Coconut Creek Top Stories
By JEFF YASTINE
November 27, 2025
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Broward County school officials have released a list of Coral Springs elementary schools, as well as other schools in the county, that do not have a full-time nurse on staff. The document was obtained through a TAPinto Coral Springs public-records request submitted on Nov. 5 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A house in Coconut Creek’s Hammocks Estates caught on fire Tuesday night, totally engulfing the second floor before firefighters put the blaze out. No one was hurt, according to Scott Leamon, a fire department spokesperson. Firefighters saved two chihuahuas, Brownie and Pepper, ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Visitors wandering through the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s sculpture garden now have a new spot to grab a drink and linger a little longer. MUSE Café, run by museum staffer James Homan, opened last week after months of planning.The café sits outdoors in the garden area at 501 Plaza ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Palm Beach County Circuit judge on Tuesday threw the two ballot questions that the advocacy group Save Boca wanted to put in front of Boca Raton voters off a January special-election ballot. Ned Kimmelman, a retired lawyer, sued Save Boca, which was formed to fight against Boca ...
POMPANO BEACH — One person was killed and another was wounded in a shooting outside a McDonald's restaurant in Pompano Beach Tuesday night, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO).In a late morning update, BSO identified the fatal shooting victim as Tyrone Holton, with a date-of-birth of ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Long before the doors open at Cultura, the new Italian fast-casual restaurant across from Mizner Park in Boca Raton, Coconut Creek resident Giovanni Maggio is already inside mixing dough by hand — the same way he learned growing up in Naples.By 6 a.m., the Moretti oven imported ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The City of Coconut Creek is in the midst of refurbishing one of its two two-million-gallon water storage tanks, replacing an aging internal liner that officials say is critical to preventing leaks and maintaining the city’s water pressure — especially during firefighting ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL. — Coral Springs is expanding its real-time crime surveillance capabilities, approving a $1 million upgrade to its Real Time Crime Center that city officials say will give police more advanced tools to detect, track and respond to criminal activity.Half of the project will be ...
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% ...