Coral Springs Top Stories
By LEON FOOKSMAN
January 24, 2025
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – The restaurant, Kubo Coral Springs, known for its Thai, Filipino, and sushi dishes, will close its doors on Feb. 28. The eatery at 1933 University Drive will then be converted into a new Asian restaurant, Kubo announced this week on social media. Details about the new ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs’ Sawgrass Nature Center and Wildlife Hospital is celebrating 30 years of service in South Florida, focusing on environmental education and wildlife rehabilitation.This week, the center’s Executive Director, Robin Reccasina, issued a news release to educate the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — He was hired as a security guard at Coral Springs Macy’s, but then his bosses got suspicious when store items started to disappear. They set up a “covert operation,” adding security cameras that Franco Andre Cedeno didn’t know about. That’s when they recently caught the ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — From the National Mall to Harvard Yard to Times Square, the World War II-era cattle car exhibit that travels across the country and internationally is making a stop by chance at Coconut Creek City Hall on Monday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “It was unexpected in ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs young adult’s attempt at a "Ding Dong Ditch" prank has turned into a burglary charge at the Marriott Coral Springs Heron Bay.Gianni Picasso-Moyano, 19, and his friends were taking part in the age-old prank of ringing doorbells and running away - commonly known as ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that it received nearly $294,000 for its deputies to educate individuals and enforce safe pedestrian, bicyclist and motorist behaviors throughout the county. The enforcement campaign, part of the Florida Department of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Coral Springs High School's graduation rate rose three points from 95.1% in 2023 to 98.1% in 2024 -- a milestone Principal Dwayne Dixon attributes to his team's efforts and a focus on student progress during his first year of leadership.The school’s strategy includes closely ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Paramedics in the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department will soon begin using a portable device to conduct blood tests at emergency scenes, providing results in less than two minutes.The epoc® Blood Analysis System will allow first responders to measure blood gases, lactate ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The National Weather Service forecasters are indicating that Coral Springs residents should keep their sweaters and jackets close by. It’s not time to put them away just yet as South Florida winter weather will bring another cold front through later this week, dipping ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Police have identified the pedestrian who was hit and killed by a vehicle Sunday night in Coral Springs as 63-year-old Yvonne Lindo. Police said Tuesday that Lindo was crossing the crosswalk from east to west on Coral Ridge Drive, near Sample Road, around 8:45 p.m., when she was ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek is hosting a World War II-era cattle car traveling exhibit as part of its Holocaust Remembrance Day activities. On Jan. 27, the city will host the Hate Ends Now exhibit, which consists of Holocaust artifacts and a replica of a train car, like the ones used to ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs will host its inaugural Blarney Bash in March to celebrate the Irish culture. The event, to be held on the City Hall Lawn at 9500 Sample Road, will run from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on March 14, according to city officials. Attendees can enjoy traditional Irish food, drinks, ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle Sunday night on Coral Ridge Drive near Sample Road in Coral Springs, police said. It happened around 8:45 p.m. when a southbound car on Coral Ridge Drive, just south of Sample Road, hit the pedestrian, police said. Both northbound and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Coral Springs Festival of the Arts has announced its 2025 Signature Artwork for the event's final celebration in March. The oil-on-canvas painting, A Relaxing Afternoon, depicts two lounge chairs under a colorful umbrella surrounded by palm trees on a tranquil beach, setting the ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police arrested a suspect driving a stolen car with a loaded gun at the Broward Health Coral Springs parking lot earlier this month, a police report said.On Jan. 8, officers were alerted to a stolen car driving in the vicinity of Royal Palm Boulevard and University ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A Coral Springs man has been arrested for trafficking fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid linked to the ongoing overdose crisis in the U.S.Police arrested 29-year-old Noah Popkin on Sunday near Edgewater Apartments at 8931 Wiles Road during a traffic stop initiated for illegal ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — In a win for Coconut Creek, the recently formed Broward County Solid Waste Authority is wading into the years-long fight on the expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill as it comes into the final stretch of developing a county-wide solid waste master plan. The authority’s ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - For the second day in a row, police received a “swatting” call at a local school, the latest one at Coral Springs High School on Friday.A spokesman for Coral Springs police said the call to Coral Springs High, which came in just before dismissal around 2:30 p.m., falsely claimed ...
PARKLAND, FL — A security specialist at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has been reassigned from the school following an investigation into a fight in the boys’ locker room on Thursday.According to a robocall sent to parents by Principal Michelle Kefford on Friday, two students were fighting ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs High School students are invited to a skating event on Friday, where 130 free bulletproof backpacks, valued at $99 each, will be given away.Organized by the school’s Make Our Schools Safe (MOSS) club and the HOSA club, the event will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 11 ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — A Coconut Creek Elementary fifth grader in the middle of a tantrum recently clenched his fist and punched his teacher in the stomach, according to a police report. At about 2:50 p.m. on Jan. 7, a Coconut Creek school resource officer met with officials at the school about the ...
PARKLAND, FL - A “swatting” call prompted a brief lockdown at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Thursday afternoon. In a robocall message from Principal Michelle Kefford, she said Coral Springs Police received the call just before 3 p.m., shortly after the school day had ended.The call, later ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – On Thursday afternoon, Coral Springs police closed both directions of Sample Road near NW 85 Avenue to repair a downed power line. The downed line stretched across Sample Road over a construction vehicle doing work near the intersection of NW 85 Avenue.Authorities issued a ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A manager at the AT&T store on Coral Ridge Drive in Coral Springs has been charged in connection with a scheme involving the theft and pawning of electronics, according to a police report. Andre Suarez, 24, of Palm Springs, stole four cell phones, an Apple Watch, and an iPad ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Last May, 6-year-old Harlow Tran was killed in a car crash at the intersection of Sample Road and NW 85th Avenue when a Mercedes fleeing police collided with her family’s car.To honor her memory, the city of Coral Springs has created a Little Free Library in Village Green Park ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A man wearing a green shirt, dark pants, and a facemask walked into Macy’s men's store in Coral Springs earlier this month -- and then allegedly filled a black trash bag with $1,690 worth of high-end perfumes, and ran out without paying, a police report said. Witnesses told ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — Coconut Creek city leaders are once again ramping up their effort to get residents out to a Broward County Commission meeting to oppose the proposed expansion of the Monarch Hill Landfill. The county commission, which governs the landfill, is expected to take up the expansion ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — After years of delays due to the pandemic and a contractor dispute, the final phase of the $24 million Tradewinds Park redevelopment is expected to begin soon. The contractor has been given the notice to proceed, said Fara Arca, a senior program/project coordinator with Broward ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL –Coral Springs is working to improve sidewalks along Westview Drive by replacing the existing asphalt ones with concrete and upgrading the ADA ramps. It’s all part of the city’s annual sidewalk replacement program.Construction began recently on Westview between Riverside Drive and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Those wanting to hang out or use the bathroom at a Coral Springs Starbucks will now have to make a purchase first.The coffee chain reversed its open-door policy this week, according to media outlets. The decision will be implemented and posted in all company-owned North American ...