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  • Miami-Dade Schools celebrates dedication of Brucie Ball Education Center

    A rededication ceremony was held Friday, May 10, for the Brucie Ball Educational Center in Miami. Brucie Ball, who had been the assistant superintendent of the Office of Special Education and Psychological Services, passed away in 2008. The former Merrick Educational Center was renamed at a School Board meeting on March 13 in recognition of Ball’s efforts in special ...

  • Miami Gardens’ 5K for Foster Care draws dozens of runners

    Dozens of people turned out to run in the fourth annual 5K for Foster Care at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreation Center in Miami Gardens on Saturday, May 18. The run benefited the Center for Family and Child Enrichment Services, a resource provider for foster parents, adoptive parents and children in need of ...

  • Florida’s top two youth volunteers honored for service

    Florida’s top two youth volunteers are Alexis Lehrman, 15, of Design and Architecture Senior High School in Miami and Joshua Williams, 12, of Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove.Prudential Financial Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, sponsors The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. The nationwide program honors two young people from ...

  • Boxes of medical records missing from Jackson

    Boxes of medical records for more than 1,400 patients of Jackson Health System have been missing since January, the hospital system reported Friday, after mailing letters to affected patients informing them of the privacy breach and offering free credit protection services — even though Jackson administrators say Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and financial statements were ...

  • Southern Co. team weighing changes from renewables

    ATLANTA -- The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model, CEO Thomas Fanning said this week.The southeast utility has assembled a brainstorming team tasked with considering how renewable energy technology might be used in coming years if its costs continue falling and solar panels become ...

Movie Review

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Made in 1985 for a budget of only $100,000, "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" sat on a shelf until 1989 when it was finally shown at a series of film festivals, then made its rounds on the midnight theater circuit. Many critics lavished it for being brutally honest about its subject matter, which in some ways, it is. Unfortunately, like so many small budget movies, the lack of money shows throu ... ...

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  • Lumber mill near Live Oak expected to bring 350 jobs

    An Austrian lumber company plans to build a $130 million sawmill near Live Oak employing 350 people, a project touted as a shot in the arm to the local economy while also raising concerns about its effects on the timber supply and competing sawmills as well as its cost to ...

  • Community group renews call for city to ban use of mountaintop coal by GRU

    A community group has renewed its call for the city of Gainesville to officially end Gainesville Regional Utilities' use of coal mined through blasting and shearing off ...

  • Memorial Weekend Miami 2013- Day Parties

    Ace Hood Celebrity Mansion Birthday Party Memorial WeekendNyc Compton | XO Management | Reem Team | Platinum Kids | City Elite Group4:00 PM to 11:00 PMVilla 221221 NE 17th St Miami, FL 33132 Welcome to MiamiBryant McKinnie & Friends1pm-9pmDJ EnticeMaxine Lounge/Bamboo PoolCatalina Beach Club & Resort1732 Collins Ave Miami ...

  • Lawyers to take over jobless-benefit appeals in Florida

    Beginning next year, the state will change the way unemployment appeals are handled by requiring that hearing officers be lawyers. Currently, appeals referees do not have to be attorneys. They are Department of Economic Opportunity staff members trained to decide cases in which an employee or employer challenges a decision to withhold or award unemployment benefits. A bill passed in this ...

  • Boca-based pet rescue group heading to Oklahoma City to help animals

    BOCA RATON— — Help is on the way for the shelter dogs of Oklahoma City. The Tri-County Humane Society is sending a team of six people to pick up dozens of dogs and bring them back to South Florida for adoption. The crew leaves Saturday and is expected back late Wednesday with as many as 100 dogs. "We will need homes for all these animals," said Amanda Chussler, assistant ...

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