The Orange Bowl Committee is accepting applications until May 15 for the Beigel-Feis-Hixon Valor Award. It is named for Scott Beigel, Aaron Feis and Chris Hixon, coaches at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who gave their lives for students and colleagues and were among 17 killed during a mass shooting in Parkland on Feb. 14, 2018. The award has a $10,000 scholarship for an outstanding student-athlete from Miami-Dade, Broward or...

The Orange Bowl Committee elected Dr. Yvonne Turner Johnson as the new second vice chair, placing her in line to lead the 85-year-old non-profit in coming years. Turner Johnson is chief medical officer of South Miami Hospital, a part of Baptist Health. Turner Johnson, shown in the photo above, said in a press statement released March 30 that she was “honored” to have been elected. “As a member, I have a deep respect for the...

South Florida healthy dining chain Bolay served 3,000 free meals to nurses, doctors, police officers and firefighters who are caring for people sick with COVID-19. The company opened a restaurant in Miami Lakes in September at 15141 NW 67th Ave.. On April 1, first responders ordered their meals online and picked them up from the chain’s curbside tents, including in Miami Lakes. Food was also delivered to hospitals, according to the company,...

An employee at the Publix supermarket in Miami Lakes has tested positive for the coronavirus.“We can confirm that we have an associate who works at store # 1129, 15000 Miami Lakes Drive East in Miami Lakes, has tested positive for COVID-19,” Maria Brous, Publix director of communications said in a statement Monday.Brous did not say where in the store the employee may have worked or when he or she received test results.Supermarkets are...

BankUnited has promoted Raul Llanes to head of institutional and specialty real estate.Llanes, 35, (shown above) lives in Weston.He led the bank’s expansion of its newly launched real estate investment trust lending platform and other institutional, commercial real estate business lines.Llanes was previously head of commercial real estate credit products and a south region managing senior credit officer.He will report to Benjamin Stacks,...