Friday, April 7, 2017

Sears store near Aventura Mall, Kmart in Hialeah marked for closure and other top stories.

  • Sears store near Aventura Mall, Kmart in Hialeah marked for closure

    Sears store near Aventura Mall, Kmart in Hialeah marked for closure
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  • Ransom Everglades, Palmer Trinity boys' tennis teams advance to ...

    Ransom Everglades and Palmer Trinity boys’ tennis teams advance to regionals after a District 16-1A final Thursday afternoon. John Michael Holtmann won No. 1 singles for the Raiders. For the girls’ team, Carrollton and Westminster Christian finished with 15 points each, so the teams will play a duel match Friday afternoon to determine first and second place in district 16-1A. District 16-1A Final — Ransom Everglades 21, Palmer Trinity 9: 1. John Michael Holtmann 6-4, 6-7. 2. Samuel Rubell 6-2,..
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  • Halting Muslims' immigration is patently illegal

    By Edmund Robinson President Trump’s biggest obstacle in trying to get a ban on immigration from several majority-Muslim countries is his own words. During the presidential campaign, he called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals cited this call as evidence that the first travel ban had an unconstitutional intent.In using the president’s own words, the Ninth Circuit was following the lead of the U.S. Supreme Co..
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  • Token toll relief is on the way if pending legislation passes

    Token toll relief is on the way if pending legislation passes
    Miami-Dade County drivers facing toll fatigue would get a 3 percent rebate and a temporary reprieve from toll increases on county expressways under two proposals that cleared their final House committees Thursday.Sponsored by Rep. Jeanette M. Nuñez, R-Miami, HB 961, would give anyone who uses a SunPass or toll-by-plate to pay tolls to the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority electronically to receive a 3 percent rebate this year — a cost to MDX of about $7 million. The second bill, by Rep. Bryan Av..
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  • House moves forward with school choice expansion

    House moves forward with school choice expansion
    A bill that would expand two of the state's school-choice programs is heading to the House floor after gaining approval Thursday from the House Education Committee.The proposal (HB 15), sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Sullivan, R-Mount Dora, was amended Thursday to add back provisions that would expand the reach of the Gardiner Scholarship program, aimed at helping parents pay for education services for children with disabilities.The expansion of eligibility for that scholarship was dropped at a pre..
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  • Rodriguez Perfect In Columbus' Win Over Westland Hialeah

    Rodriguez Perfect In Columbus' Win Over Westland Hialeah
    Columbus starter Chris Gonzalez got the win on Thursday in the Explorers’ 9-2 victory at home over Westland Hialeah. Photo Gallery Columbus senior shortstop Christian Rodriguez went 4-for-4 with a home run and a double, and drove in four runs to help power the Explorers to a 9-2 win over visiting Westland Hialeah in a non-district game Thursday. Rodriguez, who will play his college ball at Wake Forest, was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. But it was his three-run homer in the fifth inn..
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  • Miami Marlins avoid season-opening sweep, outlast Nationals in 10 ...

    Miami Marlins avoid season-opening sweep, outlast Nationals in 10 ...
    Justin Bour hadn’t had a hit all season.OK, the season is in its infancy, only three games old.But the Marlins’ first baseman said he was feeling his 0-for-10 slump with every at-bat, which is why he was more than pleased to end it with the deciding hit in Thursday night’s 4-3 victory over the Nationals.Bour’s two-out RBI double in the 10th inning helped the Marlins avoid a season-opening series sweep and allowed them to train up to New York on a happy note.“We didn’t want to get on that train..
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  • South Florida Trans News: Trans Visibility All Year Long

    South Florida Trans News: Trans Visibility All Year Long
    The raising of the trans flag in Wilton Manors during Trans Day of Visibility. Photo Credit: J.R. Davis. On March 29, the Wilton Manors City Commission decided to raise the transgender flag over city hall on select dates. While the commission has debated whether to fly the flag year-round, Monica Helms, author, veteran and creator of the transgender flag, wrote an open letter to the Commission asking that the flag be flown on at least three days:   March 31, International Transgender Day of ..
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  • Accused Scammer Seeks to Have His Assets Unfrozen

    Accused Scammer Seeks to Have His Assets Unfrozen
    Lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission and a Miami Beach company accused of running a $26 million patent-promotion scam are facing off in federal court Thursday. The company’s founder is asking the judge to give him back control of millions of dollars in assets the court froze last month.Scott Jason Cooper, 43, claims the FTC used “misstatements and innuendo” when it persuaded a federal judge to shut down the business and freeze the assets while the FTC pursues a permanent injunction that woul..
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  • Record number of students apply for magnet programs — but some ...

    Record number of students apply for magnet programs — but some ...
    Choosing a high school used to be as simple as finding the closest one in the neighborhood. But with more Miami-Dade students than ever applying for choice programs this year, those days appear to be over.A record 82,000 students submitted applications for more than 500 choice programs for the 2017-2018 school year — everything ranging from forensic science and conservation biology to international finance and robotics. And it’s not just high school. Programs are offered for middle and elementa..
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Plea agreement reached for friend of San Bernardino gunman .$200 million reserved for charter schools near bad traditional ones .
New Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Update Out Now, Reportedly Improves Frame Rate .Hialeah teen to possibly be sent to Apalachicola youth camp... .

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