Susannah Bryan

Fort Lauderdale commissioners approved a deal that would pave the way for a $164 million state-of-the-art movie studio on unwanted land.

It could happen if a controversial proposal goes through that would raise the height cap to 500 feet on projects that get special zoning. The new ordinance would apply citywide, not just in high-rise-friendly downtown, where zoning already encourages supersized towers.

Big Dog Ranch Rescue, based in Loxahatchee Groves in Palm Beach County, is setting up a shelter in Poland near the Ukraine border to help hundreds of dogs needing rescue.

Fort Lauderdale has named Patrick Lynn as its new Chief of Police. Lynn is a 35-year law enforcement veteran who worked in the Pembroke Pines and Davie police departments.

The city of Fort Lauderdale is letting go of its chief of police after several employees filed complaints of discrimination. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports Police Chief Larry Scirotto was fired Thursday without severance pay.

Hollywood beach will have new safety rules in place come March. Among them: No walking or hanging out on the sand between midnight and 5 a.m.

Under current Florida law, only legislators can ban smoking in public places. But that might change.

The 77-year-old man behind the wheel of a truck that left one person dead and another injured at an LGBTQ Pride parade Saturday night said it was an accident, police say.

Karen Dietrich is stepping down as interim chief of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department after six months in the role, effectively taking herself out of the running to be the agency’s top cop.

On Tuesday night, commissioners approved a deal with state officials that would allow the city to spend more than $3 million on an environmental restoration project in lieu of paying the fine.