Coconut Creek News

Maria Charlton took a drag on a Kool cigarette just outside the Broward County Courthouse Tuesday, savoring one of her last smokes ever.

Jul 1, 2009 7:47 am US/Eastern MIAMI After an intense three months, a Subway Get Fit Challenge winner has been declared.

What are the latest hot topics in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast? You're looking at them.

A Coconut Creek man was electrocuted this morning while trying to knock mangos from a tree in Oakland Park.

Friday, June 26 * Conjunto Progreso lays down Cuban grooves tonight at Transit Lounge in Miami.

By Naples Daily News staff report Originally published 6:18 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Updated 6:18 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, 2009 NAPLES - Star Trek slots are set to "beam down" Thursday at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casinos in Hollywood and Tampa as well as Seminole Casinos in Coconut Creek, Hollywood, Immokalee and Brighton.

Amici's is a a stand-out when it comes to fresh tasting food. Their pizza shines.

Joliene Cummins and Chris Garlich aren't asking for fine china, bath towels or even a toaster from their wedding guests.

South Florida school districts got good news on Thursday after the state Department of Education released school grades.

Contractors are set to begin milling and resurfacing portions of Sample Road starting June 17.

The Broward School District is investigating a Deerfield Beach High assistant football coach, following his recent arrest on drug and gun possession charges in North Miami Beach, officials say.

Rocco N. Inneo, a former Farmingdale Elementary School student, has graduted high school from Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Florida, with a 3.68 GPA.

Fiat's buyout of bankrupt automaker Chrysler has left over 150 employees at four of the failed company's local dealerships out of a job as of midnight Tuesday.

Nicholas Bartolotta couldn't believe his name was on a list of 10 tourists from South Florida who may have been exposed to swine flu during a flight from Hong Kong to Beijing.

It was just another weekend for most folks here in the Florida panhandle, but the weekend of May 16 meant so much to 40 wounded soldiers.

What took several years of wrangling much of it heated was resolved in the blink of an eye recently when Palm Beach County Commissioners approved an agreement which removes extension of University Drive from state development plans.

Kristin Faye Norton and Craig William Brittain announce their engagement. An Oct.

Coral Springs City Commissioners recently decided to ease signage codes to help struggling businesses- at least a little bit.

Viewing Party for Season Finale of Reality TV Show "The Cougar" Image 1 of 7 Vivica A. Fox Vivica A. Fox, host of the reality television show The Cougar, signs an autograph for Diane Brown before the season finale viewing party at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.

Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were investigating after an elderly woman was struck and killed by a train Wednesday afternoon.