Coconut Creek Top Stories
By ZAHRA HUBER
June 14, 2024
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - A Coral Springs man was arrested this week for allegedly punching his pregnant wife – including a blow to her stomach, a police report said. The woman, who is six-months pregnant, told police the attack started when she and her husband, identified by police as Wesner ...
PARKLAND, FL - Crews began bringing down the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Friday after a one-day delay due to stormy weather. Crowds and media gathered outside the fenced-in area to watch as the building slowly comes down where 14 students and three teachers were ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - The city of Coconut Creek launches its Summer Concert Series with a free live music event: 7-9 p.m. on July 6 at Sabal Pines Park. The band Sippin’ Fire, a popular rock and classic rock cover band from South Florida, will kick off the series. People of all ages are ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A new eatery offering baked goods, smoothies, and gluten-free options from Ecuador is coming to Coral Springs. Naturissimo is planning to open at Coral Square Mall at 9469 West Atlantic Boulevard. It’s a chain out of Ecuador, where more than 80 stores are located in major ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Broward County public school students have wrapped up the year, and the tally is in for Coconut Creek’s top performing graduating students. They are accomplished and will be attending the University of Florida and Florida Atlantic University. The valedictorians at Coconut ...
PARKLAND, FL - The demolition of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building is scheduled to begin on Thursday, Broward County school officials said Tuesday. The old freshman building in Parkland has been locked since the Feb. 14, 2018 mass shooting that left 17 people dead and 17 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A Coconut Creek child has accused a teacher in Coral Springs of abuse, according to a Coconut Creek police report. Investigators recently found a large red mark on the child’s arm that the child and the child’s mother said was caused by the teacher, the report ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A teacher at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek was recently arrested for allegedly grabbing a student by the ear and slamming his head against a desk, according to a police report. Coconut Creek police arrested Christopher Cagle, 64, a science teacher, on May 30 and ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - Two more parts of the massive MainStreet at Coconut Creek development are slated this week to come before city officials for review. The city’s Planning and Zoning Board on Wednesday is taking up the development team’s request to approve a site plan for two buildings: a ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A 75-year-old Wynmoor Village resident recently shot himself in the thigh while cleaning his semi-automatic pistol, according to Coconut Creek police. Police arrived to the third-floor Wynmoor apartment at about 4:30 p.m. on June 1 to find the man bleeding from the left ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Another part of Lyons Road in Coconut Creek is slated for improvements. Coconut Creek city commissioners are set this Thursday to take up a $3.5 million Lyons Road Pedestrian Lighting Safety Project. The project is intended to improve the safety and visibility for ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Another four graduating high school seniors in Coconut Creek received scholarships from the Seminole Coconut Creek Education Foundation. Walandjina Cyriaque, a student at Monarch High School, received $2,000 for her academic achievements, according to a news release from the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Coconut Creek may soon have a Taco Bell. The Mexican fast-food chain has submitted plans to the city of Coconut Creek to open a drive-through restaurant at 6061 Lyons Road on the northern edge of the plaza where El Dorado is located. It would be a freestanding, ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - As Coconut Creek leads a charge against expanding a massive landfill in its backyard, city leaders are talking about reducing — even if just by a little — the amount the city contributes to it by limiting single-use plastics. The city’s departments of sustainable development ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – The Kohl’s store in Coconut Creek got hit yet again by shoplifters this week. According to a police report, 35-year-old Brittany Toliver and 34-year-old Randrika Rush, both of Fort Lauderdale, were caught placing merchandise into a mesh bag on Tuesday at the store at 6950 ...
UNINCORPORATED BROWARD COUNTY, FL - The Wheelabrator North plant crumbled Friday as planned under a brown cloud of dust with no discernible issues for Coconut Creek or other communities, according to the Coconut Creek police department. At around 11 a.m., the police department posted two videos ...
MARGATE, FL - Like much of the rest of the world, the Covid-19 pandemic changed telemedicine, bringing it to the mainstream — now in areas never thought possible. At HCA Florida Northwest Hospital, that means using telemedicine or telehealth in the neonatal intensive care unit or NICU -- not ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – Extreme heat and humid conditions are expected to persist in Coconut Creek and across South Florida through the weekend and into early next week. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Friday for all areas of Broward County as well as Miami-Dade and Palm ...