Homestead News

The Miami-Dade school district and the Homestead Housing Authority on Thursday agreed to sign a contract that will reopen the district's programs for migrant children.

The 27-year-old president of a Homestead supermarket was charged with fraud Wednesday in connection with the alleged forgery of signatures to secure a community redevelopment grant.

Share + Jul 2, 2009 12:03 am US/Eastern Last year Miami-Dade voters elected Pedro Garcia to be their property appraiser.

A day after two schools for migrant children were padlocked, Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho vowed to do everything in his power to reopen them.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 2:36 pm US/Eastern As the economy has tanked due to the ever-growing foreclosure disaster gripping much of South Florida, the population in Broward County became stagnant in 2008, while Monroe County lost residents, according to the Census Bureau.

Swine Flu has claimed two more lives in Miami-Dade County according to the Miami Health Department.

Two men, who were likely drag racing illegally on Krome Avenue, were killed early Saturday when their car slammed into a large tow truck near Southwest 263rd Street, police said.

Jun 28, 2009 4:00 pm US/Eastern NORTH MIAMI BEACH 1 of 1 North Miami Beach joins other cities, including Pembroke Pines, Hollywood and Homestead which use cameras at intersections to nab drivers breaking the law.

Contrary to popular belief, South Florida is not full of hot air. Some of it can be rather cool, even in summer.

The past year has been brutal for South Florida hospitals -- and this year is likely to be worse.

Late on Monday evening, Criminal Patrol Deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office stopped a car on I-10 near mile marker 110 eastbound for a traffic violation.

Tacos from some other restaurant. On a Sunday night last January, a bubbly brunette waitress named Courtney Rhon stopped for takeout at El Toro Taco in Homestead.

Two issues dealing with the city of Homestead recently have been in the news. One deals with the dissolution of the Homestead/Florida City Human Relations Board and the other, the Veterans Day Parade, that occurred seven months ago.

Jun 19, 2009 1:17 pm US/Eastern HOMESTEAD 1 of 1 A one-year old boy was rushed to Miami Children's Hospital on Friday, June 19th, 2009 after becoming the victim of a family dog attack.

Lindoro Alvarado cut a deal with the victim's family and Miami-Dade Police. Wednesday, June 17, 2009 54-year-old Lindoro Alvarado, a migrant worker living in Homestead, kidnapped two-young girls in 2008 and raped one of them.

Jun 14, 2009 1:51 pm US/Eastern Miami-Dade residents who rely on the county's system to get around will notice changes on Monday.

Two people were hurt and taken to the hospital following a school bus accident at the Everglades Alligator Farm in Homestead.

Summer is the time to drive down to Key West. It's empty now, the streets and beaches quiet.

By Yudislaidy Fernandez Miami-based yacht manufacturer Bertram is looking to relocate its manufacturing facility as officials say the 350,000-square-foot site it has occupied for 47 years is unsuitable for the larger, multi-million-dollar vessels the builder has in the pipeline.

For years, motorists in South Miami-Dade have longed to drive on the two-lane bus road on the west side of the chronically congested South Dixie Highway.