Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended a member of the Hialeah City Council following her indictment and arrest on eight federal fraud charges.

A group of newly hired Hialeah Fire Rescue divers trained on Wednesday in a pool that is about 12 feet deep and there were mannequins.

Mayor Esteban Bovo denied that the city of Hialeah is having 911 dispatch problems and from his desk at City Hall on Thursday said, “The system works.”

The mayor of Hialeah is set to address concerns over the city’s 911 call center.

In a meeting that one Miami-Dade County commissioner said could “go down in history,” members of the county’s Transportation Planning Organization voted Thursday to commission separate studies that could eventually lead to changes in how residents, particularly those in living and working the western and southern portions of the county, get around.

Firefighters are responding to a “partial building collapse” in Hialeah, according to a tweet from the Hialeah Fire Department.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Election Day was unusually smooth as voters headed to the polls across Miami Dade County, likely due to what’s been a record breaking turnout. More than a million Miami-Dade voters had already cast their ballot via mail-in ballot or early voting when the poll in Hialeah opened, according to the deputy supervisor at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department. Meet Miami-Dade County voter Diane Johnson - spotted her dancing out of North Dade Regional Library. In 2016, voters in Miami-Dade County overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton. This time in early voting, Democrats in Miami-Dade lead by a little more than 100,000 votes, but more than 277,000 Independents voted early.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Daniella Levine Cava made history Tuesday night as she became Miami-Dade County’s first female mayor and the first non-Cuban Mayor since Stephen Clark in the early 1990s. Her Republican opponent Esteban “Steve” Bovo who lost to the Democrat said that Cava’s campaign “did an effective job of making the race partisan and kudos to them.” But he did wish the new mayor success. Cava is also the first new mayor in nine years replacing term-limited Carlos Giménez who won his race Tuesday defeating Debbie Mucarsel-Powell for Florida’s 26th Congressional District. Cava said she will not be partisan, but will be a mayor for all 2.7 million of Miami-Dade County’s residents. See below for live results as the ballots are counted on Election Night, Nov. 3:Cava said she is going to work hard to restore the county’s economy and its health.

AVENTURA, Fla. City of Aventura Mayor Enid Weisman called the construction of the $76 million Brightline trains Aventura Mall station a gamechanger during a ground breaking on Thursday. There will also be a pedestrian bridge built that will lead directly to Aventura Mall. A rendering of the Brightline Aventura Mall train station on West Dixie Highway. The vote to go forward with the new train station by Miami-Dade County Commissioners was a contentious one. The Brightline Aventura Mall station was to have been completed by October of 2020, but then was hampered by delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

MIAMI, Fla. South Florida continues to be a hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic that's surging in the United States. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimnez talked to a national audience on Sunday on ABCs Good Morning America, speaking about the new $100 civil penalty for breaking county mask and social distancing rules. Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Freddy Ramrez, speaking on Local 10s This Week In South Florida, said about 115 citations were issued and now that it is a civil citation and not a criminal offense, enforcement is more in line with the crime. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban Bovo, who is running to unseat Gimenez as the countys mayor, blames local case rises on young adults. Monroe County Mayor Heather Carruthers, said: "We are trying to do everything we can to limit the chance to gather in groups when one's inhibitions may be down."

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. For some people, fireworks arent enough to celebrate the Fourth of July. Its a dangerous practice that can kill people, because innocent bystanders can get hit by falling bullets. What goes up must come down and we have to stop the celebratory shooting, added James Dobson, chief of the Opa-locka Police Department. One bullet may kill. Police say they are increasing patrols in an effort to curb the celebratory gunfire.

MIAMI-DADE, Fla - After a contentious vote that failed before it passed, Miami-Dade County will get its second Virgin-owned Brightline train station in one of the most congested areas of northeast Miami-Dade County. Commissioners passed the land swap and development deal, which will pay Brightline $76 million to build the station near its tracks west of the Aventura Mall, and operate new commuter rail service. Mayor Carlos Gimenez told commissioners the money would not hinder any other county transportation plans, and would likely create more revenue through real estate development. Some wondered whether the service would function as a true commuter rail that people would choose over their cars. Commissioner Esteban Bovo, a longtime supporter of commuter rail, is on board.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - It was pretty busy Saturday morning at Norman & Jean Reach Park on Northwest 176th Street in Miami-Dade County as no proof of residency was required to pick up sandbags. Miami-Dade County workers and volunteers were on hand to shovel the sand into orange bags and put the bags in the back of people's cars. The line extended from around the corner and into the park. Workers said they expect to give away about 1,500 bags of sand throughout the day. Jeanette Nunez was at the park in the morning, along with Florida state Sen. Manny Diaz and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo.