Sixty-three year old resident of Oakland Park, Maria Ouveryney, immigrated from Brazil to the United States over thirty years ago. Ouveryney cleaned homes for a living and enjoyed being a part of the City of Oakland Park’s feral cat program. Each night after work she would go to McDonald’s on the corner of Oakland Park…
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Pedestrian Killed In Crash In Oakland Park
Pedestrian Struck On Friday January 8, 2021 at around 8:45pm, an unnamed pedestrian died after being hit by a car at the intersection of NW 38th Street and Powerline Road. Stock photo The preliminary investigation by Broward Sheriff’s Office indicates that the pedestrian was walking westbound near the intersection and got into the path of…
Alleged Murder-Suicide in Tamarac Leaves Three Children Orphaned
By Désirée Ávila | editor@livinginoaklandpark.com When you walk up the aisle and say til death do us part, the last thing you think will happen is that the person to whom you are pledging your love and dedication will actually be the person who kills you. This all too common nightmare of a domestic murder-suicide…
Oakland Park Family Loses Everything in Fire
By Rhiannon Samoyedny | content@livinginoaklandpark.com On November 30th, 2020, Kelli and Stephen, who just moved all of their worldly possessions into a new apartment in Oakland Park, came home to ruins. While Kelli was picking up one of her two daughters from daycare, her husband and mother-in-law phoned her to tell her news no one…
Body Found in Oakland Park
At 11:41 am today BSO received a call regarding a body found at the corner of NW 21st Ave and Prospect Rd. More specifically on the northwest corner of the houses in Eastland Cove just east of the new Oak Tree development. Several police responded to the scene and remained there for at least 2…