Miramar

Commissioner Yvette Colbourne has more on why it’s important to take the time to fill out the census this year.

Aerial videos showed from afar the gunfire that erupted after a carjacked UPS truck came to a stop on Miramar Parkway last week. Several cellphone videos captured the sounds of gunfire that killed two armed robbers, their hostage and an innocent bystander. But one element has so far been missing from the public record of the deadly encounter: combined video…

Many in the CrossFit community are trying to distance themselves from the brand’s CEO after he posted a controversial tweet that was considered by many to be tone-deaf and dismissive of racial issues.

Protesters Gather in Miramar

It was a symbolic death to racism. A hearse and a caravan of cars with the names of people whose deaths were rooted in bigotry made the ten-mile journey Wednesday from Hallandale Beach to Miramar to protest the death of George Floyd.

A local church held a peaceful demonstration in Broward County, but this one was a little different. Protesters didn’t march — they drove, forming a caravan from Hallandale Beach to Miramar. NBC 6’s Carlos Suarez got reaction from protesters on the new charges in George Floyd’s case.

A man who caused about $100,000 in damages when he broke into Miramar High School while naked has been arrested, police said. Matthew Alan Crandall, 21, was arrested Wednesday on burglary and criminal mischief charges, Broward County jail records showed. According to police, Crandall was caught on surveillance cameras unlawfully entering the school at 3601 S. Douglas Road on Monday….

The city of Miramar took the plan to furlough its full-time employees off the table Wednesday as dozens gathered outside city hall to protest. It’s a switch from exactly one week ago, when City Manager Vernon Hargray laid out the plan for each worker to take one furlough day per week, beginning June 11 and continuing through Dec. 9. Hargray…

The city of Miramar took the plan to furlough its full-time employees off the table Wednesday as dozens gathered outside city hall to protest. NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman reports.

From Miramar to Miami Beach, cities feeling the budget crunch from COVID-19 shutdowns are looking for savings by cutting what is often their biggest expense area: salaries. Or, as Miramar put it in an April 24 memo, “human capital,” which the city manager was determined to protect as the city faced a $23 million budget shortfall. But three weeks later,…

Daniel Liriano received some negative and positive feedback for trying to reopen Lion Style Barbershop & Salon while under an emergency order, but on Monday he was able to legally reopen.  “Ahhh we are booked solid,” said Liriano.  Liriano has resumed seeing his regular clients in a limited capacity at his Miramar business on Monday, but he had some...

A barbershop in Miramar that defied emergency orders and reopened for a few days has now officially reopened as part of the first phase of reopening. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.

When businesses shut down, employees aren’t the only ones thrown into a cash crunch. So are governments — as NBC 6 Investigator Tony Pipitone shows us, that too is about to hit home for city employees.

The attorney for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar says he has five signed affidavits from witnesses that exonerate his client in an armed robbery. Attorney Michael Grieco told The Associated Press on Friday that the five witnesses attested that Dunbar was not involved in the robbery earlier this week. Grieco said the affidavits were presented to prosecutors in Broward County…

The continuing coronavirus pandemic is causing financial strain for many cities in Florida

Police in South Florida are trying to find New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar after multiple witnesses accused them of an armed robbery at a party, authorities said Thursday.

Officials will include first responders among those taking time cuts.

A student pilot was killed and his instructor was hospitalized when the small plane they were flying crashed at an intersection in Miramar Tuesday morning, authorities said. Dash cam footage showed the plane clipping a power line as it went down on Pembroke Road just east of Hiatus Road around 9 a.m. Federal Aviation Administration officials said the two people…

Mark Daniel Scott was the student pilot who was killed in a small plane crash in Miramar. NBC 6’s Willard Shepard reports.