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

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

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

A reader wrote in to "Ask Lois" to find out whether there are new COVID protocols for the upcoming school year. [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]

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

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]

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]

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 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]

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]

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]