Special to South Florida Times WEST PALM BEACH — He’s been playing football since he was a toddler and grew up to become a standout …

EJones@SFTimes.com FORT LAUDERDALE — Luis Pagan, a veteran Fort Lauderdale police officer, has been fired for using the Twitter social media network while on duty …

Special to South Florida Times WEST PALM BEACH — South Florida soon will bid adieu, finally, to the aged and nearly vacant Palm Beach Mall.  …

Special to South Florida Times Ohio State University Professor Michelle Alexander came to South Florida to discuss her groundbreaking book, The New Jim Crow: Mass …

The national uproar over the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager from Miami Gardens, by a neighborhood watch captain is being fueled by three …

Barbara Howard, chairwoman of the Florida Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), issued the following statement on the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. …

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has issued a statement reminding residents that if their household income was less than $49,078 in 2011, they  may be eligible for …

EJones@SFLTimes.com DISGRACEFUL FAILURES After nearly a month of increasing outrage over the apparent cover-up in the murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Gov. Rick Scott …

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI set off on a pilgrimage to the New World on Friday, calling on Mexicans to conquer …

WEST PALM BEACH — The flu season, which began last fall, has been uncharacteristically quiet throughout the country including South Florida.  However, public health officials …