Broward County

In the wake of six measles cases at a Broward school, Florida's surgeon general writes that the Department of Health “is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance” without urging the need for MMR vaccinations.

So far, it’s not known whether the students who acquired the highly contagious virus at Manatee Bay Elementary were immunized with the two-dose MMR vaccine.

The health department is looking into five cases of the highly contagious disease at Manatee Bay Elementary in Weston and hoping to identify contacts at risk of transmission.

Over the past five years, 21 people have died while in custody of the Broward Sheriff's Office. Now groups are pushing for federal investigations.

Since 2021, 21 people have died in Broward County jails. Now organizations are calling for outside oversight.

Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony Tells tells the "South Florida Roundup" that jails have become the go-to mental health facility in the country and he thinks can resolve the issues.

Attorneys for the family of a Black man fatally shot by a Georgia deputy during a traffic stop are demanding $16 million in restitution from the sheriff's office. 53-year-old Leonard Cure had previously spent 16 years in a Florida prison for a crime he didn't commit.

A Florida Department of Education spokesperson has said that allowing a transgender student to play on a girls' volleyball team in Broward County is against the law, and those responsible should face "serious consequences.”

The peaceful protest at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek came after the school's principal and four staff members were removed over allegations that a transgender student was allowed to play in a girls' volleyball team.

Cure was exonerated in 2020 after more than 16 years in prison for a robbery he did not commit. He was fatally shot by a Georgia sheriff's deputy after being pulled over for speeding.

As the state cracks down on how schools teach Black history and race, the African American Research Library & Cultural Center plans to host Black history classes.

Rescue groups are using traps, hands and sometimes nets to capture the 60 to 100 lionhead rabbits living in a community near Fort Lauderdale.