The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

New law forces Florida officials to choose: Keep their government jobs or be a lobbyist

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An upheaval affecting the intersecting worlds of Florida government, politics and lobbying is forcing officials to choose: They could hold onto their positions in elected or appointed offices. Or they can keep their careers, or future career plans — as paid lobbyists.

Tribune News Service · Dec 31, 2022

‘She’s an inspiration.’ Fla. woman was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer 5 years ago — and she is still alive

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- In 2017, Katrena Rockeymore-Selig rushed to Broward Health Imperial Point convinced she was having a heart attack.

Tribune News Service · Dec 29, 2022

Florida investigating ‘Drag Queen Christmas’ show. It was billed as ‘adult content’

Florida’s top business regulators are investigating complaints against “A Drag Queen Christmas” annual event in Fort Lauderdale that, according to the organizer, required attendees who were minors to be accompanied by a parent and warned about “adult themes and content.”

Miami Herald · Dec 28, 2022

Florida is now the fastest-growing state in the country, census shows

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida is now the fastest-growing state in the Union, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s estimates.

Tribune News Service · Dec 23, 2022

How do you ask your city for a sex dungeon? In Fort Lauderdale, it took some domination

When people walk into City Hall, they usually want something. A vote against a big building down the street. Money for a community center.

Miami Herald · Dec 22, 2022

2022 has been a deadly year for eating oysters in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Those sweet shellfish may be tempting, but eating oysters in Florida has been dangerous this year.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

Juries don’t always share public outrage in alleged police misconduct cases

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The verdict came late. For Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Steven Pohorence, it came very late — more than two years after he was accused of brutality, knocking over a kneeling protester who had her hands up during a Black Lives Matter rally following the murder of…

Tribune News Service · Dec 19, 2022

Best travel options to vacation on Florida’s west coast after Hurricane Ian

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Southwest Florida’s famed vacation spots — Naples, Captiva and Sanibel Islands, Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island Sound — have long been escapes from Florida’s more bustling east coast.

Tribune News Service · Dec 19, 2022

Fix your car at home? AutoNation acquisition will do it

The nation’s largest car dealer, AutoNation of Fort Lauderdale, took another step on Monday to keep repeat business flowing by acquiring a national repair firm that will fix your car at home.

Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022

Rustic fishing towns faced Ian’s wrath. Now at the height of tourism season, ‘We’re in a lot better shape’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Chokoloskee and Everglades City, two fishing villages-turned-travel-destinations that sit next to each other on the cusp of Everglades National Park and the Gulf of Mexico, have seen more than their share of hurricane destruction — most recently Donna in 1960, Wilma in 2005, and then Irma…

Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022