Ray-Ray just won’t go away-way.>Last month Hurricanes senior safety Ray-Ray Armstrong was kicked off the team. The school still hasn’t officially explained why, but he may have had something to do with either tweeting about improper meetings with a booster or a dinner he took with a friend who worked…
Congratulations, William Jenkins! We’re pretty sure you’re now in the running for the worst son of the year award.Jenkins was arrested on Tuesday after he got mad at his mother for refusing to give him a shot of vodka and decided to smear dog poop on her face…
Republican Senate Candidate Connie Mack’s wayward youth spent getting into bar fights and road rage incidents is well known to those who have been following this race closely, but incumbent Bill Nelson is about to blast that history across the state with an attack ad.The Nelson campaign characterizes Mack as,…
In continuing evidence that Florida nightlife outside of Miami is a sad, depressing suckfest full of streaky highlights and Ed Hardy bought at the TJ Maxx, Applebee’s is the hottest new club in Central Florida. Yes, Applebee’s, the suburban restaurant staple that’s known for cluttering its walls with garage sale…
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If you think Florida is a crappy place to live now, well, bad news, it’s not going to get any better any time soon. Gallup recently culled together data across 13 metrics to decide which U.S. state will be the best to live in the future. Florida came in 45th…
A carpenter employed by the City of Miami Beach is behind bars today after attacking a co-worker with a machete and nearly severing his arm. The incident happened yesterday when 63-year-old Baez Del Castillo got into an altercation and then attacked Marcos Fojon, 59…
It’s not Friday yet, but there’s no such thing as too many mugshots right? Miami attracts celebrities like moths to a light bulb, but unfortunately for some of them what happens in Miami doesn’t stay in Miami. Miami-Dade’s jail camera, AKA the in-house Paparazzi, has caught several celebrities checking in…
A red Honda Prelude went airborne early this morning and crashed right through the wall of a North Miami Beach nursing home. The driver, Enrique Linares, died and four others were injured. Just after 1:30 a.m., Linares was speeding down US 1 when he hit an elevated curb, police say…
Just because they can’t vote apparently doesn’t mean that Florida’s children shouldn’t be able to donate as much as an adult can to state and local campaigns. A Miami federal judge essentially lifted the two-decade old ban that limited the amount of campaign contributions minors could make, saying that the…
A newly built mansion in the posh Indian Creek neighborhood has reportedly sold for $47 million. That would make it the most expensive single-family residential sale in Miami-Dade history. The name of the buyer is unknown, but they’re foreign, of course…
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Who is Justin Lamar Sternad? The local Democratic establishment doesn’t seem to know, but he is running in the District 26 Democratic primary for the chance to take on controversial Republican Congressman David Rivera. Though, Sternad has nothing bad to say about Rivera. Oddly, he’s using right-wing talking points to…
Crystal Rusaw, a New Port Richey woman, decided to leave her three young kids, all under the age of four, home alone while she snuck over to her neighbor’s house for a bit of sex. The kids however decided they didn’t want to wait around and went for a stroll…
Alfonso Gerard Lucas went on a murderous rampage last night in Miami Gardens, police say, leaving his 42-year-old ex-girlfriend, Terrilyn Gray, and her dog dead. Lucas also stabbed his ex’s 22-year-old daughter, but the daughter was able to escape and call for help…
Marco Rubio introduced the the Olympic Tax Elimination Act, which aims to end the taxing the winnings and medal value of Olympians, with a bit of old fashioned, conservative anti-tax zeal.”Our tax code is a complicated and burdensome mess that too often punishes success, and the tax imposed on Olympic…
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LaTrice Royale just missed the top three in the last season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but managed to pick up the Miss Congeniality crown and, of course, the highly coveted Miami New Times “Best Of award for Best Reality Contestant”.She may not have snatched the crown, but her casting on…
A woman who attempted to snatch a purse this weekend at the ritzy Bal Harbour Shops ended up falling from the mall’s second story while trying to escape. The victim, who had $20,000 in cash in the purse, had attempted to chase after the would-be burglar…
Police in Orange Park, Florida, a Jacksonville suburb, are on the lookout for a man they believe was trying to trade a child for food. On Saturday night, the man went door to door at a motel and asked several people if they’d like to make the despicable deal…
Despite its reputation as America’s premier retirement destination, a new study shows that South Florida actually isn’t the smartest place for the elderly to retire. The Milken Institute’s “Best Cities for Successful Aging” rankings put the South Florida tri-county area at 37th out of America’s 100 largest metro areas for…
Jose L. Alberto, the former lead code compliance inspector for Miami Beach, was scheduled to be honored by the city on April 11. Instead, that same day he found himself behind bars on charges that he had extorted a South Beach nightclub. Now, according to the Miami Herald, Alberto will…
