Broward County News

Kevin Foley stood before a judge in Broward County's drug court - fellow abusers sitting behind in him in the pews - talking about the fitful life of a recovering addict, the random drug tests, the counseling and what he hoped was his next, clean chapter.

With the Powerball jackpot at $600 million, everybody has found a reason to play, said Miguel Chung, the owner of Jimmy's Courthouse Deli, located across the street from the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.

Hit-and-run crashes in Broward and Palm Beach counties sent two men to area hospitals with serious injuries, authorities said Friday.

A South Florida doctor is facing up to two decades in prison after pleading guilty to drug and tax charges arising from an illegal pill mill operation.

Florida's legislative budget-writers went bombastic this week when a business-backed group suggested that with the help of surplus taxpayer cash they had spread more pork throughout the $74.5 billion state budget.

Orlando's plan to extend last call at downtown bars to 3 a.m. isn't the first time the idea has been raised.

Crime statewide reached its lowest rate in 42 years, with Broward and Palm Beach counties following the downward trend, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported Thursday.

On Thursday attorney Jeff Herman along with his teenage client and his mother, announced the filing of a sexual abuse lawsuit against the School Board of Broward County.

Walk into the cavernous room at the Phoenix Convention Center and you are immediately overwhelmed by science.

A Team 6 Investigation inside DCF showed the challenges of that job. Florida's Secretary of DCF David Wilkins watched that report and spoke to Diana Gonzalez about it on Thursday.

Gov. Rick Scott will lead a state delegation to Chile next week, his eighth overseas trade mission since taking office.

QUESTION: I have five years left until I pay off my 30-year mortgage. I received an offer to refinance, which certainly is tempting, but I'm getting pretty close to retirement.

Circuit Court Judge John A. Schaefer has spoken. Term limits approved by referendum in 1996 do not apply to current Pinellas County Commissioners.

As questions build over the bus accident that left a 14 year old Pompano Beach child hospitalized in a medically induced coma, one Broward County Commissioner is promising change.

Police in Broward County, Fla., have issued a warrant for Chad Johnson's arrest because the former NFL wide receiver allegedly failed to show up for a meeting with his probation officer, TMZ reported Thursday.

On Saturday, May 18, thousands of students throughout Broward County will come together for a one-of-a-kind youth rally.

Surveillance video released Tuesday showed a Broward County Transit bus run over a 14-year-old boy, who remained in critical condition at Broward Health Medical Center.

Any companies doing work for the city of Hallandale Beach may soon be required to offer domestic partnership benefits to its employees.

Earlier this month, Florida lawmakers wrapped up their latest legislative session.

A Broward sheriff's deputy who was accused of having sex with prostitutes while on duty as a police officer, who gave the middle finger to an instructor while a cadet, who was later the subject of five internal-affairs investigations at BSO, and who was ultimately fired after allegedly asking a jailed woman for her phone number, is back in uniform.