A Democratic teacher and a Republican former school administrator sought to represent District 110 in Tallahassee, and Alex Rizo, a candidate for the GOP, won the race Tuesday. The district includes Miami Lakes; Hialeah and Country Club of Miami. Rizo is a former County Club of Miami Community Council vice chair. He defeated Annette Collazo, 36, a teacher from Hialeah. Neither candidate could be reached for comment on Election...

Miami Lakes Councilwoman Marilyn Ruano won reelection Tuesday and will continue to represent Seat 3 for the next four years. “Miami Lakes is and always will be my priority,” Ruano, 44, said on Twitter Tuesday night. “I will continue to serve you with the same level of commitment and integrity.” A new face will join her and represent Seat 1 on the dais: Tony Fernandez, 35, owner of an internet technology services...

Attorney Tom Fabricio, a Republican from Miramar, defeated District 103 Fla. Rep. Cindy Polo, D-Miramar on Nov. 3. Fabricio could not be reached for comment. Polo, a homemaker and former communications director for the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, had turned the district blue in 2018 by defeating former Miami Lakes Councilman Frank Mingo. She replaced then-state Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., a Republican who was term-limited that year and...

After nearly a decade, Miami-Dade County has a new mayor:  County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava, who declared victory over County Commissioner Esteban "Steve" Bovo, Jr. “To the small business owners struggling to keep their doors open, to the families unable to make ends meet, to the frontline workers who put their lives at risk for us, to all the women with a dream of shattering our highest glass ceiling, we did...

U.S. Marine Pfc. Bruce W. Carter was in a battle during the Vietnam War when a grenade landed near him and fellow Marines.      Carter used his body to shield the other men from the explosive and died in Quang Tri Province on Aug. 7, 1969.      Originally from the Village of Virginia Gardens, Carter was given military funeral honors when he was buried at Vista Memorial Gardens in Miami...