Reta Lee, who spent decades teaching town kids how to swim in her backyard pool, died May 26. She was 89. On June 16, the town council voted to rename Miami Lakeway South near her family’s home in the Lake Katherine neighborhood “Reta Lee Way.” Councilman Joshua Dieguez, a former pupil of Lee’s, sponsored the resolution. He shared a photo of them that was taken during a lesson when he was a little boy. “She touched...

Sammy Infante’s dream was to play baseball for the University of Miami Hurricanes. And then the Washington Nationals called, with an offer to change everything for the now-former shortstop for Monsignor Edward Pace High School. Infante, 19, from Hialeah, is headed to the world of professional baseball after signing with the reigning World Series champion Nationals. They drafted him in June, making him the first high school...

St. Thomas University signed two local women to its inaugural flag football team for the 2021 season: Miami Lakes resident Tiffany Walker, a graduate of Barbara Goleman Senior High, and Christina Mathieu from Miami Gardens, a Monsignor Edward Pace High grad. Walker, a wide receiver and safety, was the second student-athlete to commit to the new team; Mathieu, also a wide receiver, was the first. They were chosen as members of this...

Call it pandemic fashion, the face coverings that we’re wearing to ward off the coronavirus and, in case we’re unknowning carriers, to protect our friends and neighbors. What kind of mask do you wear? Share your photos with our readers by emailing images to LindaT@MiamiLaker.com.

The coronavirus pandemic ended the college baseball season early, but the accomplishments of St. Thomas University designated hitter Nick Izquierdo will be remembered by the Bobcats for years to come. Izquierdo earned one of the highest honors he could receive -- becoming a first-team selection to the 2020 Academic All-America NAIA Baseball Team, awarded by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). CoSIDA made the...