Authorities raid Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market and other top stories.

• Authorities raid Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market

  OPA-LOCKA, Fla. - Authorities raided the Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market on Wednesday, targeting store owners in connection with a scheme to illegally redeem food stamps in exchange for cash.The U.S. Department of Justice held a news conference later in the day, where U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Wifredo Ferrer announced that 22 people had been charged.Ferrer said the store owners had collectively received more than $13 million in federal payments for transactions that did n..

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• Authorities Raid Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market; 22 Charged in $13 ...

  

  Federal prosecutors say 22 people have been charged with $13 million in food stamp fraud centered at a Miami-area flea market.U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said Wednesday the scheme used electronic benefit cards at locations authorized to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. The cards would be swiped in exchange for cash payments far less than the amount the store owners would bill to the program.Most of the fraudulent retailers were located at the Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Mar..

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• A flag football first for Hialeah High

  

  Hialeah High coach Denoff Johnson had been begging the school to field a flag football team since 2007. Though it took nearly a decade, the inaugural season has been a memorable one.Sophomore quarterback Ja’Keira Betties, Johnson’s starting point guard on the girls’ basketball team, scored three touchdowns as the Thoroughbreds beat Miami High 20-6, in the Region 4-2A final at Hialeah High Athletic Field. Hialeah (13-3) becomes the first Miami-Dade public school to reach state in the sport. The ..

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• Stadium funding plan that includes EverBank Field moves to House

  

  TALLAHASSEE | The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity determined that three professional sports stadiums qualify for state sales-tax money. Now the focus of the game shifts to the state House where lobbyists seeking money for backers of the three stadiums — EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Sun Life Stadium in Miami-Dade County and Daytona International Speedway — must convince reluctant House leaders to agree to set aside tens of millions of dollars over the next 30 years to pay for impro..

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• Spartans offer two at Champagnat

  

  Linebackers Jesus Machado and Donovan Georges (Hialeah, Fla./Champagnat Catholic) picked up offers from Michigan State, per their high school Dennis ...

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• Region baseball: Steinbrenner 3, East Lake 0

  

  LUTZ — Ever since the district semifinals Steinbrenner has used the same playoff strategy: Score a few runs and let junior pitcher CJ Van Eyk do his thing. It worked like a charm Tuesday night in a Class 8A final against East Lake. The Warriors scored a run each in the first, fourth and fifth innings, and Van Eyk scattered four hits and struck out 13 in a 3-0 win. It was his fourth straight complete-game playoff win, including three straight in regionals. Steinbrenner, which will play in its f..

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• Hotel room rates for the Miami area nation's highest

  Hotel room rates for the Miami area nation’s highest Written by Marilyn Bowden on May 10, 2016 Hotel room rates for the Miami area in the first quarter were the highest in the nation, allaying fears that the industry might face room-rate pressures due to an explosion of new hotel construction. According to STR, a data and analytics specialist in the hospitality field, Miami-Hialeah’s average daily room rate for January-March was $246.30. That’s 1.7% lower than the area’s 2015 ave..

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