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A longtime Coral Springs Police dog has died. [more]

A substance abuse treatment professional from Coral Springs pleaded guilty Wednesday to her role in a bribery conspiracy, records show. [more]

Coral Springs resident and American Heritage star center Joey Colosi is set to continue his football career at Florida Atlantic University. [more]

Broward Health Community Health Services is offering free immunizations and low-cost physical exams for uninsured children [more]

A Coral Gables Police officer who lives in Coral Springs was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated in Miami-Dade County Sunday. [more]

With the new school year just around the corner, Coral Glades High School's Student Government Association is set to host Jaguar Expedition. [more]

The city commission passed the proposed 2023 Fiscal Year Business Plan, which included plans for Aquatic Center Renovations, a fitness area at Riverside Park, and an Everglades Greenway Loop. [more]

Early voting began on Monday at the Northwest Regional Library and voters were lining up all day to cast their ballots. [more]

The city commission unanimously approved the preliminary millage rate and fees for fire, solid waste, and stormwater assessment at their Wednesday, July 27 meeting for the 2023 Fiscal Year. [more]

School bells ring again as Coral Springs Middle School invites freshmen and upcoming new students to a school orientation to learn about the campus and the faculty. [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Former Coral Springs mayor John Sommerer – who received a 4 1/2-year prison sentence for child molestation -- has died. According to an obituary, Sommerer died Tuesday. He was 74. The public accountant served as mayor in late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2008, Sommerer plead no contest to charges he molested a 5-year-old girl, according to a Sun-Sentinel article. He was released from prison in 2011, according to Florida Department… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Earlier this year, Carol Johnson saw something on Facebook where residents in a community went to a place and dropped off their unwanted plants or picked up someone’s unwanted plants. The volunteer at Garden Club of Coral Springs thought: Why not do that in Coral Springs, too? So she pitched the idea to the garden club. And now it’s a reality. Starting this week, residents in Coral Springs, Parkland and other… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police are still trying to determine what led to an SUV with bullet holes to end up in front of a downtown church on Tuesday night. Police confirmed a white SUV with two bullet holes came to a stop in front of First Church Coral Springs at 8650 West Sample Road shortly after 7 p.m. The SUV got there after being involved in a possible chase with at least… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Update: Sheree Williams was found Wednesday safe and will be reunited with her family, according to Broward Sheriff’s Office. A 33-year-old Coral Springs woman has gone missing from North Lauderdale. The Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit asked Wednesday for the public’s help in finding Sheree Williams. She was last seen at around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2, near the 8100 block of Hampton Boulevard in North Lauderdale, the Sheriff’s Office said.… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – As she was driving through Coral Springs on Tuesday evening, a 25-year-old woman spotted a car chasing another one on Sample Road. And then, she heard what sounded like gunshots. “It was terrifying,” said the woman who asked not to be named. Police confirmed they were investigating a car-related incident but haven’t provided any details. Around 7:15 p.m., she said she was heading west on Sample Road and about to pass… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – As the monkeypox outbreak continues to spread worldwide, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County opened Tuesday new appointments to get the smallpox/monkeypox vaccine locally. The state health department said the virus is of low risk to the general public, but for the group most at-risk — gay and bisexual men — there are concerns. Monkeypox generally starts with flu-like symptoms – fever, swollen glands, muscle aches, and headaches, experts say. A… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs is moving forward to create an Everglades “loop” – at least the design phase of the ambitious project. The city has set aside $300,000 out of its federal pandemic relief funds to begin engineering and architectural planning and survey work needed to build the loop -- a 10.2 mile pathway for biking, walking and running that would connect Coral Springs’ western edges to the Everglades Conservation Levee. The project… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs property owners would pay less in taxes to Broward County School Board under a proposal being considered in the coming fiscal year. The school board – which accounts for 32 percent (the largest chunk) of a Coral Springs property owner’s tax bill – is proposing to reduce the millage rate from 6.4621 in the current fiscal year to 6.1383 in the 2022-23 fiscal year, according the school board’s budget… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police made the following arrests, July 20-26. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty. - Norman Diaz, 33, arrested on a charge of aggravated assault. Read more here. - Jeffery Lewis, 33, arrested on a charge of driver’s license violations. - Charles Green, 29, arrested on a charge of aggravated battery. - Anthony Horton, 24, arrested on a charge of cannabis. - Nicklein Peguerro, 25, arrested on a… [more]
CORAL SPRINGS, FL – It’s not an insurance crisis until it affects you. As of December, Florida led all states with more than 26 percent of its drivers being uninsured according to the Insurance Information Institute. That number is staggering and scary and doubles the national average. With the recent post-Covid-19 economic downturn and inflation, I have seen, along with my colleagues at Cutler Rader law firm in Coral Springs, a dramatic upturn in crashes… [more]

This year’s trip to the World Maccabiah Games in Israel enabled Delray Beach’s Melissa Perlman to come full circle. Perlman, who attended Spanish River High School (2000) and coached the cross-country and track teams, held the positions of Endurance Commissioner and Master’s Athlete at this year’s 21st Maccabiah Games for the United States contingent. [more]
A reader wrote in to "Ask Lois" to find out whether there are new COVID protocols for the upcoming school year. [more]

Jurors walked through the building on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus where the massacre occurred on Feb. 14, 2018. Thursday's site visit is part of the penalty trial for confessed Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz. [more]

Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton has always had strong representation at the World Maccabiah Games in Israel, and this year was no different. [more]

A New York woman has been arrested in the murder of a woman who was found dead inside her Tamarac home in July. [more]

Also now open: Playa Bowls serves build-your-own acai creations in Coral Springs. Now closed: Hardy Park Bistro in Fort Lauderdale. [more]

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are preparing to visit the still-bloodstained building where he murdered 17 people four years ago [more]
The Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for Florida attorney general are divided over the death penalty — including whether the killer who perpetrated the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre should be executed. Daniel Uhlfelder and Jim Lewis said he should be executed, with Lewis calling it justified “vengeance.” Aramis Ayala, well known as a death penalty opponent, said “The horrendous act when it comes to what occurred in Parkland unfortunately cannot change the failed… [more]

Formerly owned by NBA star Scottie Pippen, the 12,868-square-foot waterfront mansion in Harbor Beach features a resort-style pool with a water slide, a putting green, a dock, an outdoor kitchen and a full NBA basketball court. [more]

Jurors and media walk the 1200 building of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that has been preserved as a crime scene for this day, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Nikolas Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. [more]

A man is recovering from a gunshot wound to his face following an armed robbery at a barbershop in Coral Springs. Police arrested Trae Butler, 18, and Richard Fowler, 20, in connection with the shooting in the High Def Barbershop at 7664 Wiles Road, police said. The shooting happened during a robbery about 11:35 p.m. Wednesday. The pair was caught a short time after driving away from the crime scene. Trae Butler and Richard Fowler… [more]

Coral Springs Police have arrested a man who they said fired a gun at a hospital last weekend. Sami Qureshi, 46, was charged Wednesday and faces several counts including firing a gun at an occupied building and bringing a firearm upon hospital grounds. According to police, officers responded to Broward Health Coral Springs on July 2 after four shots were fired into a glass window on the fourth floor. During an investigation, surveillance video showed… [more]

The FBI is searching for a suspect who they said robbed a bank in Coral Springs. The robbery happened the afternoon of June 24 at the Chase bank at 6260 W. Sample Road. Officials said the suspect entered the bank and demanded money from an employee. The amount taken wasn’t released. There were customers in the bank at the time but no one was injured. The FBI on Tuesday released a surveillance photo of the… [more]

A Broward man is facing charges after a woman’s social media post about being kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend quickly got the attention of law enforcement. Albert Myers, 63, was arrested in North Lauderdale Saturday on false imprisonment and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon-domestic violence charges, Broward jail records showed. Albert Myers Coral Springs Police had shared on Facebook a photo of the woman’s post with the headline “Please help I’ve been kidnapped by my… [more]

A driver was rescued after his car went into a canal in Coral Springs Monday morning. The incident happened at the canal located in the 12700 block of West Atlantic Boulevard, located near an exit ramp from the Sawgrass Expressway. Coral Springs Police confirmed to NBC 6 that the man inside the car was taken out safely and expected to be okay. The car remained in the water as police attempted to remove it. Officials… [more]

A Coral Springs Police officer is facing charges after authorities said he lied to get a COVID-19 relief loan. Jason Scott Carter, 44, of Boca Raton, is facing a wire fraud charge and made his first appearance in federal court on Thursday, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Jason Scott Carter Prosecutors said Carter applied for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan on behalf of a business he allegedly owned and… [more]

Torrential rains forced dozens of families at two apartment buildings in Coral Springs to evacuate their homes Saturday, when water came gushing in through the ceiling, leaving them to sort a soggy mess. “Our ceiling fell in in my mom’s closet, her ceiling fell in and there are multiple spots inside where it’s water-logged,” said Ralph Gonzales while emptying out his home. His 86-year-old grandmother Alice also had to get out. With her now safe… [more]

Two multifamily dwellings were deemed unsafe by the Coral Springs Building Department following the heavy rains caused by a tropical system that crossed over South Florida on Saturday. The Coral Springs Parkland Fire Department responded to the scene of 7827 NW 39th Court at approximately 10 a.m. after a report of excessive water damage. Chief Building Official Alex Hernandez determined the structure to be unsafe and all families residing in the six-unit complex relocated to homes… [more]

The list of charges against Dale Daniel Spidle continues to grow in the wake of a rampage that left two adults and an infant dead, several people injured, a trail of damaged vehicles, and ended with a naked confrontation with police in Broward County. It began May 20 with the random beating death of Spidle’s neighbor, 61-year-old Elizabeth Carmona, with a ball peen hammer in Coral Springs. Her 10-month-old nephew Mateo died of his injuries… [more]

Maria Carmona and Jose Morales want to remember their 10-month-old son as a happy and smiling baby. “We know he’s an angel,” Carmona said. “He went straight to the sky with God.” Their son, Mateo, was killed last Friday alongside his aunt allegedly by a neighbor, who later went on a crime spree in multiple cities in Broward County. “We’re taking it day by day, second by second, minute by minute,” Carmona said. “This is… [more]
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DISGRACED FORMER CORAL SPRINGS MAYOR, JOHN SOMMERER – DEAD AT 74
Coral Springs, FL August 3,2022 – Former Mayor John Sommerer has died. No cause of death has been released yet, but it is believed to be of long-standing medical issues. Sommerer was a convicted sexual…
ALKALINE DRINKING WATER BETTER THAN BOTTLED – FROM YOUR TAP IN CORAL SPRINGS
Coral Springs tap water, filtered, provides you quality alkaline drinking water better than bottled
Florida Panthers Choke and Lose to Tampa Bay Lightning- The Florida ‘Slackers’ Need A New Coach and New Captain
This is not a good moment for hockey. The #1 team ends up playing golf tomorrow, and it’s highly paid million dollar players – choke.
RON DISANTOS VS . MICKEY MOUSE
WILL THE REAL CARTOON PLEASE STAND UP
April 24, 2022 : Governor DiSantis is waging a holy war against most of the population who actually likes Disney. What WOKE me up is based on that there is nothing purer on this earth…
New Chief of Police Announced : Coral Springs Own, MSD Graduate – Chief Brad McKeone
Coral Springs, FL (March 31, 2022) – The City of Coral Springs is proud to announce the selection of its seventh Chief of Police, Bradley “Brad” McKeone, who currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Police…
HAZARD IN OUR COMMUNITY: SHOTS FIRED AT AIRBNB RENTAL IN CYPRESS GLEN SUBDIVISION COMMISSION NEEDS TO ACT
The public relations pitch that the city of Coral Springs has been using for many years has been ” Coral Springs – Everything Under the Sun.” It is on the signs located at the entrances…
Shall I Work from Home or Go to the Office in the Age of Omicron?
Employers Need Clear Answers for Employees
Coral Springs Florida , 01/11/2022 : No one can dispute that for most business owners, productivity requires interaction between employees. Many employees actually want to go back to work as they are either Zoomed out…
911 Dispatch Recording of Deadly Shootout in Turtle Run
Coral Springs Florida , 01/09/2022 : Residence of Turtle Run were woken up to gun shots Sunday Morning on January 9,2022 at around 4:40 am . One person was shot in the stomach and died…
Coral Springs Hospitals at Critical Capacity as Omicron Cases at Record Numbers
Coral Springs, Florida 01/06/2022 : If you were listening to the Coralsprings.com Police and Fire Scanner on our website today, at around 11:30 am Dispatch announced that the Coral Springs hospitals were at critical…
There is Nothing Wrong with Wishing People a Merry Christmas
I think it is time that political correctness needs to yield to common sense and being polite. No one should fear or get upset about being wished Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays on the other…
Coral Springs Middle School – 1990-91 National School of Excellence ?
Not Any More -Time to Take Down the Sign
Coral Springs Florida 12 /12/21 🙁 first Draft) In October of 1991 , Coral Springs Middle School was one of 56 middle schools in the nation to receive the National School of Excellence award from the…
Bravo! Bravo Peruvian Kitchen
Delicious Ceviche and Fantastic Pisco Sours
Bravo Peruvian Kitchen is more upscale style dining in a well sized restaurant that has more ambiance. The menu is well thought out , making it easy and not confusing to make the right choice.
Email: Devil to Governor Desantis
Great Move Stopping Schools Enforcing Masks Policies
Keep up the good work
You got my Vote!
The good news is that every death since your decree is now on your head. This means you get to play with big boys when your time is up you will be welcomed down here with and outstretched arm.
Are Those UFO’s Really Alien Spacecraft or Should You Vacation in Buffalo New York.
The big deal these days seems to be that the US government decided to release videos of unidentified flying objects (UFO’s) dashing about at speeds impossible to imagine. My immediate thoughts are how come only…
TRAGIC CHAMPLAIN CONDO COLLAPSE IN SURFSIDE HAS BECOME A POLITICAL BULLSHIT SHOW
Politicians prey upon people’s emotions, and thrive on the publicity from the event
THE LORD SAID: THOU SHALT TAKE THE VACCINE – ANTI-VAXXER THE TRUE NON-BELIEVER
ANTI-VAXXERS refuse to accept the information , testing, studies, and facts of the COVID-19 virus. They refuse to acknowledge the Covid-19 vaccines will save millions of lives. They fill the air with excuses and conspiracy…
Cycling in Coral Springs – Unfriendly Roads and Rude Motorists
Coral Springs Florida – Feb 1 2021 : In a young community like Coral Springs, we would expect getting on a bike to cycle around the city would be easy. Surely there are bicycle lanes…
Florida Governor DeathSantis DOES NOTHING: 20000 DEAD AND COUNTING And UBER Driver Giving Us Stats
Coral Springs FL 10/17/2020 : According to the newly appointed statistician that is supposed to provide details regarding the COvid-19 pandemic in Florida, only one person died on Friday from the disease in the entire…
Coral Springs Eagle’s Nest Subdivision named after Adolf Hitler’s Alpine Retreat Needs a Name Change
I always thought that the founders of Coral Springs truly represented White Bread America. That is, everything here in Coral Springs, complete with the city motto “The best place to work, live and raise a…
AUTISTIC 14 YR OLD CHILD FOUND!
5:00 PM . am Update : A 14 year old old boy that had been reported missing since 9:00 pm Wednesday night was found in Miami at 3 PM today. An extensive search was performed…