BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of perjury in an official proceeding. School Board attorney Barbara Myrick was also arrested.Runcie, 59, was taken into custody by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and has since been released from the Broward County Main Jail.According to his indictment, Runcie lied under oath between the dates of March 31 and April 1 while testifying under oath to a state grand jury.The grand jury was...…BREAKING NEWSTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie was arrested Wednesday morning on a charge of perjury in an official proceeding. School Board attorney Barbara Myrick was also arrested.Runcie, 59, was taken into custody by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and has since been released from the Broward County Main Jail.According to his indictment, Runcie lied under oath between the dates of March 31 and April 1 while testifying under oath to a state grand jury.The grand jury was...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – There are about 1,700 Broward County Public School teachers who have serious underlying health conditions. Some of those conditions put them at risk of dying of complications with COVID-19. On Friday, Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie is putting an end to teachers’ special work-from-home accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.“The schools are safe. I would say they’re probably safer than going to the grocery store or to the mall,” Runcie said on Wednesday. In a recent Broward County Public Schools’...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – There are about 1,700 Broward County Public School teachers who have serious underlying health conditions. Some of those conditions put them at risk of dying of complications with COVID-19. On Friday, Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie is putting an end to teachers’ special work-from-home accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.“The schools are safe. I would say they’re probably safer than going to the grocery store or to the mall,” Runcie said on Wednesday. In a recent Broward County Public Schools’...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Miami-Dade School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to delay in person-instruction at its public schools to at least Oct. 14, but Florida’s Education Commissioner sent a strong letter on Friday to both the school board’s chair and superintendent stating “grave concerns” about the delay and advising them of a new opening date.Richard Corcoran’s three-page letter, addressed to Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho and School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, said that in-person learning must be...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The Miami-Dade School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to delay in person-instruction at its public schools to at least Oct. 14, but Florida’s Education Commissioner sent a strong letter on Friday to both the school board’s chair and superintendent stating “grave concerns” about the delay and advising them of a new opening date.Richard Corcoran’s three-page letter, addressed to Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho and School Board Chair Perla Tabares Hantman, said that in-person learning must be...WW…

Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – On Fort Lauderdale Beach, those with months of quarantine-driven bar withdrawal showed up, showed off and toasted each other back to some semblance of normal life.“I’m healthy, I’m strong and I feel comfortable with all my friends,” Dan Gibby, who was out enjoying his Saturday at the Elbo Room, said.In an unexpected and surprising announcement on Friday, in a move to reopen the state’s economy despite the spread of the coronavirus.With that green light, bars and clubs were allowed to reopen.His three-page executive...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – On Fort Lauderdale Beach, those with months of quarantine-driven bar withdrawal showed up, showed off and toasted each other back to some semblance of normal life.“I’m healthy, I’m strong and I feel comfortable with all my friends,” Dan Gibby, who was out enjoying his Saturday at the Elbo Room, said.In an unexpected and surprising announcement on Friday, in a move to reopen the state’s economy despite the spread of the coronavirus.With that green light, bars and clubs were allowed to reopen.His three-page executive...WW…

Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez and several police officers took a knee with a group of at-risk teens on Thursday at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami GardensThe teenagers are members of the Miami-Dade County Public School’s 5,000 Role Models of Excellence Project mentorship program. They participated in the Miami Dolphins’ Police and Youth Conference.“This is important because we worked together for a long time to build bridges,” Ramirez said.Ramirez announced the banning of the Applied Triangle Carotid...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami-Dade Police Director Freddy Ramirez and several police officers took a knee with a group of at-risk teens on Thursday at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami GardensThe teenagers are members of the Miami-Dade County Public School’s 5,000 Role Models of Excellence Project mentorship program. They participated in the Miami Dolphins’ Police and Youth Conference.“This is important because we worked together for a long time to build bridges,” Ramirez said.Ramirez announced the banning of the Applied Triangle Carotid...WW…

Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Forestry officials are still battling a dangerous and fast-moving brush fire in southwestern Florida that has grown even larger Friday to 8,600 acres.Only 10% of the fire was contained as of Friday at 3 p.m., officials said.The portion of Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley) that was closed has reopened. Heavy smoke continues to impact the area, though, and drivers are urged to use caution.Multiple residences in Collier County have been reported as destroyed or damaged. Agencies from Broward and Miami-Dade counties are...…Tags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Forestry officials are still battling a dangerous and fast-moving brush fire in southwestern Florida that has grown even larger Friday to 8,600 acres.Only 10% of the fire was contained as of Friday at 3 p.m., officials said.The portion of Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley) that was closed has reopened. Heavy smoke continues to impact the area, though, and drivers are urged to use caution.Multiple residences in Collier County have been reported as destroyed or damaged. Agencies from Broward and Miami-Dade counties are...WW…