Commuters in Broward County who use the Broward County Transit are in for a comfortable, more high-tech ride on the new state-of-the-art articulated busses, set to be unveiled on March 22 and hit the streets the week of March 26.

“This is a very exciting time for all of us here at Broward County Transit, and the occasion will be truly historic,” said Christopher Walton, director of the Office of Transportation. “It is our hope that the new articulated bus, with its leading-edge features, will be a viable alternative to other less efficient commuting options.”

Yvonne Garth emerged the winner of the coveted Miramar City Commission seat in very low polling elections held in Broward County on Tuesday. Only a disappointing 10 percent of the electorate cast ballots in the various cities. In the Miramar race four candidates campaigned for the seat made vacant by the earlier resignation of former Commissioner Marjorie Conlan.

Garth, 37, who was running in any type of political race for the first time, secured 45.1 percent of the 1,948 votes cast by Miramar voters. In doing so, she defeated Alejandro “Alex” Casas who gained 19.5 percent of the votes, former commissioner, George Pedlar, who is suffering his third consecutive loss in his bid to regain a seat on the Commission, 19.4 percent, and Sallie Stephens, another former commissioner, who polled 16 percent of the votes.

While the stars were out and shining brightly on the red carpet for the Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, elegant and dapper guests at the Broward Black Elected Officials Gala were walking their own red carpet at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Hollywood, Florida.

A host of Broward black elected officials and their supporters turned out last Sunday to the highly anticipated Second Annual Foundation Benefit gala which came to fruition in an elegant affair. The evening began with a V.I.P. reception which heralded guests of honor.

A Discovery Channel documentary that has inflamed the passions of Christians everywhere has a South Florida connection.

"The Lost Tomb of Christ," which will air on Sunday, argues that 10 ancient ossuaries -- small caskets used to store bones -- discovered in a suburb of Jerusalem in 1980 may have contained the bones of Jesus and his family.

The documentary cites an ancient relic that is now on display at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale.

City commissioners from Pembroke Pines approved a measure Wednesday to toughen their anti-predator law in the city.

Officials said anyone convicted of a sexual offense anywhere in the nation won't be able to live in Pembroke Pines because city officials adopted a change to toughen their anti-predator law.

Those who have already been convicted as a sexual offender and already live within the city limits will not be forced to leave the city, but the law takes effect immediately and is not retroactive, officials said.