TOP LOCAL News
By JEFF YASTINE
September 1, 2025
COLLIER COUNTY, FL — A Pompano Beach man driving a pickup truck on Alligator Alley/I-75 caused a deadly crash that shut down the roadway for roughly 12 hours, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Credit: Florida Highway PatrolThe wreck happened early Saturday morning, around 1:40 a.m. near Exit ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — It's easy to drive by and miss new and important developments in Pompano. One of them is taking place at the southeast corner of Interstate 95 and Copans Road. That's where Champion Porsche - one of the brand's largest dealers in North America - continues to make steady progress ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — After 41 years as one of Broward County’s most beloved annual events, the St. Coleman Italian Festival has officially come to an end.Fr. Michael Garcia, pastor of St. Coleman Catholic Church in Pompano Beach, announced the decision in a letter to parish families this week. The ...
MARGATE, FL — Work crews descended on an operating room at HCA Florida Northwest Hospital last week to turn it into a new specialized space for heart valve replacements. Hospital officials have brought on two new cardiac surgeons to perform transcatheter aortic valve replacements, a minimally ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — Broward Health is taking an innovative approach to using its mobile health units as part of a new initiative called Stay Healthy Together, aimed at promoting preventive care and improving community health.While the mobile units have been in regular use for more than a decade, ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL - The city's Planning & Zoning Board approved a developer's request to increase the size and density of the two buildings planned for a parcel at 2400 East Atlantic Boulevard, where the now-vacant former Wells Fargo bank and office building now stands.Developer's rendering of ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL - Pompano's McNab House & Botanical Gardens project took a major step forward with unanimous approval from the city's Planning and Zoning Board on Wednesday night. The board's vote was to approve the project as a major site plan alongside a “public purpose adjustment” that ...
The Pompano Beach Planning & Zoning Board meets Wednesday night, 6pm, August 27, with an agenda packed with development projects of interest, including a variance regarding:McNab House & Botanical Gardens project at 2250 East Atlantic BoulevardA variance for an 8-story mixed-use building ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — What started as a passing moment on the street has grown into a heartwarming back-to-school initiative—led not by a school, but by those who live and work at an assisted living facility.Bridgette Simpo, RN, and owner of BridgePointe Assisted Living in Pompano Beach, says the ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — A newly signed settlement agreement will keep “Mount Trashmore” - officially known as the Monarch Hill landfill - in operation for “approximately 25 years” before closure, which will further reshape the future of waste management in northern Broward County and impact nearby ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — The Pompano Beach Golden Tornadoes kicked off their 2025 high school football season with a decisive 48-33 victory over the Marathon Dolphins on Friday night. The season-opening win marked payback for Pompano Beach, which lost to their Florida Keys-based rivals in last year's ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A man was found sleeping on Broward College’s North Campus in Coconut Creek with a dagger-style knife inside his backpack while the school was open for classes. The campus borders the Florida Turnpike, which forms the western edge of Pompano Beach city limits.Police were ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — With five days left to go in its “School Supplies Drive,” the Greater Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce says it is on track for a record amount of donated pens, pencils, notebooks, markers, highlighters, and all the other goods that kids need for classes - but the Chamber is ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — The Art Collective initially began as artist and entrepreneur Peter Niemann's need for studio space. But it quickly grew into a hub for artists in Pompano Beach.“Basically, I'm an artist myself, but I didn't paint for 20 years,” said Niemann, explaining how he created his ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Friday evening that 13-year-old Stella Mitchell, who had been reported missing in Pompano Beach, has been safely located.Missing 13-year old Stella Mitch was last seen in 900 block of NE 3rd Street in Pompano Beach. Credit: Broward ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL - Documents made available in recent days shed new light on the ultimate vision of consultants and city planners for the McNab House & Botanical Gardens project, to be built at 2250 East Atlantic in Pompano Beach.Discussion about the plans is set for August 27th, when the ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — The site of the former Dave Thomas East Education Center, near Pompano Beach City Hall, is one step closer to being rebuilt as apartments for Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) employees.In its August 19th meeting, the Broward County School Board gave its approval to a ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Pompano Beach High School has once again earned national recognition, climbing to #200 in the nation and #21 in Florida in the newly released 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings.The school’s rise continues a steady trend of academic excellence ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — The Broward County School Board will vote Tuesday on a proposal to transform the former Dave Thomas East Education Center near downtown Pompano Beach into residential housing for school system employees.The former Dave Thomas East Education Center at 180 SW 2nd St, Pompano ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL - The Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society (HLPS) held its first tour of the late summer season on Sunday, with a good turnout of visitors - families, couples, singles - for all four of the hourly morning boat departures from the dock near the Atlantic Boulevard bridge. Two ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL — Looking for something fun to do on Sunday morning? The good folks at the Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society (HLPS) are running their first late-summer public tour of the historic lighthouse, with shuttle boats ferrying guests to Pompano's most iconic landmark.The ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — At the stroke of 9pm Friday night, work crews sealed off the Atlantic Boulevard approaches to the railroad tracks just west of I-95 and Andrews Avenue, and got to work. By midnight, heavy equipment was positioned over the tracks as work began in earnest. Drivers should plan ...
Members of a residents' group for Pompano's Westview Community Cemetery say they will continue their legal fight. They want to have more say over the black community's historic graveyard along 1900 W. Copans Road. Meeting of the New Westview Community Cemetery Board at the E. Pat Larkins Community ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — The Broward Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit is asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects involved in a drive-by shooting that targeted a home in Pompano Beach during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 6.Shooting incident is seen 25 seconds into this ...
COCONUT CREEK, FL – A Pompano Beach man was arrested after a high-speed chase that started in Coconut Creek and ended with a car crash, with man fleeing the scene and later arrested.Around 1:28 a.m. on August 7, a caller told police that the father of her children, 28-year-old Bradley Gillis of ...
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL — A Pompano Beach woman was one of three South Florida residents killed Tuesday on the Florida Turnpike in the Fort Pierce area. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, their minivan slammed into a tractor-trailer as the tractor-trailer's driver attempted to make an illegal ...
POMPANO BEACH - Older adults in Pompano Beach may be eligible to receive free Ring video doorbells to help them feel safer at home, thanks to partnerships involving the Area Agency on Aging of Broward County, the DC-based USAging, and Amazon’s Ring.TAPinto Pompano Beach spoke with USAging CEO Sandy ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — From its headquarters in Pompano Beach, Tri-Rail operates a South Florida commuter rail service that connects Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. But a major change in state transportation funding has left the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) ...
POMPANO BEACH, FL - A Pompano Beach woman was killed Aug. 7 when she was struck by a truck towing a boat along NE 14th Street Causeway, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.Bicyclist fatality on 14th Street Causeway in Pompano BeachWhat Happened & WhereBSO traffic homicide detectives said ...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — The first phase of Pompano Beach’s voter-approved plan to improve pedestrian safety is now underway with the installation of solar-powered, lighted crosswalks along A1A south of Atlantic Boulevard. Last week, the contractor began installing the first retrofitting work at the ...