After a years-long battle, fired Opa-locka Police Chief James Dobson has reached a settlement in a whistleblower lawsuit against the city, alleging his dismissal was in retaliation for reporting ...

Some Opa-locka residents celebrated a win Wednesday night after the city commission voted to keep interim City Manager Darvin Williams. Commissioner Joseph Kelley proposed removing Williams, but in ...

OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — Former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel announced his resignation as Opa-locka’s police chief after a little more than a year on the job Friday, saying he wants to spend more time ...

The City of Opa-locka's mayor has resigned. Mayor Matthew Pigatt announced his resignation at a commission meeting Wednesday night. "I will not be a figurehead for corruption," he said. During the ...

Turmoil could be the city of Opa-locka’s middle name, but the unexpected public resignation of its mayor Wednesday night during a commission meeting is still ...

OPA-LOCKA — Per multiple sources, CBS News Miami has learned Opa-Locka officer Johane Hendrick Taylor Jr. has been arrested for the second time in one year on multiple charges on Wednesday afternoon.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Days after firing an officer who discharged his Taser at a colleague, Opa-locka City Manager Darvin Williams denied the officer’s ...

MIAMI - Opa-locka could have been another Coral Gables, built on a dream, instead, the city's architecture is based on the Arabian Nights. The city was the brainchild of pioneer aviator and visionary ...

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 ...