North Miami lifts boil water notice after water main break

North Miami residents can again drink tap water after city officials lifted a precautionary boil water notice tied to a water main rupture.
Teen who nearly drowned as toddler reunites with firefighter who saved him

George Montes Jr., 18, thanked Miami-Dade firefighter Mary Gavin at a Southwest Miami-Dade chapel service and said he now wants to become a firefighter.
Group home worker accused in autistic patient’s death released on $25,000 bond

Jimmy Bertram Alexis, accused of killing a disabled patient at a Fort Lauderdale group home, posted $25,000 bond and denied the charges.
Levine Cava sends sheriff record $1.2B budget notice

Miami-Dade commissioners approved a record $1.2 billion budget for the Sheriff’s Office, about $186.3 million above the sheriff’s request.
Hurricane Isaias strengthens to 85 knots, tracking toward northern Gulf Coast

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Isaias is strengthening and could make landfall on the northern Gulf Coast within 36 hours.
Miami woman accused of “robbery by seduction” in $135K theft spree

Miami police say Deziree Hood used dates and a Miami strip club to steal jewelry and cash from men, and she is being held on a grand theft charge.
Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but $600 million in federal funds is in doubt

Two federal reviews raise questions about whether Florida will receive the rest of a $600 million FEMA grant for the closed Everglades detention center.
Miami police seek driver in fatal Little Havana hit-and-run

Miami police are asking the public to help identify a driver in a Tuesday morning hit-and-run that killed a 26-year-old man.
Palm Beach County plans aerial mosquito spraying over Boca Raton and nearby towns

Palm Beach County will spray for mosquitoes from aircraft Sunday evening, Oct. 11, weather permitting, covering a wide area that includes Boca Raton.
Hallandale Beach police search for missing 17-year-old George Harper

Hallandale Beach police are asking the public for help locating 17-year-old George Harper, last seen Sept. 28 on his way to Ingalls Park.