A former Opa-locka police chief who said he was fired because he “refused to cave in to a city government rife with corruption” has reached a $500,000 settlement in his whistleblower lawsuit. James ...

OPA-LOCKA, FLA. (WSVN) - Opa-locka officials gave residents an update after tenants said the living conditions at their apartment complex were dire. Living conditions were horrid for residents living ...

OPA-LOCKA, FLA. (WSVN) - An Opa-locka Police officer was terminated following an internal investigation into a 2021 incident in which, city officials said, he deployed a taser inside the police ...

The ADN reported Nov. 1 on a mass court transfer of wards from the Office of Public Advocacy (OPA) to private guardian Thomas McDuffie. The transfer (later found to violate law) resulted in ...

Auditors at the Office of Public Accountability will set their sights on the practice of hiring workers at salaries ...

MIAMI-- As Opa-locka Police Chief Scott Israel announced his resignation, officials named an interim chief to the department. Captain Kenneth Ottley will serve as interim chief starting July 1: Israel ...

When a cabaret lounge with leopard-skin bar chairs, chrome stripper poles and flat screen TVs opened in Opa-locka earlier this year, it represented a bit of progress. In a poor city that has long ...