Medical Tech Firm Relocating HQ to Boca Raton, Receives City Grant
A medical tech firm that is specializing in innovations for wound care has decided to relocate its headquarters to Boca Raton, taking advantage of a grant incentive from the city. The company, BioStem, had been debating whether to move to Boca Raton or a number of other cities, ranging from sites in Tennessee to...
No Flags Placed At Grave Sites At National Cemetery On Veterans Day
It's believed to be due to the partial government shutdown, though no one at the federally-run cemetery has confirmed that.
2 teens on dirt bike hospitalized after being hit by car in Coral Springs
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Two teenagers were seriously injured Wednesday when their mini dirt bike collided with a vehicle in Coral Springs, officials said. The crash happened in the area of Coral Ridge Drive and Heron Bay Boulevard. First responders from Coral Springs Fire Rescue said one was airlifted...
Florida Woman Buys $779,000 Scratch-Off Ticket At Publix
PLANTATION, Florida – The Florida Lottery announced that Tricia Richardson Roberts, 46, of Lauderhill, claimed a $1,000 a week for life top prize from the $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off game the Lottery’s West Palm Beach District Office on July 14. The Broward County woman chose to...
Search expands for missing South Florida girl with focus on abandoned hotels in Osceola...
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives from the Osceola Sheriff’s Office have joined the search for a missing 10-year-old girl from South Florida. According to a news release, the last confirmed sighting of Gabrielle Terrelonge and her mother, Passha Davis, 34, was on June 30. They were seen arriving on a Greyhound bus at...
Florida Man Charged In Multi-State $500K Utility Fraud Scheme After Minnesota Deposit
A Florida man is facing charges related to a substantial check fraud scheme following an investigation by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau. Brandon Loud, 32, Fort Lauderdale, was arrested and booked into the Walton County Jail with a bond set at $100,000. He is accused of depositing a...
Hollywood Police Seek Public’s Help Identifying Suspect in Violent Chain-Snatching Robberies
The Hollywood Police Department is actively seeking assistance from the community in identifying a suspect implicated in a series of violent chain-snatching robberies throughout the city. Reports from WSVN detail that the male suspect has been approaching individuals, forcefully removing gold chains from around their...
You can get free food at any time at this community fridge
We’re connecting you to resources to get free food as the government shutdown continues to impact thousands of families across the country and in our area.
Broward restaurants step up with food assistance for SNAP recipients
The record-breaking government shutdown meant that funding for food stamp assistance could only be partially funded through November – leaving nearly 3 million Floridians vulnerable. Even if a proposed bill to reopen the government is passed this week, there has been no timeline from state officials on when SNAP...
Insult between Lake Worth Beach roommates led to fatal stabbing. Now one’s guilty of...
A judge has sentenced a Lake Worth Beach man to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his roommate. Jurors also found James Griffin guilty of tampering with evidence in the June 22 death of Dennis Lamy, 63. Circuit Judge Howard Coates immediately imposed a life...
