Rebeca Piccardo

A Broward sheriff’s jail deputy was arrested Tuesday after an internal investigation revealed he spent his shifts using a contraband cellphone instead of conducting security checks.

Brian Dassler, Broward County’s youngest teacher of the year and a rising star in the education community, died March 20 in Tallahassee. He was 38.

A woman and her 15-year-old daughter were killed in the North Lauderdale home in late January. Now, their family is asking for help bringing whoever is responsible to justice.

Jose Zardon, of Tamarac, who was the oldest remaining member of the Washington Senators, died Tuesday, friends and family said. He was 94.

A team from Food For The Poor discovered 240 people living in a cave in the rugged mountains of Haiti near Fonds Rouge Dahere, where they have been since Hurricane Matthew hit the country in October.

A bouncer at a Hallandale sports lounge and grill is in “grave” condition after being run over by a van driven by a customer involved in a billing dispute, court records show.

Doreen Scott, who died Wednesday night when she was hit by a car while crossing the street near her home in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, was devoted to children — her own, her grandchildren, and all kids in need of help.Her family was always her main priority," said her daughter, Catherine Vidal. &qu…

Surfing champion Kelly Slater may bring a man-made surf park to northwest Palm Beach County.

Authorities have caught up to two men — one of them in Northern Ireland — who are wanted in connection with a fatal Boca Raton shooting that happened during a drug deal gone bad.

A man was arrested in California and extradited to Broward in connection with a fatal crash from April 2014.

Two Broward men busted for storing hundreds of illegal fireworks inside a warehouse in Lauderhill last summer are now facing federal charges, a U.S. Attorney’s office spokeswoman said.

Days after a man was stabbed to death in Pompano Beach, authorities say they arrested the person responsible.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday announced two arrests in connection to the Feb. 3 car burglaries at 2615 Stirling Road, near Eliyahu Hanavi Beit Midrash synagogue in Dania Beach.

The 2016 Maserati GranTurismo stolen during a test drive from Fort Lauderdale to Boca Raton has been recovered, authorities said.

Rapper Kodak Black is back in jail — this time for violating the terms of his house arrest, according to court documents.

Authorities are searching for the gunman responsible for the shooting in front of a Kwik Stop in North Lauderdale on Thursday.

Leaders from Church United, a coalition of Christian churches across Broward County, honored the victims of the Fort Lauderdale airport attack with an evening of worship Friday.

A fourth person has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old during a drug deal gone bad in Lauderhill.

Authorities on Tuesday made an arrest in the 2014 shooting of a toddler in West Palm Beach.

An hours-long standoff in Sunrise Monday concluded with a man’s peaceful surrender to authorities, but also with the discovery of two bodies inside the home.