Miami-Dade County is on the verge of having its first elected sheriff in decades.

A widower who owned Miguelito Barber Shop in Miami-Dade County’s Florida City stands accused of moving cocaine and cash while working in both cocaine trafficking and money laundering for traffickers, records show. Investigators say he worked in the Orlando and Miami areas, Colombia, and his native Dominican Republic.

Falafel bites from Florida are being recalled in connection with the recent nationwide recall of organic carrots.

Petr Mrazek made 32 saves and Teuvo Teravainen scored, helping the Chicago Blackhawks top the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Thursday night.

Skies were mostly clear and northwestern winds funneled cool and dry air on Thursday night over South Florida. Temperatures are set to drop to the 50s.

Narin An is the surprise first-round leader at the richest-paying event on the LPGA Tour.

Las autoridades están investigando la muerte de un hombre después de un altercado nocturno con su esposa afuera de un motel en Homestead el miércoles.

As a group of police officers are awaiting trial, a series of videos helped investigators put together the timeline of a police shootout gone wrong after a chase from Miami-Dade to Broward County in 2019.

Disney Cruise Line has welcomed its latest ship, the Disney Treasure in New York Harbor.

An attorney said Wednesday in Broward County court that a man who was facing 10 charges related to images of child sex abuse worked the Transportation Security Administration for over 20 years.

LPGA Tour purses keep getting bigger.

Mark Scheifele had his ninth career hat trick, Morgan Barron added two empty-net goals and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Florida Panthers 6-3 on Tuesday night to end a two-game skid.

Florida’s agriculture sector remains a key economic driver for the state.

Harry Potter fans anticipating the third attraction based on the popular book and movie franchise at Universal Orlando Resort learned that the fictional setting for the ride will be the British Ministry of Magic.

Agents responded to a possible migrant landing in Miami-Dade County on Monday.

As construction on a new, bigger and bolder affordable housing apartment building continues to take shape on the edge of the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater, residents caught in the middle of a looming change continue to worry after being blindsided by a letter warning them that the property has been sold and they have six months to move.

Broward County prosecutors upgraded charges Monday against a 23-year-old Pompano Beach man who was arrested in October after being accused of possessing child sexual abuse images and videos — all while on probation for the exact same crime.

Former Florida Sen. Frank Artiles, R-Miami-Dade, received a 60-day jail sentence Monday after being found guilty of three of four counts against him in his “ghost candidate” criminal case in September.

The search for a missing Florida boy has come to an end, after police say his body was found at an Ormond Beach park.

South Florida residents are bracing for changing weather this week as the remnants of Tropical Storm Sara, now a moisture-laden system, merge with an advancing cold front.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Florida Rep. Alex Rizo, Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, and Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner. Don't Trash Our Treasure Correspondent Louis Aguirre explains the Miami-Dade County incinerator controversy.

An Arctic front is coming to South Florida before Thanksgiving and not before Christmas.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued an alert asking the public to help find a 4-year-old boy who vanished from a park on Sunday morning in Volusia County.

Donald Trump Jr. says any pushback from the Washington establishment around his father’s unconventional choices for Cabinet proves they are just the kind of disruptors that voters are demanding.

Miami is looking to win back-to-back games for the first time this season, while Las Vegas hopes to snap a five-game losing streak, which is tied with the New York Giants for the longest active skid in the NFL.

LSU coach Brian Kelly was caught on camera screaming at one player and getting yelled at by another.

DJ Lagway threw for a touchdown and set up another with a long completion in his return from a strained left hamstring, and Florida upset No. 21 LSU 27-16 on Saturday to give the Gators their first series victory since 2018.

South Floridians should expect comfortable weather with low humidity and cooler temperatures this weekend — but Tropical Storm Sara will change that next week.

Not long ago, Polk County’s biggest draw was citrus.

The owner of several Florida healthcare companies pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to pay employment taxes and neglecting to file his personal income tax returns, causing the IRS to lose more than $10 million, the Department of Justice confirmed in a news release on Friday.

A Florida man is facing charges after police say he was stalking his ex-girlfriend.

Tropical Storm Sara formed Thursday afternoon just 50 miles east of Honduras, drifting slowly along the country’s northern coast on Friday, spreading torrential rainfall across not only Honduras, but through Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua, and eastern portions of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.

Great Wolf Lodge has brought its indoor water parks south and has opened its doors in Florida.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves in his 300th NHL win, and the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped Winnipeg’s seven-game win streak with a 4-1 victory over the Jets.

Charley Hull ended a two-year drought by winning in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago.

The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted son in early November were: “Mom, come get me.”.

Residents of the sprawling Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater became outraged after receiving a letter ordering them to move out by May 19 as the park closes for redevelopment.

Spirit Airlines says it won’t announce its quarterly financial results on time because the company is focused on talks with bond holders to restructure its debt.

Plans for a Brightline train station in Martin County are back on track, after commissioners approve plans.

A significant late-season tropical system is poised to come together later this week and could strengthen into a formidable November hurricane by this weekend or early next week as it meanders in the western Caribbean.

Timo Meier scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period, Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves and the New Jersey Devils snapped Florida’s seven-game winning streak by beating the Panthers 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Control of the U.S. House rests on just over a dozen races where winners have not yet been determined.

Martin County Commissioners are set to meet on Tuesday at 9 a.m. to discuss the future of a Brightline station on the Treasure Coast.

After four “challenging” days, Florida basketball coach Todd Golden welcomed the reception he got when he took the court to face Grambling State.

There is new information about a man arrested for an alleged assassination plot against U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Florida.

With Rafael quickly spinning down over the Gulf of Mexico this weekend – its thunderstorm activity wiped clear by a slug of dry air and hostile wind shear – we’d hope the hurricane season would finally come to its senses and move into its traditional November hibernation, but the Caribbean has other plans.

A Disney Cruise ship helped the U.S. Coast Guard save four stranded boaters and it was all caught on camera.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg was joined by Florida state lawmakers Shevrin Jones and Alex Rizo, Rep. Carlos Gimenez and FIU professor Eduardo Gamarra.

Last week's Presidential Election is getting all the attention, but those elected locally at the city, county, and state levels have the most immediate impact on your life.

Florida basketball coach Todd Golden is acknowledging an ongoing school inquiry and says he is considering “defamation claims,” presumably against his accusers.

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that his inaugural committee will be chaired by Florida real estate investor Steven Witkoff and former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

The leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors to avoid homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.

According to a report by the school’s student newspaper, Florida men's basketball coach Todd Golden is facing allegations of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, stalking and cyberstalking multiple women — including students — over the past 12 months.

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick.

Miami-Dade prosecutors announced another arrest Friday in an ongoing investigation into one of Florida’s largest homeowners associations.

Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and an assist, Aleksander Barkov had three assists for the second time in less than a week and the Florida Panthers beat the Nashville Predators 6-2 on Thursday night for their sixth straight victory.

Susie Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump's pick as White House chief of staff, has decades of political experience but has largely shunned the spotlight.

Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.

Despite its failure to achieve a 60% supermajority at the ballot box, supporters of abortion rights said the 57% of “yes” voters on Amendment 4 show that Florida voters oppose the state’s direction on the issue.

The $1.3 billion project to improve, deepen and widen Port Everglades is still in limbo because of the millions of precious corals and other endangered marine species that will be impacted once the dredging begins.

The movement to legalize recreational marijuana has run into a wall of resistance.

A man allegedly involved in the haunting disappearance of an 8-year-old girl and her 43-year-old mother back in 2016 returned to court Wednesday for a federal detention hearing.

A Miami-based professor is warning that heightened deportation efforts under potential Trump administration policies could impact over a million immigrants in Florida alone, with local communities and families facing serious consequences.

The parent company of Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social lost $19.2 million in the last quarter, according to an earnings report released on the same day he won back the presidency.

Republican Rep. Laurel Lee won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Patricia Kemp.

A strong across-the-board showing by Donald Trump helped propel the Republican former president to victory in Florida, once a preeminent swing state that has increasingly slipped out of Democrats’ grasp.

For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades.

U.S. House District 27, which covers areas of downtown Miami, Key Biscayne, Little Havana, Coral Gables, Kendall, and Cutler Bay

Republican Florida U.S. Sen. Rick Scott celebrated a victory over his Democratic opponent, former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, on Tuesday night in Bonita Springs with more than 56% of the votes.

Amendment 3 -- one of two amendments on the ballot put there by citizens, not lawmakers (the other being Amendment 4) -- failed Tuesday. If it had passed, recreational marijuana would be legal in Florida for adults over 21.

The race for Broward County Sheriff has been a tight race between incumbent Gregory Tony and challenger Charles Edward Whatley.

The first election for a sheriff in Miami-Dade County in more than six decades came down to two candidates.

Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure and he's getting testy about it.

A costly campaign to legalize marijuana has failed in Florida, falling short of the supermajority needed for passage.

Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.

Florida voters rejected ballot measures to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana.

A 17-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed two people and wounded seven others during a Halloween celebration that drew 75,000 revelers to the streets of downtown Orlando, Florida, last week has been charged as an adult, a prosecutor said Monday.

Florida’s election will test whether the state maintains its new reputation as a Republican stronghold, or whether Democrats make some gains by tapping into the support for abortion and marijuana ballot questions and the new energy Vice President Kamala Harris brings to the race.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Rafael has formed in the Caribbean and will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening to a hurricane and likely hitting Cuba.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Florida Rep. Alex Rizo, Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, and Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner. Don't Trash Our Treasure Correspondent Louis Aguirre explains the Miami-Dade County incinerator controversy.

Just ahead of Election Day, Local 10′s Glenna Milberg showcases the key races and issues in our Vote 2024 Special on Local 10 News.

A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.

In Florida, early voting, when a voter casts a ballot before Nov. 5 at a designated station, begins Oct. 21. The voter registration deadline was Oct. 7.

In Florida, early voting, when a voter casts a ballot before Nov. 5 at a designated station, begins Oct. 21. The voter registration deadline was Oct. 7.

Carson Beck threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns to offset three interceptions and No. 2 Georgia escaped “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” with a 34-20 victory over Florida.

A bicyclist died on Saturday after colliding with a train in Broward County, deputies said.

A family was grieving on Saturday in Broward County after learning that a young relative with a promising future was among the dead during a Halloween street party shooting in downtown Orlando.

Federal and local investigators haven’t found the bodies of an 8-year-old girl and her 42-year-old mother after they vanished in 2016 in Miami-Dade County. They did find enough evidence to prosecute a suspect about eight years later.

A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in unairconditioned cells at a prison near the Florida Everglades has contributed to the deaths of four people and that state officials have failed to take “meaningful action” to mitigate the risk posed to the elderly and disabled inmates in their care.

A trio of Florida trick-or-treaters were caught on camera sharing their treats.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools are earning top marks, with 161 schools receiving the 2023-2024 Schools of Excellence designation in Florida.

Two people were killed and six others were injured early Friday in a shooting in downtown Orlando, according to police.

Police in Florida say two people were killed and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire during a Halloween street celebration that drew thousands of costumed revelers to downtown Orlando.

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday.

The Dynarex Corporation recently announced that its earlier recall of Dynacare Baby Powder, initiated in September, expanded from 12 states to 35 — including Florida.

An 18-year-old Donald Trump supporter is facing a felony charge after police say he threatened two Kamala Harris supporters with a two-foot (60-centimeter) machete as they campaigned outside a Florida early voting site.

In an effort to boost voter participation in the upcoming General Election, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved an ordinance last Tuesday to waive all transit fares for Broward County Transit buses and paratransit services.

United Way Worldwide and Paramount Global have announced they will host a benefit to raise funds for those impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

A Florida man is under arrest, accused of brandishing a machete at two voters who were in line at polling place in Neptune Beach.

Florida leads the nation in child drownings. We are surrounded by beautiful bodies of water and its why swim safety is more than a story. It’s a priority for us.