Justin Correra Barbara Goleman Senior High School “I want to go to the University of Alabama,” said Justin Correra. “I want to major in civil engineering. Hopefully after college, I’ll get a job in civil engineering. I’m not entirely sure [what I want to do] but I mainly want to focus on buildings.”  Hailie Prieto Barbara Goleman Senior High School “I’m going to FIU to...

Barbara Goleman Senior High School students won 1st Place in the Miami-Dade County School District mock trial competition in February. They went on to finish 11th in the state at a competition held in Orlando in March. Back row, from left: Attorney/Asst. Coach Jordan Rosales; Attorney/Asst. Coach Yanelis Zamora-Trujillo; Brenda Labrador; Valeria Zapata; Adriana Garcia; Jayden Maldonado and Vladimir Veloz, team bailiff. Front row: Isabella...

    Zachary Webb has been elected as the Community Service Chair to the Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ District Student Government Association.      Zachary, 17, who lives in unincorporated Miami-Dade County near Miami Lakes, is a member of the Class of 2026 at Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School.       He said he is “ready to represent the voices of all students of MDCPS.”

The Miami Lakes Veterans Committee is accepting applications for its Miami Lakes Veterans Families Scholarship program.       Applicants have until July 1 to apply for the award, which is funded by the annual Reindeer Run 5K presented by Headquarter Toyota.       Scholarships are open to veterans, children and grandchildren of veterans or high school seniors in good academic...

Folks walking around downtown Miami Lakes may encounter this gentle pair: Cookie, a 6-year-old Great Dane, and Libby, a 7-year-old Victorian Bulldog.      The girls love their walks and will roam Main Street in search of pats on the head and food on the ground, said owner Martha Valdes.      The pets live with her and husband Michael Jorge, stepdaughter Leah Jorge, 6, and son Gavin Grimes,...