CORAL SPRINGS, FL – On a recent Thursday evening, Coral Springs police officers rushed to the Macy’s Men’s store in Coral Square Mall to catch a suspected shoplifting crew in action, a police report said. Hours earlier, the crew allegedly hit a Macy’s store in Fort Lauderdale, and now those members were attempting to conceal merchandise in the Coral Springs store at 9263 West Atlantic Boulevard, the report said. Officers detained at least two people, on May 4, including a 22-year-old woman who was later turned over to federal agents because she was an illegal immigrant, the report said. The wo ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – One person was killed and another seriously injured Monday in a two-car crash in Coral Springs. One person was pronounced dead, and the other was rushed to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach after the crash at University Drive and Riverside Drive just before 3:30 p.m., officials said. Shortly after the crash, eastbound, westbound, and southbound lanes at the intersection were closed, police said. Northbound lanes were open. Police were investigating what caused the crash, and no other information was immediately available.   MORE CORAL SPRINGS NEWS: REAL ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – If all goes as planned, groundbreaking will happen later this year on the construction of the new City Village complex in downtown Coral Springs, the developer said. Amera has updated its plans for the two-block, 13-acre development made up of apartments, retail shops, and a food market on the northwest corner of University Drive and Sample Road and stretching along Sample Road to Coral Hills Drive. According to the new plans, the 1.2 million-square-foot complex would have four, eight-story buildings with 410 apartments, four restaurants, a 40,269-square-foot grocer, and 1 ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Last week, a 21-year-old woman allegedly kicked a police officer three times in the groin and leg at a Wawa in Coral Springs as officers tried to arrest her following a dispute over the tint of her car windows, a police report said. It took three officers to detain Faith Hall of Margate at the store at 7305 Sample Road at 4 p.m. on May 8 as students from nearby Coral Springs High School ended their day and were coming to the store, the report said. During the struggle, her 3-year-old son was in her car’s backseat, the report said. Trouble started after a police officer assi ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – A 16-year-old has been arrested for allegedly making false bomb and shooting threats on Friday to Coral Glades High School in Coral Springs and other Broward County schools and Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport, police said Saturday. The teen from Dania Beach was taken into custody after allegedly calling in threats, and charged with written threats to kill, false report of a bomb or firearm, and disruption of a school function, Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The arrest came a week after Coral Springs police arrested an 18-year-old student ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Two Coral Springs students were selected this week as winners of the $2,500 National Merit Scholarship. They were among the 2,500 winners from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program, according to National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The winners are: - Thomas J. J. Ferguson VI; Homeschooled; Probable career field: computer science - Sarah Y. Liu; American Heritage School, Plantation; Probable career field: writing  According to National Merit Scholarship Corporation, National Merit Scholarship winners are the finalist ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – According to Coral Springs police, a 30-year-old Lake Worth man was heading to Coral Springs earlier this month to meet a 12-year-old girl who he was hoping to have sex with. But when Joshua Fellow showed up on May 5 at the meeting point -- Citation Way Condominiums at 9845 Westview Drive -- he was taken into custody by city police, a police report said. There was no girl. Instead, “she” was an undercover police officer who was allegedly chatting with Fellow on the Whisper app and then over text messages. According to the report, Fellow chatted with who he believed to ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Construction has started on a new fitness park within Riverside Park in Coral Springs.  Coral Springs is building a walking path, fitness stations, and an obstacle course -- including an “x-treme ninja course” -- at the park at 205 Coral Ridge Drive, according to plans. There will also be eight new public pickleball courts, including a stadium court. Read more here. And Riverside Park is getting a new playground and restrooms. The city is estimating the construction will cost $1 million which will come out of the city’s $20 million in federal pandemic relief funds. The ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Plans are underway to repave Sample Road through a part of Coral Springs. Under a new project announced Wednesday by Florida Department of Transportation, Sample Road will be repaved in both directions from University Drive to Belmonte Boulevard in Coral Springs and Margate. The $2.86 million project will also include upgrading lighting to “light-emitting diode” fixtures, signalized intersections, and pedestrian areas to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards, officials said. This project also includes repaving Sample Road from Powerline Road to Military Trail. Cons ..read more

CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Coral Springs police urged drivers Wednesday morning to stay clear of University Drive in the middle of the city after a downed wire caused traffic light outages. Police reported on social media shortly after 9 a.m. that traffic lights were out at the intersections of NW 20 Street and University Drive, NW 19 Street and University Drive, and Shadow Wood Boulevard and University Drive. Police said crews from Florida Power & Light were expected to have the lights up and running by about 11 a.m. Police didn’t explain what caused the downed wire. No other information was imm ..read more