Stop saving District 5 from itself
Suspended Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence Jones’ trial kicks off Friday. No, not the criminal trial, in which she will face charges that she misappropriated …
Officer charged in gun incident
HOMESTEAD — A rookie police officer found herself behind bars this week for allegedly pointing her department-issued gun at her boyfriend during an argument. Jenna …
Manager in text message scandal reaps nearly $60,000
HOMESTEAD — A former city department head who resigned shortly after it was revealed that he exchanged graphic emails and sexually explicit text messages on …
Community leader empowers children
MIAMI — When Alison Austin put her name into consideration for an appointment to the Miami City Commission last month, it was not the first …
Partnership seeks to improve Liberty City news coverage
MIAMI — Riots, drug deals, unemployment, mass shootings. While Miami has made its name as an urban oasis, its northwest corner has become well-known for …
Ban on texting and driving could be passed this year
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) _ On Jan. 3, 2008, Russell Hurd waited for his daughter at Walt Disney World near Orlando. They were about to …
Officer who allegedly pointed a gun at her boyfriend is arrested
HOMESTEAD – An off-duty rookie police officer who allegedly pointed her department-issued gun at her boyfriend during an argument has been arrested. “She [Jenna Maldonado] …
Can low-paying garment industry save Haiti?
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Jordanie Pinquie Rebeca leans forward and guides a piece of suit-jacket wool and its silky lining into a sewing machine, where …
Manager who sent explicit text messages resigns
HOMESTEAD – A city of Homestead manager who exchanged graphic emails and sexually explicit text messages with several women while using his city-issued Blackberry has …
Tiger’s mother “proud of my son”
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) _ Tiger Woods' mother sat in the front row, arms folded across her black sweater, eyes fixed on her world-famous …