Pompano Beach News
By JEFF YASTINE
April 22, 2026
POMPANO BEACH — The Pompano Beach City Commission met in a closed-door executive session to consider terms for a new contract with the Professional Fire Fighters Local #1549, which represents the city's corps of firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical personnel. The prior 2022-2025 ...
POMPANO BEACH — Residents of Palm Aire are seeking additional support for a class action lawsuit against a developer’s proposal to increase housing density in their neighborhood.Affidavits for Class Action SuitAt a meeting Tuesday night, a number of property owners gathered to sign and notarize ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton grandmother is facing charges of robbery by sudden snatching and criminal mischief after an altercation at Mizner Park involving her grandson, who accidentally hit a golf ball that struck a girl in the head.According to a Boca Raton police report, a family was dining ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The parents of a 6-year-old girl killed in a 2024 car crash caused by a man fleeing police are suing the City of Coral Springs for wrongful death, alleging that one of its police officers, by pursuing the driver, “created or substantially contributed to a foreseeable zone of ...
POMPANO BEACH — Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives have revealed a major breakthrough in the 2020 cold case murder of Bree Black, identifying a person of interest they believe was motivated by a physical altercation just days before the shooting.While the individual’s name is being withheld to ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL — After a bruising years-long fight over the future of a nearby dump, Coconut Creek city leaders are now looking at how the city handles trash for possibly the next four decades. The city commission is scheduled to meet on Thursday to consider a vote on a revision to an agreement ...
BOCA RATON, FL — A former Boca Raton Regional Hospital labor and delivery nurse whose nursing license was suspended by the state after publicly wishing the pregnant White House press secretary a fourth-degree tear during childbirth, among other insults, continues her legal battle to overturn the ...
POMPANO BEACH — Pompano Beach tourism officials reported a surge in revenue and digital engagement for fiscal year 2025, even as a wave of new hotel inventory caused a slight dip in overall occupancy rates.During an East CRA Advisory Committee meeting on April 2, Tourism Marketing Manager Rita ...
POMPANO BEACH — A local nursing assistant will trade his Pompano Beach residence for a federal prison cell after being sentenced Monday to nine years for his role in an $11.4 million health care fraud conspiracy.Christian “Chris” Cruz, 45, was also ordered to pay $3.7 million in restitution for a ...
WEST BOCA RATON, FL — An 89-year-old West Boca Raton woman was jailed Friday after being accused of leaving the scene of a crash that injured another driver near the Polo Club of Boca Raton, deputies said.Rhoda Prager was arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and charged with leaving ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Three redevelopment proposals — spanning an aging strip plaza, a new restaurant build-out and improvements to a longtime neighborhood eatery — are headed to city redevelopment officials as part of an effort to upgrade key downtown properties.The Coral Springs Community ...
POMPANO BEACH — Blanche Ely High School is celebrating a landmark achievement as its Academy of Finance has been officially named a NAF National Model Academy. According to school officials, this distinction is one of the highest honors granted by the national college-and-career readiness ...
POMPANO BEACH — Construction plans for the new $137 million Pompano Beach City Hall and parking garage at Atlantic Boulevard and Dixie Highway are moving forward as planners seek to resolve zoning-related issues with the project, according to documents filed with the city.The project was part of ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Hundreds of mourners turned out Friday afternoon to a service to memorialize Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer, including many public officials, family and friends. They came to the Church by the Glades for a Celebration of the Life of Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. In addition ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boynton Beach police have arrested a 30-year-old Boca Raton man on a grand theft auto charge in connection with a vehicle stolen outside a liquor store late last year.According to an arrest report, in November a man left his girlfriend’s 2012 Hyundai Sonata running outside BMT ...
POMPANO BEACH — Walmart is set to overhaul one of its Pompano Beach store locations as part of a massive statewide modernization push, the retail giant announced this week.The Walmart Supercenter at 5001 N. Federal Highway serves residents in north Pompano, the Highlands neighborhood, as well as ...
POMPANO BEACH — Production crews spent Friday on the sand on the south side of the Fisher Family Pier, unloading crates of sound and lighting equipment as the city prepares for the 5th annual Pompano Beach Jazz Fest this weekend. The soundstage, positioned next to the Atlantic Ocean, is the ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – The Pompano Beach Historical Society opened its doors Wednesday evening for the debut of "Founding Families," a new exhibit that takes a deep dive into the pioneers who carved a community out of a swampy wilderness.The event, held at Founders Park at 217 NE 4th Ave, centered ...
COCONUT CREEK — A weekend crowd last Saturday of about 300 teenagers at Promenade at Coconut Creek pushed mall management to post new rules that bar minors from entering without an adult chaperon after certain hours. Starting this weekend, anyone under 18 must be with a person 21 or older after ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — Coral Springs police were investigating a shooting on Thursday afternoon behind a shopping center next to a McDonald's on Sample Road that left an adult female with life-threatening injuries. Police responded to the shooting at around 3 p.m. at the 7600 block of Sample Road.The ...
POMPANO BEACH — According to recently-filed legal documents, Pompano commissioner Audrey Fesik is suing the city for access to security video from commission and CRA meeting dates between October last year and February this year, claiming city administration officials are stonewalling on her public ...
POMPANO BEACH — A familiar face at one of the city’s busiest intersections was back in custody Friday morning after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested him for panhandling in traffic.Billy David Brown, 65, was arrested at the corner of East Atlantic Boulevard and North Federal Highway—a ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Nicholas Addis, the 36-year-old son of former Coral Springs Mayor Vincent Boccard, was killed early Saturday morning in a head-on crash involving a wrong-way driver on West Sample Road, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.According to BSO, Addis was driving a 2025 gray ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — A North Lauderdale woman recently had a blood alcohol level more than double the legal limit when she was pulled over in Coral Springs after swerving on the road, records show.Latoya Alicia Beckford, 49, was arrested at about 12:15 a.m. on April 7, on Wiles Road in Coral ...
POMPANO BEACH — A former principal of a Pompano Beach Catholic school will avoid prison time after being convicted of stealing more than $200,000 from the institution.Lori St. Thomas, 62, was sentenced to 10 years of probation and ordered to pay $121,548 in restitution to St. Coleman Catholic ...
POMPANO BEACH — Crystal Lake Middle School late Wednesday endured an afternoon lockdown following a security threat and reports of a weapon on campus triggered a massive law enforcement response and a school-wide lockdown earlier in the day.The Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward Schools Police ...
BOCA RATON, FL — Boca Raton police say there are no new developments in the investigation into the shooting death of a Plantation man last week, but family and friends are remembering Arman Motiwalla fondly in the wake of his death.“He was more than just a colleague—he was a kind, hardworking, and ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – As Coral Springs mourns the loss of Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer and prepares to lay her to rest, her family and loved ones are working to ensure her legacy lives on through the creation of a permanent endowment in her name.Metayer’s family and friends have established the Nancy ...
POMPANO BEACH — City commissioners moved a step closer to overhauling the local government’s leadership structure Tuesday, voting 4-2 to advance an ordinance that would double commissioner terms from 2 years to 4 years, and impose the city’s first-ever term limits.The vote serves as the first of ...
POMPANO BEACH — A wrong-way driver caused a fatal head-on collision early Saturday morning on West Sample Road near the Florida’s Turnpike interchange, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.According to traffic homicide investigators, Sult President, 47, of Pompano Beach, was driving a 2006 ...