize Award. The district was one of four finalists for the Broad Prize, the largest education prize in the country....
View ArticleCops: Speed Not A Factor In Deadly Hialeah Police-Involved Crash
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Speed was not a factor in a police-involved accident that sent three people to the hospital, Hialeah Police Spokesman Carl Zogby said Tuesday. Hialeah Police and Fire Rescue...
View ArticleSandy’s Winds, Rain Lead To School & Event Cancellations
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Even though Hurricane Sandy is hundreds of miles away from South Florida, it is definitely making its presence known. Outer rain bands and gusty winds from the Category 2 hurricane...
View ArticleBeachgoers Told To Stay Out Of The Water Due To Sandy
DEERFIELD BEACH (CBSMiami) – South Florida beachgoers are being told to stay out of the water due to dangerous rip currents as Hurricane Sandy moves north. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the...
View ArticleBroward Beaches Flooding Due To Sandy
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – South Florida received a glancing blow from Hurricane Sandy but she still left a mess behind — especially along A1A in Fort Lauderdale. The sound of heavy construction rang...
View ArticleS. Florida Coastal Communities Still Feeling Sandy’s Effects
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – The famed beaches of Fort Lauderdale are still trying to dry out following flooding along A1A caused by Hurricane Sandy, high winds and seasonal high tides. During high tide...
View ArticleSection Of A1A Along Lauderdale Beach Re-Opens
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – After being closed for days due to coastal flooding, a section of State Road A1A along Ft. Lauderdale Beach has re-opened to traffic. The road was closed after a combination...
View Article“Miss Betty” Is Back On The Job At UM
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Students at the University of Miami fought to bring back one of their favorite workers on after she was, in their opinion, unfairly fired. Fifty three year old cafeteria worker Betty...
View ArticleFour Stabbed While Leaving Grove Halloween Party
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A 21-year-old Davie man with an extensive history of arrests is charged with stabbing four men as a Halloween party near Cocowalk in Coconut Grove was breaking up early Thursday....
View ArticleJustice Dept. Monitoring Miami-Dade Early Voting
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Lines of people continue to wrap around early voting locations across Miami-Dade County as thousands of people try to cast their votes. The wait times have jumped to as much as 3-5...
View ArticleM-D Early Voter: I Waited “Over Six” Hours To Vote
MIAMI-DADE (CBSMiami) – Thousands of Miami-Dade voters took advantage of the final day of early voting Saturday. According to the Supervisor of Elections website, several locations posted wait times as...
View ArticleBroward Voters Say Problems Must Be Corrected
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Many voters in Broward County will remember Election Day 2012 for long lines, not enough ballots and a majority of precincts that only had one ballot scanning machine, which...
View ArticleElection Day Lines Blamed On Long Ballot In Broward
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Elections workers in Broward County continue to count what they believe is a remaining 30,000 absentee ballots at the Lauderhill Equipment Center. Despite that, the State...
View ArticleArmed Thieves Rob Pembroke Pines Jewelry Store
PEMBROKE PINES (CBS4) – It took less than a minute for three masked men, one who had a gun, to steal thousands of dollars of merchandise from a crowded jewelry store in Pembroke Pines. The robbery...
View ArticleWorker Hurt After Falling Into Tank In Lauderdale Lakes
LAUDERDALE LAKES (CBSMiami) – A South Florida worker was hurt Friday morning after he fell off a ladder inside an empty sewage tank in Lauderdale Lakes. It happened at the District 1 Water Treatment...
View ArticleNo Bond For Kidnapping Suspect In Broward
DEERFIELD BEACH (CBSMiami) – A South Florida man accused of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint from a Deerfield Beach medical clinic, and then holding her for seven hours before surrendering himself to a...
View ArticleFamily Celebrates Life Of Murdered UF Student On His Birthday
DORAL (CBSMiami) – Family and friends of murdered teen Christian Aguilar are gathering Friday at the cemetery where he’s buried in Doral to remember their loved one on what would have been his 19th...
View ArticleHoliday Hustle Is On At South Florida Airports
MIAMI (CBS4) – If you plan to hit the road or catch a flight out-of-town for the Thanksgiving holiday, pack your patience. More than 40 million Americans are expected to travel by plane or by...
View ArticleFDOT Watching Roads During Busy Holiday Weekend
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) — The Florida Department of Transportation is working hard to make sure travelers stay safe on the roads across South Florida and the rest of the Sunshine State during the...
View ArticlePortions Of A1A Still Shut Down As Ocean Continues Lashing Coast
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Sandy is gone, yet the ocean keeps pouring over State Road A1A in Fort Lauderdale and onto Alton Road in Miami Beach. The coastal communities’ flooding problems have...
View ArticleHigh Tides Crash Through Ft. Lauderdale Beach Barrier Walls
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – With every crashing wave, it gets worse along a stretch of Ft. Lauderdale’s famed beach. Beach erosion combined with ocean storms has allowed crashing waves to damage the...
View ArticleRescue Crews Head Home After Helping Sandy Victims
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – South Florida rescue crews who were sent out two weeks ago to assist those affected by Hurricane Sandy in New York have started to return. Sunday afternoon, part of Florida’s...
View ArticleCrashing Surf, Beach Erosion Threaten A1A In Lauderdale
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Crashing surf, higher than normal tides and beach erosion over the last couple of weeks have torn down walls and taken out sidewalks along a section of State Road A1A in Ft....
View ArticleMore Barriers Brought In To Protect A1A From High Tides
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – More barriers have been brought in to help protect a section of State Road A1A in Ft. Lauderdale from crashing surf and a higher than normal high tide. After weeks of rough...
View ArticleMiami Boy Found Wandering Streets, Mom Charged
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami Police arrested a woman who admitted to leaving her child home alone in the middle of the night. Rosa Gomez, 33, was arrested and charged with child neglect after her...
View Article$2 Million Powerball Ticket Sold in South Florida
MIAMI (CBSMiami) –Lottery machines were much quieter Thursday than they were Wednesday, when wannabe winners were scooping up tickets. The lines were from here at the desk all the way down,” Winn Dixie...
View ArticleTrial Begins For Former BTU Chief Accused Of Fraud & Racketeering
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The trial for Pat Santeramo, the former Broward Teachers Union President accused of fraud and racketeering, began Wednesday. The 68...
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