Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s girls softb all team ended the R.B.I. season by going undefeated and capturing the championship back-to-back.The girls defeated a combination of Hialeah Miami Lakes and Barbara Coleman players in the playoff by a score of 10-3.They played the championship versus a team consisting of Doral Academy and Miami High and won 12-2.“The girls played hard all season,” said coach Alex Castroman. The Miami...

Miami Lakes Educational Center’s newspaper, The Harbinger, attended the Florida International University event Journalism Day which brings together journalism programs from across the county for a day of workshops, lectures, and hands-on activities alongside professional journalists, broadcasters, photographers, and professors.The Harbinger newspaper at MLEC is led by Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Reboredo and Managing Editor Sabine Joseph...

St. Thomas University senior Brandon Keller and graduate student Yanelis Madrigal were picked to participate in an internship program at the office of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to learn first hand about the operations of the U.S. government.Yanelis, who earned an undergraduate degree from STU and is currently working toward a graduate degree in criminal justice, said the experience will strengthen her understanding of local and state politics...

Hialeah Miami Lakes sophomore Jocelyn Ruiz won the district championship in the 100 yard butterfly and 100 yard backstroke for the Trojans’ swimming and diving team last week at Ransom Everglades High School.It was Ruiz’s second district championship in both events in individual competition.This year, she competed against swimmers from Doral Academy, Mater Academy and Westland.Ruiz will compete in the regional, which starts...

Miami Dade College is offering in-state tuition to displaced college students from Puerto Rico, which was destroyed by back-to-back hurricanes in two weeks.Hurricanes Irma and Maria left a devastating and disheartening mark on Puerto Rico, as the federal government and state officials are working together to help rebuild the island and sending food and water and other materials to people affected by the two natural disasters.To help ease the...