A state-funded levee expansion along the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area is finished, boosting flood defenses for The Acreage and Loxahatchee as hurricane season begins.

Margate officials are proposing to raise the city's fire‑rescue assessment from $300 to $350 per household to help cover staffing and wage costs.

A 21-year-old was arrested after Boynton Beach police say she stabbed her boyfriend with a knife and a barbecue fork; he was taken to the hospital and she faces aggravated battery charges.

Direct Relief announced a more than $5.2M push to install solar microgrids and batteries at nine Florida clinics so they can keep vaccines and care running through storms.

Broward County has launched a nationwide search for a new Visit Lauderdale president & CEO as Stacy Ritter prepares to step down. The post carries a mid‑six‑figure salary and oversight of a newly expanded convention campus.

American Ballet Theatre principal Skylar Brandt and Philadelphia Ballet principals Sterling Baca and Scarlett Güémez will guest with Boca Ballet Theatre in La Bayadère on Aug. 1–2, 2026.

Spectacled caimans have set up breeding pockets in Miami‑Dade and Broward, prompting targeted removals and monitoring by UF and state agencies.

County and village leaders broke ground on a 20,000‑sq‑ft Key Biscayne library; Friends launched a $500 legacy‑brick fundraiser to help pay for the build. The new branch is slated to open in 2028.

Preliminary estimates put Lake Worth Beach’s property roll over $4 billion, driven by new construction — but Tallahassee’s tax‑relief plans could alter local budgets.

A University of Miami demo and new simulations show how surge and rising seas can inundate homes quickly as hurricane season begins.

The Breakers has begun demolition to expand its family entertainment center on the oceanfront campus; the permit shows a much larger complex and a tentative spring 2028 unveiling.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing ChatGPT of causing harm to Floridians and children. The 83‑page complaint seeks penalties and limits on under‑13 data collection.

A North Miami man faces multiple felony charges after police say he tried to force a 74-year-old woman into his car outside a Port St. Lucie church. Surveillance video and witness intervention are part of the investigation.