Brian Hamacher

Brian Hamacher has served as a digital editor and producer at NBC Miami since March 2009. He came to South Florida after a five-year stint at the New York Post, where he was a reporter and digital editor for the newspaper. Brian is a graduate of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, and The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in Chicago, his hometown.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – NOVEMBER 06: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Americans cast their ballots today in the presidential race between Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as multiple state elections that will determine the balance of power in Congress. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Decision 2024 17 hours ago

How Florida went more red: Maps show multiple counties flipped for Trump in 2024

The Republican wave that swept across Florida in the 2024 election not only flipped Miami-Dade for the first time in 36 years, it also turned a number of previously blue counties red.

Odaine Hall accidentally shot and killed himself with an unsecured gun in a Tamarac apartment, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said.

Broward County 18 hours ago

Uncle arrested after nephew, 6, fatally shot himself with unsecured gun: BSO

More than a month after a 6-year-old accidentally shot and killed himself in Tamarac with a gun that had been unsecured, his uncle has been arrested.

South Florida Oct 31

South Florida drug dealer whose fentanyl killed infant gets 30 years in prison

A South Florida drug dealer who distributed the fentanyl that led to the overdose death of an infant in 2022 has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

Luciana “Lucy” Fernandez was killed in a boat crash on Sept. 4, 2022.

Miami-Dade County Oct 31

Developer now facing homicide charge in 2022 Boca Chita boat crash that killed teen

A well-known South Florida real estate developer is now facing a homicide charge in connection with a 2022 boat crash near Boca Chita Key that killed one teen and left another permanently disabled.

Decision 2024 Nov 1

Reyes vs. Cordero-Stutz: A look at who's fighting to become Miami-Dade Sheriff

Voters on Tuesday will be choosing the county’s first sheriff in nearly 60 years as Democrat James Reyes and Republican Rosie Cordero-Stutz face-off in the race.

Sofia Koval was charged in the May 23 killing of 79-year-old Yevheniia Koval in Lauderdale Lakes

Lauderdale Lakes Oct 30

Girl, 14, sentenced to juvenile program in ‘heinous' killing of 79-year-old grandma

A 14-year-old girl accused of killing her 79-year-old grandmother in Lauderdale Lakes back in May was sentenced to a juvenile program after pleading no contest in the death, prosecutors said.

Dania Beach Oct 29

‘A major emergency!': Frantic 911 calls released in fatal Dania Beach boat explosion

New 911 calls captured the frantic moments after a boat explosion in Dania Beach that killed a marina worker and left four other people injured last week.

Miami-Dade County Oct 24

Another arrest made in years-long probe of alleged thefts at Hammocks HOA

Another arrest has been made amid a years-long investigation into the alleged theft of funds from the Hammocks Home Owners Association, prosecutors said.