Police: Pair Made Waves With Personal Watercraft Thefts
CORAL GABLES – (CBS4) – A turbulent crime trend has surfaced along the waterways of Coral Gables and Friday the city’s police department announced arrests against those believed to have been stealing...
View ArticleMonroe Mother Charged With Att. Murder Of Child
MARATHON, Fla. (CBSMiami.com) – A Florida Keys mother faces attempted murder charges after a video allegedly showed her trying to hit her two-month old daughter with a piece of concrete. The video,...
View ArticleScott: I’ll Sign Cuba Trade Ban Bill
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In a move that could send the state of Florida into a clash with the federal government, Governor Rick Scott said Friday he will sign a bill that makes it illegal for Florida tax...
View ArticleGarcia Hits The Campaign Trail On First Day Of Campaign
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Democrat Joe Garcia has made his case to South Florida voters that he should represent him in Congress and twice he’s lost. But Garcia will again run for Congress in 2012 against...
View ArticleDems Face Off In Newly Created District 26
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Florida will have two extra seats when the 113th Congress convenes next year. One of those representatives will come from the newly created 26th Congressional district, which covers...
View ArticleRefusing To Back Down, Candidates Question Absentee Ballots
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Joe Martinez has still not conceded to Mayor Carlos Gimenez. This is despite a double-dose of proof of the incumbent mayor’s victory: first in Tuesday’s primary and then in Friday’s...
View ArticleElection Canvassing Board Sends Commission Race To Runoff
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The Miami-Dade County Elections Canvassing Board began meeting Friday morning and have made a determination on a disputed commission race and are evaluating a state house yet to be...
View ArticleM-D Commission Race A Battle Of Career Politicians
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In just a few weeks, voters across South Florida will pick their representatives. In Miami-Dade County, a county commission race will feature two career politicians with very...
View ArticleDems Say They Join GOP In Calling For Rivera To Resign
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Democratic Party of Florida said Friday it joins “Republicans in calling on Congressman David Rivera to resign.” Democrats made the statement after a New York Times report said...
View ArticlePetraeus Scandal Prompts Differing Reactions Across Party Lines
MIAMI (CBS4) – At a Veterans’ Day event in Southwest Miami-Dade Monday Democratic Congressman-elect Joe Garcia and longtime Republican Congressman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen embraced fondly but took varying...
View ArticleVictim Of Bus Stop Attack Speaks Out
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – It seemed like any other bus ride, filled with noisy passengers, that’s until the bus pulled up to the stop at the 1500 block of West Sunrise. Four teens get off, then one...
View ArticleFt. Lauderdale Police Make 2nd Arrest In Bus Stop Beating
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Fort Lauderdale police have made a second arrest in the beating of a teenager on a Broward County bus which was caught on surveillance video. The teenager, 17, was charged...
View ArticleReport: Butch Davis Not Heading To FIU
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – If Florida International University athletic director Pete Garcia fired Mario Cristobal with hopes of bringing in former UM coach Butch Davis, it looks like those dreams may have...
View ArticleStandoff Holds Up Property Appraiser’s Office Transition
MIAMI (CBS4) – Three months after their election, outgoing property appraiser Pedro Garcia and his replacement Carlos Lopez-Cantera are still at odds. “Unfortunately, I have not had even the permission...
View ArticleRep. Garcia Fires Back At Rep. King Over Immigration Comments
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – South Florida Congressman Joe Garcia took aim at Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) Tuesday after the Iowan said most undocumented immigrants were smuggling drugs into the...
View ArticleFIU Looks For Stability In Conference USA
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Last year at this time, Florida International University was preparing to make another run under the school’s most successful head coach, Mario Cristobal. But, the Panthers struggled...
View ArticleUS Rep.Garcia In Fight To Hold Miami-Dade Seat
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A Miami-Dade County school board member is giving Democratic Congressman Joe Garcia a run for his money. Polls show Garcia and Republican...
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