The Urban Film Festival returns Friday to Miami’s Overtown neighborhood with over 150 free screenings.

A brand-new Costco is a major step closer to being built in South Miami-Dade.

Drexel Mack was born and raised in south Miami-Dade County.

A vote was held on Thursday regarding whether developers should be allowed to build on sensitive land in southern Miami-Dade County.

COVID-sniffing dogs have been at a Miami Heat game and at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival and now the dogs will sniffing for COVID at Miami International Airport.

The debate over how to stop the gun violence has Miami-Dade County leaders grappling with where and how millions of dollars are best spent.

Yvette E. Blackwell-Gomez, a local attorney, lives near the Curaleaf farm in Miami-Dade County. She said the marijuana farm is affecting her neighborhood’s quality of life.

The King Jesus Church of Ministry in Homestead is the latest site to be selected to inoculate the most vulnerable. 500 people, ages 65 and over, all from the South Dade area, received their first shot to protect themselves from COVID-19. It was a collaborative effort between Miami-Dade commissioner Kionne McGhee, Pastors from the South Miami-Dade area and various community leaders. When it comes to the second shot, to be considered fully vaccinated, the number stands at more than 667,000. More than 1 million seniors have gotten their first dose, but when it comes to the second dose, only 374,369 people have received it.

WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered U.S. Postal Service inspectors to sweep more than two dozen mail processing facilities for lingering mail-in ballots and for those ballots to be sent out immediately, including South Florida. The order, which includes centers in South Florida, central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, and parts of Wisconsin, comes after national delivery delays leading up to the election and concerns the agency wouldn’t be able to deliver ballots on time. Individual post offices were not single out, such as the embroiled southwest-Miami Dade postal facility where House Democratic Leader Kionne McGhee tweeted a video Friday purportedly showing election mail piled up in bins at a facility. The Postal Service’s ability to handle the surge of mail-in ballots became a concern after its new leader, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor, implemented a series of policy changes that delayed mail nationwide this summer.

PRINCETON, Fla. – A federal hearing was held over Zoom on Tuesday with U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan to discuss backlogged mail at U.S. Post Office buildings. The U.S. Post Office facility provided evidence that there is no backlog and that all of the ballots found at the facility in Miami-Dade County’s Princeton area were returned to the elections headquarters in Doral. A notice stated that postal managers had completed searching all 180,000 pieces of delayed mail at the Princeton post office and no additional ballots were located Monday. Vote-by-mail ballots have to be delivered to the Elections Department by 7 p.m.Sullivan ordered the U.S. Postal Service to rush the delivery of vote-by-mail ballots and to “ensure that no ballots have been held up.”Judge Sullivan's order (U.S. federal court)

Postal inspectors are in Miami-Dade checking for any mail-in ballots in backlog as the clock ticks toward an Election Day deadline of 7 p.m. Tuesday. Postal Service] assures us all ballots have been delivered,” Deputy Supervisor of Elections Suzy Trutie said Monday morning. “The person who sent me the video is an employee of the postal service,” McGee said. Postal Service. Voters are urged to check the status of their mail-in ballots as there is still time to clear up any issues.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – U.S. Post Office investigators are looking into allegations on Friday that there is a mail-in ballot backup at a facility in southern Miami-Dade County. House Democratic Leader Kionne McGhee said tweeted a video showing mail piled up in bins. I am working to ensure that mail delays do not impact participation in this election.”Suzy Trutie, the deputy supervisor of the Miami-Dade County Department of Elections, also released a statement. Administrative action was taken by the Office of the Inspector General regarding the employees' negligence at the Princeton distribution center, Fernandez-Rundle said. For more information about your ballot, call the department of elections at 305-499-8683.

The group came out early Saturday morning for a more than five-mile ride around south Miami-Dade. It's a justice thing. Florida House Leader Kionne McGhee, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Dennis Moss, and the 305 Urban Bike Club organized the peaceful ride. The death of George Floyd and other black lives have sparked protests around the world, including here in South Florida. Organizers of Saturdays ride said they wanted to unite the community for a peaceful family and friends bicycle ride in honor of those lives lost.

FLORIDA CITY, Fla. – Two new free coronavirus testing sites are opening this week in southern Miami-Dade County. Community Health of South Florida launched a COVID-19 testing site at Loren Roberts Park in Florida City that will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The CHI Marathon Health Center at 2805 Overseas Highway in Marathon will conduct COVID-19 testing every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. by appointment only. Tuesday is the last day for COVID-19 testing at the Doris Ison Health Center at 10300 SW 216th St. According to a CHI news release, testing at the Doris Ison location will stop due to the new testing location down the street at the South Dade Government Center.

NARANJA, Fla. – A neighbor describes the moments shots rang out outside a home near S.W. Elijah Bemley said he was inside his house when he heard shots fired just after 10 a.m.“I heard gunshots . After the shooting stopped, Bemley said he walked outside to find his neighbor shot in the chest. Local 10 learned he is related to Rep. Kionne McGhee, D-Fla., who represents the 117th District, which includes central Miami-Dade County. There is a reward of $3,000 for a tip that will lead to the capture of McGhee’s killer.

Ron DeSantis said Thursday he is supporting proposed legislation that will allow college athletes to be compensated. DeSantis was joined by former Florida State football players Corey Simon and Nick Maddox during the announcement in Tallahassee. "I'm here to say that I support the direction that these legislators are going," DeSantis said. EA Sports discontinued the game in 2014 after threat of legislation from former players who took aim at the NCAA. "You have students who are college football players during the fall and then play pro baseball during the summer and make money doing that.