Hialeah is weighing a $1.2M, one‑year payment program to help low‑income homeowners 65 and up as state lawmakers push sweeping property‑tax changes. The checks would target the city’s most vulnerable older residents.

Investigations and court filings show hundreds of Floridians deemed too sick for trial are stuck in county jails for months while they wait for state psychiatric beds.

Neighbors have sued Coral Gables to block a proposed dog park across from the library, saying the city bypassed formal zoning steps. The suit asks a judge to void the commission’s approval and halt construction.

Clear and cool this morning with sunshine pushing highs into the low 70s. Smoke from a Big Cypress wildfire may cut visibility on I‑75; expect travel impacts.

Ubicquia closed a $106M Series D to speed AI for smart‑city sensors and analytics, led by 67 Capital and Marunouchi Innovation Partners.

UF/IFAS researchers developed a duplex digital PCR eDNA test that finds Asian swamp eels and bullseye snakeheads from a few drops of water, offering faster detection in murky canals.

Miami Beach unveiled a monthlong enforcement plan and a fitness-focused campaign for March, warning that disorderly spring-break behavior will not be tolerated.

A three-property Boca Raton office-and-retail package traded for $93M on Feb. 24, 2026, underscoring investor demand for leased suburban assets in Palm Beach County.

A Hialeah man is jailed after deputies say he tried to pry into two Miami Lakes townhomes and was found with a machete; surveillance video recorded the attempts.

Coast Guard crews found more than 70 kg of cocaine and about 12 kg of marijuana hidden under a boat's cabin floor; a 33-year-old Fort Lauderdale man is jailed. Federal paperwork says the vessel had been to Jamaica.

Philly bagel chain Bagels & Co. filed permits for a Cypress Creek shop at 957 E Cypress Creek Rd. The brand is expanding across Florida with bold schmears and sandwiches.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced Miami Division team leader Miguel Rivera‑Cuadrado died in an off‑duty incident; the agency posted condolences but gave few details.

A Stock Island mother with outstanding drug warrants called 911 after her son allegedly swung a katana and made death threats. Deputies arrested both at a home on 11th Avenue.