This Week in South Florida Podcast: May 12, 2024
On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg interviews Broward County School Board Member Debra Hixon, Billy Corben, The Miami Herald’s Editor Joey Flechas and Reporter Sarah Blaskey, and WLRN Reporter Josh Ceballos.
They made it! Women traveling 500 miles down Florida’s East Coast in toy cars arrive in Key West
Two women, Cassie Aran and Lauren, completed their 500-mile drive down the coast of Florida in an attempt to claim the Guinness World Record for “Longest Distance by Toy Cars.” The woman chronicled the extraordinary adventure — that took over three months — on social media to support their fundraising campaign aimed at helping and rescuing animals.
Miami federal judge denies David Knezevich bond in wife’s Madrid kidnapping case
The Fort Lauderdale man charged with kidnapping his estranged wife in Spain will remain behind bars, a Miami federal judge ruled Friday. Meanwhile, the 36-year-old’s attorney made comments eliciting gasps from the courtroom.
South Florida high school program fosters animals, provides hands-on experience for students seeking veterinary jobs
From turtles to guinea pigs, frogs and dogs, one South Florida high school is giving students hands on experience and the credits to earn a veterinary assistant certification all before graduating with their high school diploma.
Miami-Dade men jailed in connection with big cigarette, box truck heist in Virginia
Two Miami-Dade men were caught in South Florida and jailed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as they await extradition to Virginia. Police in that state said Monday that they were involved in a large cigarette heist using a stolen box truck that prompted an investigation spanning multiple states.
‘Really dumb decision’: Woman apologizes for assault rifle photoshoot outside daycare
A woman tells Local 10 News that she and her boyfriend, a fellow bodybuilder, made a huge mistake when they conducted a photoshoot with an assault rifle at a West Kendall strip mall; police said a panicked mother called them after seeing the gun pointed at a daycare there.
After shooting ex in Lauderhill, woman texts him ‘I’ll smoke you bro frfr,’ cops say
A man shot outside his Lauderhill apartment just after midnight Friday originally didn’t want to prosecute his ex-girlfriend for pulling the trigger — until he got a series of threatening text messages from her later that afternoon, according to Broward court documents made public on Wednesday.
‘Bad for the public’: Miramar leaders continue push against proposed incinerator over county line
In front of a packed commission chamber Tuesday, leaders in Broward County took their concerns straight to Miami-Dade County to address the issue of a mass burn facility, which they say will be a hazard to the environment and the South Florida community if installed near Miramar.