Some domestic violence shelters in Florida have reported a rise in parents and children seeking refuge this summer – so much so that they are overflowing – but what is the cause? It’s likely because of multiple reasons, said people who work for the shelters. One is the season, with more parents deciding to leave…
This started as a fish tale. It ended with a felony drug charge. Two Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were searching for conservation violations in the Keys one recent evening, the night before the opening of the commercial and recreational lobster season. When they asked a Homestead, Florida, man to open his cooler,…
A combination of factors has led the number of drunk driving arrests to fall in South Florida over the last four years. In that time span, the number of arrests by the two largest police departments in the region have dropped sharply. Arrests dropped 65 percent in 2017 from four years earlier in Miami-Dade, which…