Hialeah

A Hialeah man told NBC 6 that armed robbers broke into his home Saturday evening, firing shots at the man’s family before fleeing. The incident took place around 11 p.m. at a residence located near Northwest 86th Avenue and 182nd Street. The man said that he had invited several people over to watch a basketball game, when two men armed…

A Hialeah man told NBC 6 that armed robbers broke into his home Saturday evening, firing shots at the man’s family before fleeing.

Police say the number of domestic violence calls has increased during the pandemic, but they want victims to know help is always there. One South Florida victim is helping get the word out about resources that are available. The last two months of Marie Hernandez’s abusive relationship were a nightmare. She said she dealt with physical fights, put out...

Police are investigating after a man’s body was found floating in a canal in Hialeah Thursday morning. The discovery was made at the canal in the area of West 84th Street and West 21st lane. Footage showed multiple officers and crime scene detectives at the scene. Hialeah Police officials said the body of the adult man was found in...

Authorities are investigating after a man’s body was found floating in a canal in Hialeah.

A father and son who left Cuba and became doctors in the U.S. have died of the coronavirus

When Miami Mayor Francis Suarez tested positive for coronavirus in March, Sam Soares and his family started to worry. “A lot of the people who work in the consulate work directly with the delegation that came with the president, the Brazilian president,” Soares said. The family owns and operates ‘Mundo Cafe,’ which is located inside of the same building as…

Barbara Lagoa is the daughter of Cuban exiles who grew up in a heavily Hispanic suburb of Miami and has had a swift rise as a lawyer and judge — and she is on President Donald Trump’s short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court

President Donald Trump will meet with Barbara Lagoa, who’s on his short list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Supreme Court.

Police in Hialeah are investigating after an 85-year-old man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a street Friday morning. The incident happened around 7 a.m. in the area of 65th Street between East 4th and East 5th Avenues near Amelia Earhart Park, Hialeah Police said. Police said the man was crossing the street in the crosswalk…

Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez says the city will no longer be enforcing Miami-Dade County’s rules banning indoor dining in restaurants. At a news conference Tuesday, Hernandez said the city would no longer be enforcing the orders issued by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I am asking my city employees, my departments, that we will not be...

Two men are accused of attacking an attempted sexual battery suspect with a machete at a Hialeah motel, and now all three are facing serious charges. The incident unfolded Tuesday at the Palacio Inn Motel at 845 East Okeechobee Road, arrest reports said. According to the reports, 33-year-old Bryant Placid Hernandez had gone to the motel where he arranged to…

Two men are accused of attacking an attempted sexual battery suspect with a machete at a Hialeah hotel, and now all three are facing serious charges.

A man involved in a theft and shooting at a Hialeah foodmarket faced a judge. NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo reports.

Two Hialeah men are being accused of child abuse after allegedly taking a child to buy drugs at a home where a decomposing body was discovered. According to an arrest report, police originally responded to a death at a home Tuesday where 27-year-old Giancarlo Fuentes and co-defendant Michael Schrum were at. Police say a decomposed body was found. They say…

Giancarlo Fuentes accused of child abuse for allegedly taking a child to buy drugs.

The city of Hialeah’s task force looking into COVID-19 outbreaks at local nursing homes and assisted living facilities found access to personal protective equipment is still a concern.  Members of the task force, which includes the city’s fire department, went to all the 94 long-term care facilities in the area and found 20 reported PPE shortages: 15 needed gowns, 14…

The city of Hialeah’s task force looking into COVID-19 outbreaks at local nursing homes and assisted living facilities found access to personal protective equipment is still a concern.

NBC 6 investigator Phil Prazan breaks down why some locations aren’t equipped with what they need and how the city aims to help.

A Hialeah nursing home had one of the state’s largest outbreaks of COVID-19. The NBC 6 investigators were first to reveal the scope of the problem at the facility, and as a result, the city created a task force to try to reduce the number of cases.