Coconut Creek News
By MISSY DIAZ
April 16, 2026
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton police say there are no new developments in the investigation into the shooting death of a Plantation man last week, but family and friends are remembering Arman Motiwalla fondly in the wake of his death.“He was more than just a colleague—he was a kind, hardworking, and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A North Lauderdale woman recently had a blood alcohol level more than double the legal limit when she was pulled over in Coral Springs after swerving on the road, records show.Latoya Alicia Beckford, 49, was arrested at about 12:15 a.m. on April 7, on Wiles Road in Coral ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs police were investigating a shooting on Thursday afternoon behind a shopping center next to a McDonald's on Sample Road that left an adult female with life-threatening injuries. Police responded to the shooting at around 3 p.m. at the 7600 block of Sample Road.The ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Broward Public School officials are moving to replace the Coconut Creek school resource officers provided by the city with district police officers at four schools. Starting in January under the current plan, district police officers will roam the halls at Winston Park ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The long-awaited new auditorium for Coral Glades High School in Coral Springs is expected to start construction this summer.At a workshop in late March, Mark Kaplan, the school’s principal, told city leaders that construction on the project is expected to begin in August, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – As Coral Springs mourns the loss of Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer and prepares to lay her to rest, her family and loved ones are working to ensure her legacy lives on through the creation of a permanent endowment in her name.Metayer’s family and friends have established the Nancy ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Parents of toddlers will have a chance to get expert advice, connect with local resources and keep their kids engaged — all under one roof — at a free family expo coming to Boca Raton this weekend.The Toddler Life Expo℠ is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the Boca ...
BOCA RATON, FL — In Boca Raton, a playground built by residents and shaped by children’s imaginations is now being recognized nationwide, with Sugar Sand Park’s Science Playground ranked No. 9 among the best public playgrounds in the country by USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Awards.The recognition was ...
POMPANO BEACH — A former principal of a Pompano Beach Catholic school will avoid prison time after being convicted of stealing more than $200,000 from the institution.Lori St. Thomas, 62, was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay $121,548 in restitution to St. Coleman Catholic ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The Promenade at Coconut Creek will swap its usual shopping-center hum for the sounds of music and the smell of paint next week as the outdoor mall opens its doors to an Earth Day celebration.The event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, at 4467 Lyons Road in Coconut ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs pharmacist has had his license suspended following accusations that he modified Publix customer prescriptions to obtain opioid drugs for personal use, according to the Florida Department of Health.Anthony Palumbo, a licensed pharmacist, is the subject of an ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — When Edmund Capitano became principal of West Boca Raton High School in 2019, it had been years since the school had a winning football team. The West Boca Bulls weren’t mediocre, they were dismal, Capitano recalled, winning just a single game in his first year, and it was ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A bench. A breeze. A moment where the world stops asking things of you. For residents of Coral Springs, Cypress Park delivers all of that.The park ranked No. 5 on a national list of the best places to sit alone and decompress, according to a survey released in late March by A ...
POMPANO BEACH — A wrong-way driver caused a fatal head-on collision early Saturday morning on West Sample Road near the Florida’s Turnpike interchange, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.According to traffic homicide investigators, Sult President, 47, of Pompano Beach, was driving a 2006 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek’s city leaders last week took the first step last week in the final approval of a major expansion of Al Hendrickson Toyota.The city commission on Thursday voted to approve zoning changes and the site plan, so the dealership can move forward with a plan to more than ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A violin lost during the Holocaust and returned to its rightful family nearly eight decades later will be the focus of an upcoming speaker series at the Boca Raton Public Library.Author David Groen will present “Bram’s Violin: A Seventy-Six Year Journey from Auschwitz to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A machine now does what golfers once had to do between every swing at Broward Golf Center in Coconut Creek, a robot tees up the ball.The Coconut Creek driving range announced on Monday that it has completed a technology upgrade, installing the Power Tee system across its entire ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The family of the 26-year-old pool tech who drowned in a pool at a home in Coral Springs last month is speaking out about who he was.Josemanuel Peña, lovingly known by his family as “Josemanuelito”, according to his family, was found unresponsive in a backyard pool on March 30 ...
POMPANO BEACH — For Mariella Perez, the dream of owning a spa began more than 15 years ago while working in the treatment rooms of high-end resorts like the Hard Rock and Hilton. For her daughter, Karen Ortiz, the dream started even earlier—around the age of 8, watching her mother work.That ...
BOCA RATON, FL — On the heels of residents overwhelmingly squashing a proposed public-private partnership for downtown at the polls last month, City Manager Mark Sohaney is recommending the creation of a Downtown Civic Engagement Task Force “to facilitate a structured, community-driven process for ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — What started as a $250 Facebook Marketplace deal for a hair dryer ended with a gun in a man's face, $450 in cash gone, and the arrest of a 22-year-old Plantation man.On April 4, at about 12:15 p.m., Anthony James Ackerman pulled a firearm on a buyer at a Shell gas station at ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Bright mosaics and a newly designed splash pad are adding color and meaning to Boca Raton’s coastline as part of the city’s centennial celebration at Wildflower Park.Local artist Laura Tanner said it was a “privilege” to help create the Wildflower Park Centennial Legacy Mosaics and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs will hold its first city commission meeting since the death of Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer on Tuesday, but city officials say the discussion of her vacant seat will not begin until after she is laid to rest.The meeting is set for April 14. A Celebration of Life for ...
POMPANO BEACH — A local woman’s attempt to snip through retail security with a pair of scissors ended in a felony arrest in recent days after she was caught systematically dismantling anti-theft devices.Jacqueline Denise Bass, 62, was spotted on surveillance at a retail store using the scissors to ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton police arrested a West Palm Beach woman whose child was placed in foster care and charged her with aggravated stalking after making dozens of false reports to authorities and taking to Facebook to accuse the foster mother of kidnapping her son.According to a Boca Raton ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — New roots are going to spread across this Coconut Creek come late April, one tree at a time, just in time for Arbor Day.The city will hold its 26th annual Arbor Day Free Tree Giveaway on Saturday, April 25, the day after Arbor Day, which falls on the last Friday of April each ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A Fort Lauderdale man recently drove a teenage girl to a parking lot on West Sample Road in Coral Springs, then forced himself on her while her friend screamed at him to stop, according to Broward County court records.After an investigation, police arrested Kevin Carl Bien Aime, ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — An 81-year-old Coral Springs woman has died following a two-vehicle collision in Pompano Beach that happened last week, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday. Sheriff’s office traffic homicide detectives are investigating the crash, which occurred at around 12:55 ...
BOCA RATON, FL — After a public backlash over a newly installed plaque at Memorial Park, Boca Raton’s city manager is asking elected officials to replace it with one that more accurately reflects the site’s history.City Manager Mark Sohaney is expected to ask the newly seated city council at a ...
BOCA RATON FL — In Boca Raton, residents can celebrate their mothers, daughters and friends by mixing scents and leave with a personalized fragrance that they create at a pop-up, one-day Mother’s Day Scent Bar Experience at The Shops at Boca Center.The free event will take place on May 9 from 12 ...