Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The families of those who had their lives forever changed on Valentine’s Day four years ago are making it a point to be present as Judge Elizabeth Scherer makes her way selecting jurors who will make a recommendation on the Parkland shooter’s fate.

Now that it’s in effect, how are school districts around the state complying with Alyssa’s Law? That’s the question the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission was trying to answer Monday.  The law requires every school to have a panic button system in case of emergencies. Broward County School Board member Lori Alhadeff fought for the law’s...

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas public safety commission met to discuss one of the biggest things on their agenda: implementing ‘Alyssa’s law’ — a statewide panic button system. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

The judge overseeing the trial of the man who admitted to killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in 2018 said Thursday she wants the death penalty trial to begin in September. Judge Elizabeth Scherer said the circuit’s chief judge told her the courthouse should be open by then and he would allow jury selection to take place…

Suing a school employee — even one who failed to call a Code Red that might have changed the course of the darkest day in Broward County history — is not easy. Employees have immunity from even gross negligence. But if a lawsuit reasonably alleges the employee acted in bad faith, with malice or exhibited a willful disregard for human…

A big decision is coming soon in the civil lawsuits filed by families of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas victims on a school monitor who failed to call a code red that tragic day. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports.

Nearly two years after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, NBC 6 got a first look at the building that will replace the structure where the horrific tragedy took place.

The judge overseeing the death penalty case against admitted Marjory Stoneman Douglas killer Nikolas Cruz on Wednesday ordered jury selection will begin on January 27, 2020.

Streetwear brand Bstroy is facing backlash after debuting their latest clothing collection. The New York-based brand unveiled its Spring 2020 collection at a fashion show earlier this week, and many Instagram users are calling some of the designs “disgusting” and “tasteless” in response. The garments at the center of the controversy? A series of sweatshirts embroidered with the names of...

The trial for Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is expected to begin in January 2020.

The public defenders representing the suspect in the Parkland school massacre asked to withdraw from the case Wednesday, saying the defendant will soon receive nearly a half-million dollars in life insurance money and no longer qualify for free legal representation.

The deadly attack at Columbine High School in 1999 seemed to usher in a new era of school shootings. Two decades later, polls consistently capture growing fears among American parents that their children face imminent danger whenever they go to school. Those fears have only intensified since attacks at an elementary school in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, and last year...

Twenty years after teenage gunmen attacked Columbine High School, many alumni of the Littleton, Colorado, school have become parents. The emotional toll of the shooting that killed 12 classmates and a teacher has been amplified by fears about their own kids’ safety, spiking each time yet another shooter enters yet another school. As the survivors of Columbine entered adulthood, they...

The Broward state attorney’s office has released edited body camera footage of Nikolas Cruz’s arrest.

A 50-second clip from the encounter is shared on social media, as a former MSD student voices his “disgust” to the face of the school resource deputy who failed to confront the killer.

It’s Monday, February 25th – and NBC 6 has the top six stories you need to know for the day.

One year after – as families continue to grieve and activists organize to prevent similar tragedies from ever occurring – we remember the students, teachers and staff members who lost their lives, yet whose presence remains.

Nearly one year after the horrific school shooting, Parkland family members and victims gathered with gun control activists to launch an effort to ban assault-style weapons in Florida.

Two parents who lost daughters in last year’s Parkland, Florida, school shooting are calling for their local newspaper to win the Pulitzer Prize, saying the South Florida Sun Sentinel has stayed on the story to demand accountability long after the national media left. The parents, Ryan Petty and Andrew Pollack, wrote an open letter to judges who decide the Pulitzer...