Pompano Beach

Broward County Water and Wastewater Services has rescinded a boil water order for certain areas across the county effective immediately. Customers in Lighthouse Point, Deerfield Beach and Pompano Beach no longer have to boil their water. However, residents in Coconut Creek, including Hillsboro Pines, still remain under the boil water notice until sample results are received. The lift on the boil...

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating a triple shooting in Pompano Beach that left a young woman dead and two other people injured. Officials said they received a call of a person shot at the Exxon gas station at 220 South Dixie Highway around 5 a.m. Sunday and deputies who responded found two people suffering from gunshot wounds. One of…

A deaf former employee of a South Florida Costco store won’t be collecting the $775,000 a federal jury awarded her in a discrimination and wrongful termination case

A woman has been arrested in connection with a fire at a Pompano Beach business last year that caused millions of dollars worth of damage and left several garbage trucks destroyed. Saprell Frazier, 43, was arrested Friday on 11 arson counts and one burglary charge in connection with the Oct. 18 fire at Waste Pro, court records showed. Broward Sheriff’s…

An incredible tribute to fallen FBI Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger is underway this weekend in South Florida.

CrossFit Pompano Beach kicked off the “Lift Like Laura” fundraiser, featuring all of Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger’s favorite exercises.

A woman was struck and killed while trying to cross Interstate 95 in Broward County Thursday morning, authorities said. Florida Highway Patrol officials said the 21-year-old woman was struck in the northbound lanes of the highway near Copans Road while trying to cross from the right shoulder around 4 a.m. According to an FHP report, the woman’s car had become…

A pedestrian was killed during a hit-and-run crash in Pompano Beach Thursday morning. The hit-and-run happened at 4:30 a.m. near the 1500 block of North Andrews Avenue, police said. Emergency crews found the victim at the scene suffering from multiple injuries. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding…

A Pompano Beach woman was drunk and had her two young children with her in her SUV when she jumped a curb and fatally struck a man on a Pompano Beach sidewalk, authorities said. Jeanie Ann Wilkins, 27, was arrested Tuesday on DUI manslaughter and multiple DUI property damage charges related to the Sept. 6, 2020 crash, records showed. Wilkins…

Jeanne Wilkins, facing a DUI manslaughter charge in a Pompano Beach crash, appears in bond court.

A Pompano Beach restaurant owner is facing charges after authorities say he ran a major drug dealing operation. Louis Younglove Sr., 57, was arrested Thursday on multiple drug trafficking charges, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said. Younglove, the owner of Chi-Town Chicago Italian Beef & Hot Dogs on Southeast 15th Street in Pompano Beach, had been under investigation for months, officials…

Louis Younglove Sr., 57, was arrested Thursday on multiple drug trafficking charges, Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said.

A late night drive-by shooting in Pompano Beach left one man dead and another in an area hospital. Broward Sheriff’s Office officials said deputies arrived at the scene near the 2200 block of Northwest 4th Street around 11:45 p.m. Saturday after reports of a shooting. Deputies found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were rushed to an area hospital,…

Officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding an infant’s sudden death in Pompano Beach Monday. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said they received a call about an unresponsive infant at around 9 a.m. Monday. After arriving at the home near the 500 block of NW 34th Street, deputies transported the unresponsive child to a local hospital. The infant was later pronounced...

The unresponsive infant was rushed to the hospital and was later pronounced dead.

A South Florida high school principal asked a judge this week for a restraining order against a former student turned critic

Staff and residents of a South Florida nursing home were among the first in the state to be receiving the new COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. The first dose of the new Pfizer vaccine was being administered to 56 residents and 46 healthcare staff at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited the center Wednesday afternoon and witnessed…