Miami Children's Hospital

Miami-Dade Police Lured Robbers to the Redland, Then Shot Them

Free Flapjacks For 15 Hours at IHOP, Get 'Em While They're Hot

​Today the International House of Pancakes will be giving a free short stack of pancakes to everybody in celebration of National Pancake Day and to support the Children's Miracle Network of Miami. A short stack is equal to three buttermilk pancakes. In return each guest will be asked for a small d ... More >>

The Rusty Pelican: A Peek Inside The Refurbished Place; Michael Gilligan Interview, Part Two

Photo by Joni WilliamsExterior of the new Rusty Pelican.​They may have kept the old name, but everything else at the Rusty Pelican is new. And there isn't a tiki in sight.The menu has been overhauled and now features trendy items like the ahi tuna taco, eel foie gras and duck-fat fried Australian ... More >>

Homestead Man Stabs 12-Year-Old After Argument

​We're not sure what kind of grown man gets into a heated public argument with a random 12-year-old boy. We're certainly not sure what kind of man then decides it's a good idea to end the argument by pulling out a knife and stabbing the child. All we know is that kind of man is now apparently on t ... More >>

Dad Accused of Killing Toddler During "Boxing Lessons" Commits Suicide in Jail

​Lee Willie DeJesus, a 25-year-old father from Homestead, was put behind bars last August after allegedly killing his two-year-old son during "boxing lessons". He spent the rest of his life there. On Saturday DeJesus was found hanging from his own bed sheets at the Miami-Dade jail.

Parents Arrested After Malnourished Toddler Found Living in Filth

Sholter and Collins have been charged with child neglect. ​Vincent Paul Collins, 25, and Savanah Lynn Sholter, 21, have been arrested after authorities found their two-year-old son abandoned in a Hialeah motel room surrounded by his own filth and a dead animal, and weighing only 15 pounds. The pai ... More >>

Local Valentine's Day Edible Gift Ideas For a Sweetheart With a Sweet Tooth

Heart-shaped sandwich cookies from Cookie Couture​Don't be that guy (or girl) who settles for any of these unforgivable last-minute Walgreens candies (or, worse, a teddy bear holding a heart.) If you're reading this blog, chances are you have particular culinary taste -- and probably so does your ... More >>

Miami's Gourmet Food Truck Association Staffed an Accused Child Molester

Enrique "Kiki" Alard, arrested after allegedly seducing a child on Craigslist.​The Gourmet Food Truck Association promised to bring order and profit to the local fledgling mobile grub scene. In December, it partnered with the Miami Children's Hospital to hold a food truck rally and toy drive in So ... More >>

Marco Rubio is in A Whole Lot of Personal Debt, May Have Used Party Money to Redo His Kitchen

Marco Rubio talks a lot about fiscal responsibility and his ideas to save the economy. He also talks a lot about the national debt and ways to balance the budget. So you'd think the guy would have his own finances in order. Not true. Today, The Wall Street Journal singles Rubio out as one of the can ... More >>

305 Live: Rick Ross vs. Young Jeezy beef, DJ Laz with Radio Lollipop raises $144K and More in Local Hip-Hop News

DJ Craze (photo by David "Dro" Rosario)​-- So it seems that Rick Ross has walked himself into another beef situation. After self-proclaiming victory with 50 Cent, it now seems that Mr. Rozay is aiming his sights towards labelmate and frequent collaborator (via DJ Khaled) Young Jeezy. This all ste ... More >>

Two-Year-Old Accidentally Killed By Father During "Boxing Lesson"

​In today's roundup of horrible things: one toddler is dead after his father told police that a boxing lesson went bad and neglected to call 911, another toddler is recovering from a gunshot wound, a mother is charged with beating her four kids with extension cords, and another Florida panther is ... More >>

Concert Review: Imogen Heap at the Fillmore Miami Beach, June 2

​Imogen HeapThe Fillmore Miami BeachWednesday, June 2, 2010Better Than: Having tea at the lady's place.The Review:The Fillmore Miami Beach could have been called, well, the Imogen Heap last night. It wasn't so much that the British chanteuse owned the room (though, in an odd way, she did do that t ... More >>

Baby Injured in Attempted Homestead Kidnapping

What is the deal with all this baby-related violence down in Homestead lately? Now a women is behind bars after she tried to snatch a one-month-old from its mother outside a medical center.Twenty-five-year-old Shalese Nicole Mostiller is behind bars after attempting to abduct the child. She sprayed ... More >>

Intoxicated Mother Tased and Arrested for Beating Baby

If there are any great truths in this crazy world of ours, things that most of humanity can agree upon, one of them is that babies are for hugging and kissing, not beating. Sadly a mother in Homestead has been arrested for severely beating her 7-month-old child.The incident happened last night, arou ... More >>

Toddler Injured in SUV Hit and Run

​You have to be pretty cold-hearted to hit a pedestrian with a vehicle and speed off, but to hit a little girl and not stay at the scene? Wow. Two-year-old Natalie Garcia was walking with her teenage sister on a sidewalk in Southwest Miami-Dade when an SUV jumped the curb and hit her.A witness tra ... More >>

Arts Budget Meetings Tonight

WikicommonsIf you come, they will save it​The battle to save the liveability of Miami-Dade County continues tonight.If you haven't heard, the Mayor's office has proposed $11 million in cuts to the county's arts programming budget, which would put roughly 400 arts organizations out of business.Miam ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalOnce-great writer visits once-great newsroom. [Herald]The death of two infants in March at Miami Children's Hospital is being blamed on bad plumbing that spread a virus. [NBCMiami]More poll numbers confirm what everyone knows: There is a snowball's chance in Hell that Marco Rubio is going to wi ... More >>

News Roundup

News5 people were shot outside a Miami Gardens night club, but it seems all will recover. [UPI]Is there anything left to cut? McClatchy, The Herald's parent company, plans to eliminate another 1600 jobs company wide. That's 15% of its remaining work force. [Bloomberg]All these recent cases of Medica ... More >>

A Kinder, Gentler Ennui

News5 people were shot outside a Miami Gardens night club, but it seems all will recover. [UPI]Is there anything left to cut? McClatchy, The Herald's parent company, plans to eliminate another 1600 jobs company wide. That's 15% of its remaining work force. [Bloomberg]All these recent cases of Medica ... More >>

It's a Poinciana Party

News5 people were shot outside a Miami Gardens night club, but it seems all will recover. [UPI]Is there anything left to cut? McClatchy, The Herald's parent company, plans to eliminate another 1600 jobs company wide. That's 15% of its remaining work force. [Bloomberg]All these recent cases of Medica ... More >>

The Unwanted Test

It wasn't part of the school curriculum, and for one girl who is HIV-positive, it was a bad idea

Risky Business

Star sings a new tune

Cavity Depravity

The rotten roots of a sweet HMO deal rip dental health from the mouths of babes

One For the Heart

A UN of doctors saves a little American from ventricular septal defect

Officer Trouble

Golden Beach's problem cop struggles to make a career

The Carlos Lacasa File

Meet the most powerful politician you know nothing about

An American Dream Expires

A little boy arrived from Saint Lucia to have a dangerous tumor removed. The tumor is gone, but so is his home and his ability to move.

Night and Day

NOV. 26-DEC.2

He Made Dade

Battling cancer, veteran pol Dante Fascell talks of war, Cuba, and a lifetime of putting Miami on the map

Miami's Man in Havana

Unrepentant leftist, friend to Castro, and loyal Cuban, Max Lesnik continues to defy the ideological mandates of el exilio

Bodies and Souls

A young pastor aims his church's meager resources at some of Miami's neediest.

Children's Ward

A song, a video, an oportunity to help kids affected by AIDS

Father Knows Arrest

Scott Curry vowed the tykes who scuffled with his son would get what was coming to them. But he was the one who got busted.

Tears of a Clown

Fredgie's quest for kids' show success hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs -- but then again, it sure is a funny business

Design of the Times

Fredgie's quest for kids' show success hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs -- but then again, it sure is a funny business

The Case From Hell, Part II

Fredgie's quest for kids' show success hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs -- but then again, it sure is a funny business

The Case From Hell, Part I

Fredgie's quest for kids' show success hasn't exactly been a barrel of laughs -- but then again, it sure is a funny business