Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. It would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.
Officers from the West Miami Police Department and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a four-vehicle crash in West Miami Sunday evening that left one person in critical condition.
Police officers arrested a 29-year-old woman after a pursuit that ended with her surrender at a dead-end street on Friday in Miami-Dade County.
Police have identified a man who they said shot himself in the groin in front of his girlfriend outside of a West Miami apartment complex on Thursday.
Police officers found a woman dead in a car late Saturday night in unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Detectives were investigating the fatal shooting on Sunday.
An elementary school in West Miami was evacuated Friday morning after authorities received reports of a gas leak.
An internet outage sent a 38-year-old man over the edge on Saturday in West Miami, according to police.
Police arrested a West Miami woman on two felony child abuse charges Monday after they said she was caught on camera severely beating her son in May.
Residents at a West Miami assisted living facility said they've waited a lifetime and hope the latest events in their homeland of Cuban finally make a difference.