A Margate traffic stop led to the arrest of a contractor accused of taking $63,640 from a Fort Lauderdale homeowner for work that never materialized. The complaint was later filed with state regulators.

Palm Beach’s airport noise panel voted to widen its ring of sound monitors after flight paths were shifted away from Mar‑a‑Lago, and officials will press the FAA with the new data.

Sherbrooke Hotel surveillance captured a Miami Beach takedown after a North Miami gas‑station burglary. Police say the arrested man faces burglary with assault or battery.

A 21-year-old was arrested after deputies say he stabbed a man multiple times inside the Cutler Bay McDonald’s. Surveillance video and a confession are said to be part of the probe.

A Lakeland man is accused of chasing a driver, pointing a handgun during a rush-hour confrontation in Florida City and was booked on aggravated-assault and reckless-driving charges.

A Lee County-registered sex offender was arrested in Boynton Beach after police say he solicited what he thought was a 15‑year‑old in an undercover Grindr sting.

Billboard has scheduled Latin Music Week for Oct. 19–22 at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach. Tickets and a full lineup will be announced soon.

Inter Miami is reportedly close to signing Casemiro even as LA Galaxy claims discovery rights, creating an unusual MLS roster showdown. The deal could hinge on a trade or compensation.

New DNA testing linked a Miami Beach man to a child sexual‑battery case at North Beach from October 2015.

Arts Access Miami is expanding into Central Dade, bringing free music, dance and visual‑arts programming to thousands of students and pointing to data that supporters say justify scaling.

A burst transmission pipe at U.S. 1 and 65th Street snarled traffic in Marathon and prompted a FKAA precautionary boil-water notice across much of the Lower Keys.

Fort Lauderdale police will brief the public after human remains were found that may be linked to Trukita Scott, who vanished on June 25, 2014.

A Miami‑Dade man is jailed after deputies say he fired at his wife during a domestic dispute in Three Lakes; she secured the gun, called 911 and he was booked.