Coconut Creek News
By LUIS F. PEREZ
October 6, 2025
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Broward County Public School officials are considering closing Forest Glen Middle School and sending some of its students to Lyons Creek Middle in Coconut Creek, as it continues to grapple with dwindling enrollment. As part of its “Redefining Our Schools” initiative, the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – What began as one Coconut Creek’s mother’s mission to help her son heal from unimaginable loss has become a place for thousands of grieving children and families across South Florida. This weekend, Tomorrow’s Rainbow will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the “Pony Jail ‘n ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A Coral Springs woman is accused of shoving and striking a police officer after being stopped for not wearing a seat belt — while holding her baby, according to a police report.The officer saw Breona Kendrick, 32, driving a Chevy Spark on Sept. 23 without a seat belt and ...
MARGATE, FL - La Bamba Mexican & Spanish Restaurants are celebrating National Taco Day this Tuesday, Oct. 7, by offering free tacos with any dine-in purchase between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at all its South Florida locations, including Margate. The long-running, family-owned restaurant group — ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A Coconut Creek woman is accused of creating sexually explicit videos of her 5-year-old daughter and sharing them with a man she fantasized sexually abusing the child with, according to a police report.Police received a CyberTip, which originated from the messaging app KIK, on ...
POMPANO BEACH — One man was killed and another injured in a shooting Saturday afternoon in Pompano Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.Deputies said the incident occurred shortly before 2 p.m. in the 1600 block of Northwest 10th Circle. Responding deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue ...
POMPANO BEACH — It was a little less than two years ago that Mote, a retired U.S. Air Force officer, and his wife, moved from Charleston to build their business in Pompano. Now they've officially celebrated the grand opening of their Scramblers Golf Club with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The starting salary for a Coconut Creek police officer is set to jump 5.5 % to $75,217 from $71,286 under a new three-year contract the city commission is set to review at its next meeting, according to city documents. New sergeants will see a 3% raise to $119,705, and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Police said they found more than 28 grams of fentanyl in the car of a Fort Lauderdale man who was pulled over in Coral Springs last week.According to a police report, Ryan Eugene Cohee, 42, was arrested Sept. 25 on a charge of trafficking fentanyl, along with possession of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A boy riding a bicycle suffered minor injuries this week after being struck by a car near Country Hills Elementary School in Coral Springs, police said.The crash happened on Wednesday morning around 7:07 a.m. at Westview Drive and Coral Springs Drive, police said.The boy rode ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek city leaders expected to have cameras ready to spot school-zone speeders at the start of the new school year, but things haven’t gone according to plan. There have been delays in obtaining the needed permits from Broward County to install the poles for the cameras, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The Centerpointe Condominium Association in Coconut Creek had a contractor start work rebuilding a deck three years ago that was not completed, and then the city code violation fines started racking up. A condo official told the city that the contractor skipped out with $35,000, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Maryland woman visiting Coral Springs is accused of repeatedly hitting an elderly woman — the mother of her friend — and blocking her from calling 911 during a heated altercation, according to police records.The confrontation began the night of Sept. 18 when Kayla Triplett, ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton police have arrested a 21-year-old Pembroke Pines man in connection with a 2024 carjacking at 59 S. Federal Highway of a Rolls-Royce SUV valued at about $400,000. Tyrone Walker was charged on Sept. 29 after DNA linked him to the crime that occurred last year.According to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — In the U.S. House district that includes Coconut Creek, 164,000 people will see an increase in healthcare costs under the proposed budget at the center of the partial federal government shutdown. That’s according to Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat, who sent out an email blast ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — While the temperatures outside may still feel like mid-summer, the calendar has turned to autumn and that brings fall festivities to two parks in Coconut Creek.Tradewinds Park & Stables will hold its Fall Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18. Activities ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The family of a woman whose was discovered in a Coral Springs canal on Aug. 25 and died in a hospital is sharing memories of her life, and calling attention to domestic violence while the investigation into her death continues.According to a GoFundMe page, the relatives describe ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Despite news reports that President Donald Trump was considering Florida Atlantic University’s campus for his presidential library, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that the state has approved a plan to donate property near downtown Miami for the site.The 2.63 acres of ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — The Coconut Creek City Commission last week awarded the city’s state lobbying firm a 33% raise, agreeing to pay Kirk Consultants Inc. $48,000 a year. City officials heaped praise on the firm, which has represented Coconut Creek on a number of issues in Tallahassee since ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — As the calendar turns to the month of October, spooky happenings come into focus in Coconut Creek as the young and young-at-heart get ready for Halloween.To that end, the city will host Movie in the Graveyard on Friday, Oct. 24, at the Recreation Complex, 4455 Sol Press ...
BOCA RATON, FL – The Boca Raton Police Foundation is releasing its first K-9 calendar for 2026, with proceeds supporting the city’s police dog unit.The calendar features the department’s three K-9s — Ivan, Zorro, and Pely — photographed at locations across Boca Raton, including Mizner Park, Town ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton man was involved in a crash that left one person dead Sunday night in Lauderdale Lakes, authorities said on Tuesday.According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 70-year-old Amboise Blaise of Boca Raton was driving a 2020 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck eastbound on West ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The Coral Springs Community Redevelopment Agency this week signed off on up to $7.5 million in public infrastructure funding to help launch City Village, a mixed-use development planned for the former City Hall property.CRA board members voted Monday to move ahead with a formal ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek’s Hometown Market is back starting this Saturday, giving residents another season to shop locally and gather with neighbors, according to city leaders. The market will run from Oct. 4 through March on the first and third Saturday of each month, from 9 a.m. to 2 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — What was a standard Coconut Creek City Commission meeting last week ended with personal news from one of the city’s elected leaders that was anything but routine. During the portion of the meeting last Thursday that was set aside for each of the city’s five elected commissioners ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The Latin indie band Stereokinetics is coming to Coral Springs, performing at the Northwest Regional Library as part of its Hispanic Heritage Month activities. The band, which has toured across the country, performs from 3 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 4 in the library’s multipurpose ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Residents of a Coral Springs home woke up to a startling discovery when a stranger was found naked in their shower, according to Coral Springs police. Police said 48-year-old Heriberto Angel Ocasio, who is homeless, slipped inside the house on Sept. 21 through an unlocked door.
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – From a patio filled with 150 potted plants to a fully automated grow system, Coral Springs resident Brianne Oliveira has turned a home experiment into her new venture: Roots & Shoots Microgreen Farm.The 30-year-old former chef said she now produces up to 80 trays of ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – An 80-year-old woman was hospitalized after a dog attacked her at Monarch Station, a residential complex on Sample Road in Coconut Creek.The woman was being pushed in her wheelchair by another woman on a walking path at 4931 West Sample Road when they came across a man with two ...
LIGHTHOUSE POINT — HCA Florida Northwest Hospital officially opened its first health facility in coastal north Broward with a ribbon cutting last week for the Institute for Women’s Health and Body, located at 2850 N. Federal Highway, Suite 300 in Lighthouse Point.“Several years ago, we sat down and ...