Joshua Ceballos

Miami

Investigative Reporter at WLRN-FM (Miami, FL)

Investigative Reporter for @wlrn Email: [email protected] (He/Him) @wemakewlrn | Formerly @MiamiNewTimes

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Articles

Hialeah looks to modernize while celebrating 100-year anniversary

2 days ago | wlrn.org | Joshua Ceballos

As the City of Hialeah celebrates 100 years since its founding, city officials are looking to stay true to the community's moniker: "The city that progresses." On Tuesday, outgoing Mayor Esteban Bovo Jr. gathered with city council members and U.S. Representative Mario Díaz-Balart to kick off a new infrastructure project in one of the city's eastern neighborhoods that will update roads, sidewalks and storm drainage in an area that was plagued by flooding. "The residents have complained.
Hialeah looks to modernize while celebrating 100-year anniversary

2 days ago | communitynewspapers.com | Joshua Ceballos

As the City of Hialeah celebrates 100 years since its founding, city officials are looking to stay true to the community’s moniker: “The city that progresses.”On Tuesday, outgoing Mayor Esteban Bovo Jr. gathered with city council members and U.S. Representative Mario Díaz-Balart to kick off a new infrastructure project in one of the city’s eastern neighborhoods that will update roads, sidewalks and storm drainage in an area that was plagued by flooding. “The residents have complained.
Groups demand city of Miami commissioners stop delaying controversial tree ordinance vote

2 days ago | wlrn.org | Joshua Ceballos

Frustrated and angered with the city of Miami commission’s failure to vote on a tree ordinance, a group of local groups — who oppose the measure — are demanding a vote this Thursday or that it be withdrawn from consideration.
Special election called to fill vacancy left by late Miami City Commissioner Manolo Reyes

1 week ago | wlrn.org | Joshua Ceballos

Voters in the City of Miami's District 4 will soon decide who will fill a vacancy on the dais left by the late Commissioner Manolo Reyes. Reyes, 80, died last week following a battle with leukemia. His passing left residents in the city's 4th district, which includes neighborhoods like Flagami, Shenandoah and Coral Gate, without a representative at City Hall. Reyes was reelected in 2023 and his term was not up until 2027.
Could a high-rise condo tower be attached to Miami's historic courthouse?

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Joshua Ceballos

A historic courthouse that was once one of Miami’s tallest structures may soon be sold to a developer to make a high-rise condo. The Miami-Dade County Courthouse in downtown Miami was built between 1925 and 1928. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, and was once believed to be the tallest municipal building in the nation.
Tallahassee check-in: bill wants to make getting citizen initiatives harder

1 week ago | kbindependent.org | Jenny Jacoby |Joshua Ceballos

A bill that would make it more difficult for citizens to get constitutional amendments on the ballot is advancing in the Florida Senate. Its sister bill, HB1205, has already passed in the House. Since 1968, Florida voters have been able to amend the state constitution through ballot initiatives. If groups gather enough petition signatures from voters — equal to 8% of the votes cast in the preceding presidential election — an amendment can get on the statewide ballot.
Florida bill wants to make getting citizen initiatives on the ballot more challenging

1 week ago | wlrn.org | Jenny Jacoby |Joshua Ceballos

A bill that would make it more difficult for citizens to get constitutional amendments on the ballot is advancing in the Florida Senate. Its sister bill, HB1205, has already passed in the House. Since 1968, Florida voters have been able to amend the state constitution through ballot initiatives. If groups gather enough petition signatures from voters — equal to 8% of the votes cast in the preceding presidential election — an amendment can get on the statewide ballot.
Miami Springs unveils revamped war memorial in the presence of local veterans

2 weeks ago | wlrn.org | Joshua Ceballos

Pat Carnevale leaned over with his phone, his American Legion hat's deep blue clear against the red of newly laid bricks, as he took photos of the dark black lettering engraved on the clay. On the the brick he's focusing on are his name and the names of his family members: men who served in various branches of the military and fought in war, like Carnevale himself, who served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Historic Olympia Theater returns in time for Miami Film Festival

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Joshua Ceballos

For cinephiles in Miami, the Olympia Theater is more than just a movie venue. Lauren Cohen, programming director of the Miami Film Festival, said the theater was part of her upbringing as a movie buff and as a Miamian. “I went to the Olympia as part of the film festival, and also my high school graduation was there,” Cohen told WLRN. “I went to MAST Academy so that’s where I graduated, so it holds a special place in my heart.
Historic Olympia Theater returns in time for Miami Film Festival

3 weeks ago | wlrn.org | Joshua Ceballos

For cinephiles in Miami, the Olympia Theater is more than just a movie venue. Lauren Cohen, programming director of the Miami Film Festival, said the theater was part of her upbringing as a movie buff and as a Miamian. “I went to the Olympia as part of the film festival, and also my high school graduation was there,” Cohen told WLRN. “I went to MAST Academy so that’s where I graduated, so it holds a special place in my heart.