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Repairs are complete in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood after four sewer line breaks have plagued the area over the last month. In a press release, Fort Lauderdale officials say the 16-inch line in the Victoria Park neighborhood has been repaired and is functioning properly. The sewer line broke Friday morning. Residents are still being advised …

A Fort Lauderdale neighborhood has been plagued with a toxic and smelly odor for almost two weeks due to three back-to-back sewer main breaks. Sewage flowed for nine days in the Rio Vista neighborhood during the first break earlier this month. Two days after a repair, the 54-inch pipe ruptured in another spot a block …

Students in Broward County will get a weeklong Thanksgiving break starting next year, officials said. The newly released school calendar also highlights a new start date for the 2020-2021 school year: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Broward students kicked off the current school year five days earlier, on Aug. 14, 2019. The last day for Broward …

A scathing Florida grand jury report released Wednesday said the blatant violation of state laws passed in response to the Parkland shooting is so rampant that local school officials need to be deterred by tougher penalties. “School district noncompliance with state-level laws has been a persistent problem,” the report stated. “It is clear to us …

“It was hard for me to swallow, a real hard pill to swallow,” Merino told the news station. “When my 15-year-old saw it, she collapsed.” The episode shut down Miramar Parkway in the Miami-area city of Miramar as the UPS truck got trapped in slow-moving, rush-hour traffic and dozens of police officers streamed into the …

It was unclear whether the three deceased victims were service members or civilians, said Lt. Cmdr. Megan Isaac, a Navy spokeswoman. Multiple people were taken to hospitals, including two Escambia County sheriff’s deputies who are expected to survive, Chief Deputy Chip Simmons said during a Friday morning news conference. Reports of an active shooting inside …

Workers are spending a larger chunk of their paychecks on health insurance, and Floridians are some of the worst off. For years, the cost of insurance has outstripped incomes and the trend continues, according to a recent study from the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit that advocates for improvements to the health care system. In 2008, …

UPDATE: The person of interest in the case, Ibraheem Yazeed, has been arrested in Escambia County, Florida. We are working to get more information about his arrest. AUBURN, Ala. (WRBL)- Late Wednesday afternoon the Auburn Police Department released an image of a person of interest in the case of missing teen Aniah Blanchard. The breaking …