In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the town of Miami Lakes announced four emergency orders Thursday afternoon. The goal of the orders is to limit the number of people in the streets and slow transmission of the COVID-19 virus, a severe respiratory disease that has left 34 dead in Florida and sickened four people in town, according to numbers released by the state Friday morning. The state of emergency ordered by Town Manager...

New Dawn Church/Iglesia Nuevo Amanecer in Miami will be distributing care packages on Saturday.

The church has more than 400 packages that contain toilet paper and 99 percent isopropyl alcohol.

Beginning at 10 a.m. and until supplies last, the items will be given to cars lined up as in a drive-thru, at 17200 NW 87th Ave. For information call 305-556-5400.

Of the 1,682 cases of COVID-19 in Florida reported by the state on Wednesday, the number of cases in Miami Lakes – two – remained the same for people who have the highly contagious respiratory virus. Cases in Hialeah jumped from 22 on Tuesday to 34, according to the daily report from the Florida Divison of Emergency Management. The report doesn’t further describe the cases or where the patients may be. So far, 22...

Parks and recreation facilities in Miami Lakes -- including tot-lots, athletic fields and the K9-Cove dog park – were going to be closed after Thursday to comply with an executive order by Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez. The goal is to prevent the spread of COVID-19 -- the coronavirus that has caused a global pandemic -- by enforcing social distancing. Town officials said signs will be posted at parks as well as at two...

Restaurants that may normally compete for the same customer’s dollars teamed up this week against the inconveniences of COVID-19.Pizza Scene on Main Street in Miami Lakes and in Hialeah began giving away medium pizza pies to families locked down at home while homeschooling their children during the pandemic.“We want to give back to the community,” Hector Rodriguez, owner of Pizza Scene said on March 18. “These are our customers, and this is a...