Hollywood Police Chief To Step Down Amid Reports Of Infighting With City Manager’s Office
By Dan Christensen and Karla Bowsher, BrowardBulldog.org -Hollywood Police Chief Chadwick Wagner will retire in January after five years as the city’s top cop. Wagner, 52, is leaving amid reports of significant friction with his new bosses at City Hall – City Manager Cathy Swanson-Rivenbark and her top assistant Frank Fernandez, the new director of [...]
New Off-Ramp from Eastbound I-595 to Davie Road (exit 7) Opens Monday
Fort Lauderdale – On Monday, November 5, 2012, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will open the new off-ramp to Davie Road from eastbound I-595, as part of the ongoing I-595 Express Corridor Improvements Project. Beginning Monday morning at 5 a.m., motorists traveling on eastbound I-595 will exit to Davie Road approximately one mile west [...]
FBI: Online Dating Extortion and Other Scams
The latest report from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reinforces the fact that people looking for love online need to remain vigilant about who they choose to communicate with and how they do so. In a recently reported dating extortion scam, victims usually met someone on an online dating site and then were asked [...]
FBI Hunting “Armed And Dangerous” Bank Robbers
The FBI continues to seek the public’s assistance for any information regarding an attempted bank robbery and two armed bank robberies: - an attempted bank robbery on Thursday (10/11/2012) at the Desjardin Bank branch, 7329 W. Oakland Park Blvd, Lauderhill, Florida; - a bank robbery on Saturday (10/13/2012) at the Banco Popular, 8401 Oakland Park [...]
Oct. Jobs Up 171,000, Unemployment At 7.9%
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and business services, health care, and retail trade. Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy had no discernable effect on the employment and unemployment data for October. Household [...]
Pleasant Weekend for South Florida; Set Your Clocks Back Sunday
By Donna Thomas, BrowardNET Meteorologist - South Florida is starting out Friday with temperatures in the very comfortable 60′s. Friday will see sun and clouds, a possible quick shower as a very weak front passes through, and highs in the low 80′s. We’ll see similar temperatures through the weekend. Daylight savings time ends at 2 am on Sunday, so [...]
Video: Decorated soldier presents flags to families of Pompano Beach police officers killed in line of duty
Photos and video by Candice G. Masters; story by Andrea Freygang Three families of former Broward Sheriff’s Officers (BSO) were honored Thursday evening with a visit from U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Nathan Robbins who stopped by the Pompano Beach Broward Sheriff’s District Office to present United States flags to the families of the late Captain [...]
Is Married Judicial Candidate Sexting?
by Jose Lambiet, GossipExtra – EXCLUSIVE - Blue text messages between a married candidate for judge and a woman who approached him for legal help have been obtained by Gossip Extra, hinting at an extra-marital relationship weeks before the election! High-profile Broward attorney Bob Nichols, a well-funded candidate, allegedly text-messaged Susanna Bott that he wanted to “suck on her hard nipples.” Bott and the man she believes to [...]
Slight Warm Up for South Florida
By Donna Thomas, BrowardNET Meteorologist -It’s a pleasant warm up and a nice start to November in South Florida, with Thursday afternoon’s highs approaching 80. We’ll see overnight lows mostly in the low to mid 60′s, even though a weak front is making its way south. We’ll see highs in the low 80′s on Friday, [...]
Body Found In Palm Beach Likely Linked To Tamarac Homicide
(Unincorporated Palm Beach Gardens/Tamarac) On October 12, 2012, at approximately 4:30 pm, deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle located in the 16000 block of Innovation Drive, unincorporated Palm Beach Gardens. Upon closer inspection of the vehicle a foul order was noticed near the trunk of the vehicle. The trunk was opened and the body of a [...]
