Cooper City News

A Davie street sign commemorating a donation by a Muslim group has triggered controversy for Susan Starkey, a longtime member of the Davie Town Council who allegedly hurled an accusation at Jews while arguing that the sign should stay.

Share + Dec 25, 2009 5:45 pm US/Eastern Now that the presents under your tree have been unwrapped, it's time to link about what to do with the old spruce or fir.

Share + Dec 18, 2009 12:36 pm US/Eastern 9:00 a.m.: Sheriff's Office Cooper City substation; 10580 Stirling Road FORT LAUDERDALE The Broward Sheriff's Office has canceled a prescription drug "take back" program that was scheduled for Friday afternoon in Oakland Park due to the severe weather.

A Florida health insurance provider and its affiliates were ordered to cease and desist after the state regulator determined it was continuing to market and sell life insurance products without a license.

Meteorologists scrambled Friday to get a handle on a punishing storm that caught most of South Florida by surprise -- including the weather forecasters.

Beginning driver Ashley Crawford grips the worn gray steering wheel and warily begins maneuvering the 1999 Ford Escort through a set of bright orange traffic cones outside Killian Senior High School.

Since October, police say a man has burglarized at least six houses of worship in Miami Beach, stealing mostly expensive audio equipment and cash.

During a special meeting Tuesday, the Broward County School Board tackled a controversial boundary change proposal.

Share + Dec 10, 2009 12:58 pm US/Eastern COOPER CITY It was the talk of the playground, in the halls and in the classrooms at Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City - four classmates who overdosed on cough medicine.

Share + Dec 10, 2009 8:12 am US/Eastern COOPER CITY The Broward Sheriff's Office is hoping an incident at Pioneer Middle School in Cooper City will be a wake up call for kids and parents alike about the dangers of drug abuse.

Charges may be filed against the four teens. Wednesday, December 9, 2009 According to the Broward Sheriff's Department, four middle school students at Pioneer Middle School began to experience adverse side effects after ingesting pills during the school day.

If the Broward School District succeeds in changing the way school capacity is measured, it would eliminate the need for massive busing of students from overenrolled western schools into underenrolled northern and eastern ones.

That's yiddish for, "Eat a little something", and boy can you - the South Florida's 1st Jewish Food Festival a.k.a. Nosh Fest is Sunday.

It appears that Cooper City parents will get a one-year reprieve from boundary changes that would take students out of Pioneer Middle School starting with the next school year.

Cooper City parents are likely to get a one-year reprieve from controversial boundary changes that would move as many as 270 students out of Pioneer Middle School next year.

Faced with the possibility that their underenrolled schools may be merged, some parents and officials in the eastern part of the county are warning the Broward School District to tread lightly.

Green is the scene and there is definitely a lot of activity going on in the local municipalities.

"You couldna t see the mess with the doors closed, thank goodness. Nothing smelled funny, and food wasna t spilling out, so to me it was an island unto itself.

For the parents and community leaders fighting boundary changes at Pioneer Middle School, the issue has grown larger than a battle to keep students in Cooper City schools.

Laura C. will be the first to tell you she drove drunk with her kids in the car.