Sam Ash Music was a South Florida staple. It’s ‘extremely painful’ to close stores, family CEO...

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 5/18 1:00A Ron Hurtibise

Joe Schnessel sits at a drum kit in a back room of the Sam Ash store in Margate, keeping time with a familiar classic rock song before he s paged to take a phone call from a customer inquiring about...

Florida man accused of decapitating dog

WSVN 7News 5/17 10:09A Kathleen Ditton

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) A 66-year-old Florida man was arrested for allegedly decapitating his dog, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to East Beach at Fort Desoto Park on May 14 at approximately 6:45 p.m....

3 hospitalized after tractor trailer overturns on SB lanes of Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs;...

WSVN 7News 5/17 9:31A Julian Quintana

Three people were hospitalized after a tractor trailer overturned on the southbound lanes of the Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs. Coral Springs Fire Rescue arrived at the scene near Atlantic Boulevard, Friday afternoon. The crash appeared to...

Here’s where the first Best Buy Outlet store in South Florida will soon open

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 5/17 9:16A Ron Hurtibise

Two and a half months after closing its longtime store at the intersection of West Sample Road and State Road 7 in Margate, Best Buy plans to reopen at the location — as its first Best Buy Outlet store in South Florida. The location in the Coral...

South Florida’s Jewish Democrats are split on Israel weapons vote

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 5/17 7:37A Anthony Man

Democrats in the South Florida congressional delegation, all of whom are outspoken supporters of Israel , split over legislation that would force a transfer of U.S. weapons to Israel that President...

Ryans to gather for ‘Ryami Vice’ meetup in Miami

WSVN 7News 5/17 7:21A Carolina Borges

How many Ryans do you know? Let s see, there s Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Meg Ryan. Apparently there s plenty and enough to throw a massive Ryan Meetup this Saturday. Ryan Rose: One day I just put up a bunch of flyers, that was like, is your...

Subject taken into custody after brief police pursuit on Turnpike

WSVN 7News 5/17 6:46A Julian Quintana

A subject was taken into custody after a brief pursuit on the Turnpike. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene on Friday afternoon, where Florida Highway Patrol Troopers surrounded a tan-colored Mercedes Benz SUV. One chopper assisted troopers. While...

Eastbound 836 to I-95 lane closures start today

WSVN 7News 5/17 6:20A Carolina Borges

Traffic in Miami is about to become a little more hectic due to a closure for a years-long project by the Florida Department of Transportation to reconstruct the eastbound 836, also known as the Dolphin Expressway, to Interstate 95 connection....

Eastbound 836 to I-95 lane closures start Friday night

WSVN 7News 5/17 6:20A Carolina Borges

Traffic in Miami is about to become a little more hectic due to a closure for a years-long project by the Florida Department of Transportation to reconstruct the I-395 corridor from SR-836, I-395 interchange to the MacArthur Causeway Bridge. We...

Family mourns 4-year-old boy following drowning in Fort Lauderdale home

WSVN 7News 5/17 6:19A Carolina Borges

Emotions ran high Thursday night and into a somber Friday morning as a family mourns the loss of a 4-year-old boy who drowned in a pool. Family members, so distraught they packed their bags and left their Fort Lauderdale home, spoke to detectives...

‘Feels-like’ temps of 113 degrees or higher expected in parts of South Florida on Saturday

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 5/17 5:44A Bill Kearney

An extreme excessive heat risk” is expected Saturday — with the forecast calling for feels-like temperatures of 113 degrees or higher in some parts of South Florida, the National Weather Service says. The areas most likely to experience these...

Fisherman reels in catch of a lifetime: a massive 12-foot tiger shark

WSVN 7News 5/17 4:48A Tynisa Senior

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WSVN)— A weekend fishing trip led to the massive catch of a 12-foot tiger shark near the Jacksonville Beach Pier about 400 yards out. Owen Prior and his friends were shocked when he reeled in the catch of a lifetime. One of my...

‘Skittles Man’ and others in Sinaloa Cartel imprisoned for trafficking fentanyl in Florida

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 5/17 4:47A Jay Weaver

MIAMI — The “Skittles Man” — nicknamed for his huge supply of rainbow-colored fentanyl pills — is one of seven members and associates of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel sent to prison in recent months by a federal judge in South Florida. The...

Diddy’s alleged drug ‘mule’ accepts plea deal in felony drug case

WSVN 7News 5/17 4:30A Carolina Borges

Brendan Paul, the alleged drug mule of Sean Diddy Combs , has accepted a plea deal in his felony drug case . Paul, 25, will complete a six-month drug and substance abuse course to avoid jail time. His attorney confirmed that Pail will enter a...

Florida threatens to revoke Muslim school’s vouchers over imam’s anti-Jewish remarks

Miami-Dade County Sun Sentinel 5/17 4:27A Ana Ceballos

TALLAHASSEE — Florida education officials have told a private Muslim school in Northeast Miami-Dade to turn over a roster of all its owners, operators and employees or risk losing its taxpayer-funded vouchers after a prayer leader at the mosque...