Miami-dade NEWS

A bank robbery in Deerfield Beach was not the first heist for James Andrew Phillips, according to federal investigators. Following his capture on Monday, Phillips told the feds he was recently released from prison after 22 years for an earlier bank robbery and that he couldn't find a job and was desperate for money.

By Doug Phillips

Feb 26, 2020

Cheyenne Lutek, who once posed topless with two New York Police Department cops in a photo that went viral, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all charges after an arrest at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival on Sunday.

If you're a fan of "Iron Chef America" or "Iron Chef," then you need to know about this restaurant coming to Wynwood.

By Rod Stafford Hagwood

Feb 26, 2020

Miami's city commission voted unanimously to co-sponsor an “anti-communist concert” set for April 11 at the James L. Knight Center downtown.

The Esserman family and the Knight Foundation are pledging $2.5 million for investigative journalism in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.

By Austen Erblat

Feb 24, 2020

Miami is ranked the top city in the United States to buy jewelry. West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale aren't far behind in a study compiled by Rent.com.

By Wells Dusenbury

Feb 24, 2020

An English bulldog puppy that was stolen from a Pembroke Pines pet store was found a day later after it was dropped off at a fire station in Miami Gardens.

Carmen Barahona, the mother accused of starving, torturing and murdering her adopted daughter in a case that rocked Florida’s child child-welfare agency, pleaded guilty Friday and agreed to spend the rest of her life in prison.

"Hamilton" runs through March 15 at the Arsht Center in Miami. While the cast is different from the one that played the Broward Center last year, the play (or musical, in this case) is the thing.

Organizers have launched a petition to keep Santa's Enchanted Forest at Miami's Tropical Park this holiday season. The event's land lease runs out in March.

By Wells Dusenbury

Feb 21, 2020