South Florida teacher caught in back seat with teen avoids jail time, may transfer probation to Palm...

WSVN 7News 11/5 8:20A Kathleen Ditton

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida ( WPBF ) A South Florida teacher accused of sexual battery of a former student more than eight years ago will avoid additional jail time. According to court documents in Broward County, Pamela S. Stigger, 42, pleaded no...

4 Margate Middle students hospitalized after eating suspected marijuana-laced snacks

WSVN 7News 11/5 7:47A Patrick Chalvire

Four students at Margate Middle School were hospitalized after eating snacks suspected to be laced with marijuana, officials said. According to Margate Fire Rescue, seven to eight students were exposed on Wednesday to the edible snacks on campus....

BSO deputy arrested, accused of hitting pregnant wife in North Lauderdale

WSVN 7News 11/5 6:14A Kathleen Ditton

A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy is facing serious charges after being accused of attacking his pregnant wife at their North Lauderdale home. Deputy Randall Saintilus was arrested Tuesday and booked into jail on a charge of aggravated battery,...

Weekend things to do: Dierks Bentley, Sting, Lake Worth Beach bonfires, Taste of Recovery

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 11/5 6:05A Ben Crandell

We don’t have falling leaves to transfix us around here, but staples of the season are everywhere this weekend, including tequila in Boca Raton, drones over Pompano Beach, and bonfires and melting...

Mother of missing 10-year-old girl arrested on child neglect charge in Margate; Child still missing

WSVN 7News 11/5 5:20A Kathleen Ditton

The mother of missing 10-year-old Gabrielle Patricia Terrelonge was arrested in Margate Tuesday on a child neglect charge as authorities continue their search for the girl, who has been missing for more than four months. According to court...

Driver arrested after high-speed chase ends in crash with boat trailer in the Florida Keys

WSVN 7News 11/5 5:18A Patrick Chalvire

A 23-year-old Virginia man was arrested after a high-speed chase through the Upper Florida Keys ended with his SUV crashing into a trailered boat, authorities said. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the pursuit began around 4:40...

Florida attorney general goes to bat against transparency in Trump library case

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 11/5 5:09A Claire Heddles

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is leading the charge to defend Miami Dade College in higher court from allegations it violated the state’s Sunshine Law, raising the stakes in a case involving Donald Trump’s presidential library that...

President Donald Trump, in Miami, brags about the economy despite an election-night rebuke

WSVN 7News 11/5 2:20A Rubén Rosario

MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump took a victory lap on the economy on the one-year anniversary of his successful election, boasting of cheaper prices and saying the U.S. is the envy of the globe even while the Republican Party faced a rebuke...

An ‘impressive’ cold blast will be hitting Florida next week. What to expect.

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 11/5 12:48A Bill Kearney

The coming weekend will be warm, but after that, it ll be sweater weather. A Canadian cold front will swoop over the eastern U.S. next Monday, dropping temperatures as low as the 40s in northern Florida, and maybe into the lower 50s in South...

MDSO cruiser crash shuts down NW 22nd Ave. near 75th St. in NW Miami-Dade; deputy stable

WSVN 7News 11/4 11:44P Rubén Rosario

A rollover crash involving a Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office cruiser sent a deputy to the hospital and shut down a roadway in Northwest Miami-Dade. MDSO deputies responded to the scene of the violent wreck near Northwest 21st Avenue and 74th Street,...

College appeals ruling blocking Miami land transfer for Trump presidential library

WSVN 7News 11/4 6:18A Kathleen Ditton

The board of a South Florida college is appealing a judge s ruling  temporarily blocking officials  from giving away a parcel of prime real estate in downtown Miami to be used for President Donald Trump s future presidential library. Attorneys...

Search underway for vandals caught on video defacing Deerfield Beach Pier pillar with graffiti

WSVN 7News 11/4 6:04A Rubén Rosario

Authorities seek the public s help in their search for several people who, they said, spray-painted graffiti on the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier and then posted video of the crime on social media. According to the Broward Sheriff s...

Man wanted in 2012 Miami Gardens murder of wife arrested in California after 13 years on the run,...

WSVN 7News 11/4 5:45A Kathleen Ditton

A fugitive wanted for more than a decade in connection with the 2012 killing of his wife in Miami Gardens has been arrested in California, police said. According to Miami Gardens Police, 41-year-old Ramone O’Neil Clayton was taken into custody...

Greater Good Charities sending supplies from FLL to Melissa-stricken Jamaica amid relief efforts

WSVN 7News 11/4 5:45A Rubén Rosario

Nonprofit organizations continued sending much-needed supplies to Jamaica a week after Hurricane Melissa charted a path of destruction across the Caribbean. 7News cameras captured several pallets being loaded onto a cargo plane at Fort...

MDSO: 54-year-old man reported missing from NE Miami-Dade found safe

WSVN 7News 11/4 3:40A Rubén Rosario

Authorities said they have located a 54-year-old man hours after he was reported missing from Northeast Miami-Dade. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office, Dwayne Courtney Williams had been last seen along the 2100 block of Ives Dairy Road,...