Coconut Creek News
By JEFF YASTINE
November 25, 2025
BOCA RATON, FL. — Tourism officials are sharpening their focus on Boca Raton as the final tallies for 2024–2025 data shows the city remains one of Palm Beach County’s strongest visitor hubs. According to the county's Discover the Palm Beaches tourism development agency, the city drew an estimated ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — For more than 25 years, West Boca Raton resident James Marinakis has faced more than three dozen felony and misdemeanor charges related to animal neglect. On Friday, Marinakis was charged with three counts of aggravated animal cruelty and five counts of confining animals ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton plans to close out its centennial year with the debut of new public art at Wildflower Park.The city plans to unveil several Centennial Legacy Project installations in December as part of its yearlong 100th-anniversary celebration, city officials announced on Tuesday. The ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek’s first-ever firefighter calendar, which will officially debut this Wednesday, is already about half sold-out, organizers said. A calendar launch party is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at World of Beer in the Promenade. The project was created by the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — In a now-closed shop in a Coconut Creek plaza, police and prosecutors have laid out a case they say shows a years-long prostitution operation run out of Orchid Spa — a business tied to 63-year-old Qiuyue Wang.Wang was arrested in February after Coconut Creek police and the ...
BOCA RATON, FL – When Colombian Coffee House opened its doors in Boca Raton in 2024, it brought more than just a menu of Colombian coffee and food. It brought a story as co-founder Diana Guevara likes to say — one that began seven years earlier in Delray Beach, built on family, tradition, and the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The Coral Springs community is mourning the loss of police Sgt. Ebony Winn, a law enforcement officer and longtime resident who passed away after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 44.Winn, who is survived by her parents and two siblings, joined the department in 2008 and ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A new veterinary clinic, built around the idea that the human–animal bond can strengthen people and their communities, has opened in Coconut Creek.The clinic, Urban Pawz, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting on Nov. 19.Co-founder Brian Appelblatt, who spent nearly ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Monarch Hill Landfill near Coconut Creek has been recognized as the top-performing landfill in North America for environmental excellence, earning the 2024 WM Excellence in Environmental Performance Award, company officials announced.WM President and Chief Operating Officer John ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL – Boca Lago Golf & Country Club is turning 50 — and celebrating the milestone with sweeping upgrades, new programming, and a limited-time holiday offer aimed at welcoming its next generation of members.The privately owned club, located at 8665 Juego Way, has undergone more ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton firefighters and police officers were recognized with a Lifesaving Challenge Coin after responding to cardiac arrest call that showcased the power of coordinated action among bystanders, dispatchers, police officers, and firefighters.Delray Medical Center recently ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Daniel Mincey, a redshirt freshman football player from Pompano Beach, was arrested Saturday after police say he stabbed two teammates at the University of Alabama -Birmingham (UAB) hours before the team’s final home game.The stabbing occurred early Saturday inside the Football ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — City officials recently opened up the register to allow runners to line up in Coconut Creek one early morning next year and wait for the signal that sends them through Tradewinds Park for the city’s annual 5K Butterfly Run.The event is on Sunday, Feb. 1, at Tradewinds Park, 3600 ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Street racing at an estimated 100 miles per hour down Riverside Drive led to the recent arrest of 29-year-old Nicholas Anthony Finno.But it's not the Coral Springs resident's first brush with the law — with nearly 30 citations back to 2015 for reckless driving, driving with a ...
POMPANO BEACH - A reported Broward Sheriff's Office sting operation in Pompano has netted more than a dozen arrests for prostitution-related offenses.In reviewing the civil court docket in recent days, deputies have arrested a series of individuals for “purchasing the services of a prostitute, 1st ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — See the box in the picture above. It’s not overflowing with children’s toys — yet. The Coconut Creek Police Department in counting on city residents and others to fill it up during its annual holiday toy drive. The police department is collecting new and unwrapped toys at ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — Detectives say a tip about thin, injured horses on a quiet stretch of unincorporated West Boca Raton led them to a disturbing discovery late last month.On Friday, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrested James Marinakis after investigators found 10 horses living in filthy, ...
BOCA RATON, FL — While Florida Atlantic University has reinstated two tenured professors after social media posts related to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, one still plans to continue his legal fight against the university. Rebel Cole, a business professor, said he plans ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Hooters of Boca Raton, the last remaining location in Palm Beach County, has announced it will close when its lease expires in February, ending a 16-year run.The closure of the iconic Florida restaurant at 2240 NW 19th Street comes after the landlord declined to renew the lease, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – JetBlue confirmed that 36-year-old Teyonna Canady, a Coconut Creek woman arrested on child-exploitation charges involving her 5-year-old daughter, is no longer employed with the company.In an email to TAPinto, JetBlue said, “Since learning of these allegations, the crew member ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Now that the Broward County Public Schools district has ended its effort to shift all public high schools – including those in Coconut Creek – from block scheduling to a traditional seven-period day, it must find other ways to close its multimillion-dollar budget gap.District ...
BOCA RATON, FL — New data from Gumbo Limbo Nature Center shows sea turtle hatchlings in Boca Raton faced higher-than-usual disorientation rates this season -- a trend linked to increasing artificial lighting and coastal development.According to the center, 673 nests hatched this season, and 15.9% ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A brother and sister recently got into an argument in a car that ended with her trying to run him over in a Coral Springs parking lot. As a result, at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 12, Coral Springs police arrested Shraine Plater, 24, of Shreveport, La., and charged her with one count ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Thousands of orchids in every shape, color, and variety will take over Coral Springs' Sawgrass Nature Center & Wildlife Hospital next month as Orchidfest 2025 returns for a two-day celebration of plants, wildlife, and hands-on nature activities.The annual event at 3000 ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking into whether suspects, who used stolen credit cards to buy high-end Pokémon cards, also hit retailers in Boca Raton. The sheriff’s office put out a notice on Thursday asking for public assistance. The suspects stole ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Police recently arrested a 71-year-old Coconut Creek man after he walked around Atlantic Technical High School with a black Glock 9mm handgun on his belt for no apparent reason. At around 7:50 a.m. Monday, Nov. 17, a school administrator alerted police after he saw Leonard Levy ...
COCONUT CREEK — It’s time for Coconut Creek residents to put on their dancing shoes and take a step back to the disco days as the city gets ready for a night of music and movement in its city hall courtyard.The event, called Disco in December, will be held on Dec. 5 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 4800 ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A 22-year-old Coral Springs man has been charged with attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment for allegedly assaulting a woman as she walked home. Coral Springs police responded to NW 115th Avenue and NW 43rd Street just after noon on Nov. 9 after receiving a call about ...
BOCA RATON, FL — The Boca Raton-based software company behind the launch of the city’s first autonomous shuttle in Mizner Park itself may be ready to take off with an upcoming initial public offering and a deep customer pipeline across the globe. City officials, community leaders, the company, and ...
BOCA RATON, FL – Step inside Savia, tucked into a quiet corner of Mizner Plaza in Boca Raton, and you’re immediately met with the scent of citrus, olive oil, and the sea — the unmistakable aroma of Sicily.The restaurant is the creation of Chef David “Vito” Quaderno — a Sicilian-born chef who once ...