Metro News: Press Release: Beach   BY: REGINA BROWN MIAMI–The city of Miami announced in a press release this morning that the Public Beach Area restoration efforts are almost completed. They declined when asked for an exact date, stating “This has not been an easy task but completion is near.” An explosion nearly two years ago…

Legendary Actress Dies BY: CECILIA THOMAS HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA–Cult B-movie actress Eva Constantine passed away at her home in Kyoto, Japan on April 13, 2011 of pneumonia. The actress, who had originally starred in many low-budget science fiction and fantasy films in America during the latter third of the 20th century, had relocated to Japan in…

Robbery At Serenity Cafe BY REGINA BROWN MIAMI, KEY BISCAYNE–Early morning the 8th of December, the cafe Serenity fell victim of what police officials call, and I quote ‘A very well planned robbery’. Two men entered the cafe just after closing time and threatened the waitress and the few remaining customers, to hand out what…

Corpse in El Portal BY REGINA BROWN MIAMI–The seedier side of town, where it seems no night is left without casualties, claimed another life. A Hispanic male was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in a cab as the engine remained running in El Portal. Specific details have not been released by the Miami Police…

Metro News/Deaths OBITUARIES:<Insert: Photo of Slain Officer in full Dress Uniform> MIAMI–Services for Officer Nomed Lived of the Miami Police Department were held at the St. John’s Church in west Miami on Saturday, May 8, 2010. Officer Lived was the killed in the line of duty Tuesday. He is survived by his parents. Donations can…

Alligator Strikes Again BY GEORGE WILLIAMS MIAMI–An area family is agonizing over the gruesome disappearance of their daughter. The mother and child were walking on one of the primary nature trails into the Glades. Apparently, from what the officials can gather, the pair slipped off the beaten path to wash their hands in the water…

Alligator Extends Boundary Once Again By GEORGE WILLIAMS MIAMI–Officer Riker T. Olana with the Metropolitan-Dade Department of Animal Control responded to a call at approximately 5 Tuesday morning. The Miami Police department received a call reporting an alligator attack west of the city. When he arrived at the scene, Officer Olana explained that he’d found…

Bell South Goes One Further  Bell South, in an effort to make your use of their communication services easier, is releasing the new 2010 phone directory on CD-rom in addition to the age-old soft-cover phone book. A spokesperson for Bell South stated, “this is a way for us to help improve the lives and the…

Wilderness Scouts Missing MIAMI, FL — An academic field trip ends with two students missing. Miss Barbara Sullivan, a first year teacher here in Miami, took her science club members on trip to the Everglades for ‘a day in the field’ specifically to find and collect specimens of flora native to our region. The students,…

Search for Survivors Ended MIAMI – Sep 7, 2009. Authorities have called off the search for blast survivors, and two National Guard Units have been stationed in Miami Beach to assist FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) officials in their investigation. Exact numbers have not been released yet, but it is believed that the death toll…