Coral Springs Top Stories
By LUIS F. PEREZ
May 11, 2026
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek’s parks and recreation and police departments plan a free family bike night this coming Saturday with bike checks and a free giveaway. The event is planned to run from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at Sabal Pines Park, 5005 NW 39th Avenue.Coconut Creek ...
POMPANO BEACH — Waterworks is returning to Mitchell Moore Park this weekend, as city officials once again prepare to transform the local green space into a sprawling, one-day-only aquatic playground.The City of Pompano Beach Parks and Recreation Department announced that the "pop-up water park" ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A woman was recently beaten for hours, strangled and prevented from calling 911 during a domestic violence incident at a Coral Springs home.The woman told officers the abuse lasted approximately three to four hours throughout the night, according to an arrest report.Coral ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A Florida Lottery player who bought a winning Fantasy 5 ticket at a Coral Springs Publix is walking around with an unclaimed prize worth $121,000, as of Monday afternoon. The prize winner purchased the ticket at the Publix store located at 1400 Coral Ridge Drive in Coral Springs ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek’s elected leaders are set to consider adopting a curbside recycling program Thursday, that could add to what residents pay to have their garbage hauled away. The city commission will meet on Thursday to discuss the program, which comes after the commission decided ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — The Adolph & Rose Levis JCC in West Boca Raton has officially started work on “reimagining” its campus to create a more modern, accessible, and welcoming facility.In January, Levis JCC closed on the purchase of a building with plans to build Jewish life within the secure, ...
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL — Community leaders and medical staff gathered Friday, May 8, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Holy Cross' new $41 million combined freestanding emergency department and multispecialty healthcare hub. Located at 340 South Federal Highway, and set to open its doors to the public ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — AJ Bhogaita has seen just about every kind of cracked phone screen imaginable.Phones dropped in parking lots. Tablets stepped on by kids. Devices knocked off counters, soaked in water or damaged after years of use.Now, after 24 years working with electronics, the Parkland ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs officials are planning to use nearly $783,000 in federal funding next year on projects aimed at improving daily life for lower-income residents — from fixing unsafe homes to expanding senior programs and upgrading Mullins Park.The proposed 2026-2027 Community ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — For students from two Coral Springs schools, all their pawns, rooks, kings and queens made winning moves last weekend in the Broward Public Schools spring chess tournament.Coral Springs High School placed third in the high school division, and Sawgrass Springs Middle School ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Children in Coconut Creek will have a new place to get health care this summer.Bluebird Kids Health announced this week it will open a location at 4801 Coconut Creek Parkway in the Coconut Creek Plaza at the corner of Lyons Road and Coconut Creek Parkway, its second office in ...
POMPANO BEACH — Most drivers who get into a fender bender reach for their insurance card; Joseph James Dellapi reportedly reached for the exit. Dellapi, 21, was hauled off to the Broward County Main Jail Tuesday after a high-speed game of "abandon the Tesla" ended in a felony-heavy arrest.
BOCA RATON, FL — An Orlando man is in jail for recently attacking a fellow patient at a Boca Raton addiction treatment center, breaking his jaw and fracturing the bones around his eye, according to a Boca Raton police report.Lavon Daryl Sheffield Jr., 30, told police he got into a verbal ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Just two days after being arrested for attempting to break into a vehicle, a Coral Springs man returned to the same parking lot and tried the same crime again. This time, a victim's Tesla security camera caught him on video.David Jaheim Williams, 20, was the same man arrested on ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A 25-year-old man is behind bars after allegedly attacking his mother inside his parents’ home in West Boca Raton, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.Daniel Max Abramson arrived unannounced at his parents’ home around 7 p.m. on April 30 and spoke with them ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL - A dog that ran from the scene of a crash Thursday in Coconut Creek has been found safe, police said Friday.In a social media post Friday, Coconut Creek police announced that the dog, named Jack, had been located after a community search effort in the South Creek area.“South ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - There’s a moment almost every mother has lived — one no one really prepares you for.The exhaustion comes in waves. Feedings blur into sleepless nights. The mental load builds quickly, and the overwhelm is real. And somewhere in between, a question creeps in: Why is this so ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A family of ducklings took an unexpected detour into a Coral Springs storm drain on Thursday, but thanks to the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department, the tiny birds were reunited with their mother.Engine 43 B-Shift responded after several baby ducks became trapped inside the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Monster Mini Golf in Coral Springs closed this week, according to a notice posted on the business’s front door.The monster-themed indoor entertainment center, known for its glow-in-the-dark mini golf, arcade games and family outings, announced the closure in a letter posted at ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A months-long fight over who will coach the next generation of Coral Springs travel soccer players ended Wednesday night with a city commission vote, a handshake offer from a runner-up, and a promise that no child would be priced out of the game.The City Commission voted 4-0 on ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton man is under arrest after being caught smashing car windows along West Camino Real in the early morning hours on Saturday. A resident called police shortly after 1 a.m. on May 2 to report seeing a man, later identified as 50-year-old Benjamin Robert Connolly, going ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton authorities partially locked down Spanish River High School Thursday due to a police investigation into a threat made at around 10:55 a.m. Texts and phone calls went out to parents alerting them about the investigation and asking them not to come to the campus. “Boca ...
ORLANDO — Rapper Kodak Black, legally known as Bill Kapri, was booked into the Orange County Jail on Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued charging him with drug trafficking. According to court documents, Kapri, 28, is facing one count of trafficking in MDMA between 10 and 200 grams, a ...
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — A dog bolted from one of two vehicles after a crash in Coconut Creek and is now missing, while two people were taken to the hospital, police said.The crash happened Thursday around 1 p.m. at the intersection of Lyons Road and Northwest 6th Manor, near the entrance to Windmill ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Police recently arrested a Coral Springs man and charged him with sexual battery after he was accused of assaulting a woman. Coral Springs police arrested Javier Alberto Gonzalez, 37, at his home on Wiles Road on April 30, according to an arrest report. A Broward County Circuit ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Broward County Public Schools is recognizing 50 students and 22 educators across the district – including in Coral Springs – for demonstrating outstanding character, leadership and commitment both inside and outside the classroom, school officials announced on Wednesday. The ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — A dispute over access to a Tesla charging station on Sunday quickly boiled into a confrontation, ending with a man taken to jail after allegedly pulling a gun and threatening to shoot a fellow Tesla driver.According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report, on May 3, a ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Saint Andrews School security guard who was injured in a golf cart incident recently filed a lawsuit accusing the school of negligence.While operating a school-owned golf cart on July 12, 2024, Giovanni Dalencour of Lake Worth says the vehicle spontaneously exploded, causing him ...
POMPANO BEACH — The winningest boys' basketball coach in Florida state history is returning to the sidelines of Pompano's Blanche Ely High School, where he built a championship dynasty.Blanche Ely Principal Tavures Williams announced on social media this week that Melvin Randall has been hired as ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A 15-year-old Coral Springs girl who had been missing for about two weeks has been found safe in Georgia, according to Coral Springs police.Police said Wednesday that Skylee Merino was located by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office in a suburban area outside Atlanta after an ...