Carlton Gillespie
Broward County Bureau ReporterCarlton Gillespie is WLRN's Broward County Bureau Reporter.
Before Joining WLRN his work appeared in Caplin News, The Miami Herald, The Miami Times and The Biscayne Times.
A graduate of FIU and FSU, Carlton is lifelong Broward County resident and loves telling stories, playing music, and cooking. When he's not watching sports, he's out exploring nature and identifying birds and butterflies.
You can reach Carlton at cgillespie@wlrnnews.org.
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In a court filing this week, the Army Corps project manager said the work had damaged nearby endangered staghorn coral, meeting or exceeding what was allowed under the permit. -
The federal lawsuit filed this week in Fort Lauderdale asks a judge to halt work until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers new information about coral and queen conchs in assessing potential damage from the project and ongoing dredging to maintain it. -
Since opening in early July, the clinic has enrolled 63% more people in PrEP, a preventative HIV treatment, than projected in its first month. -
The Broward County State Attorney’s office confirmed a criminal investigation into Sean Lozano is being conducted by its Public Corruption Unit, after receiving a request from his former employer, the Lauderhill Police Department, last July. -
According to a written statement from the office of Democratic South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Claudia Rodriguez Caglianone, 28, was released from federal custody on Monday afternoon. -
"I am very concerned that there are 671 people in this facility that shouldn’t be here, that should not have been detained in the first place, and that the policy of the Trump administration that is putting them here is outrageous and unacceptable," said the congresswoman.
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More than two dozen family members and former soccer teammates of Claudia Rodriguez — and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz — gathered outside the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach to call attention to her case in hopes of getting the Venezuelan immigrant released from federal detention. -
The project to provide a steady supply of sand to eroding beaches has created plumes of sediment near one of the largest remaining stands of endangered staghorn coral and threatened queen conchs, while noisy excavators drown out waves along the popular beach next to Port Everglades.
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Democratic Socialist of America candidates have have beaten out establishment Democrats in primaries in Colorado, New York and Pennsylvania in recent months. Is Oliver Larkin, taking on Jared Moskowitz in Florida's 25th district, next? -
The new ad is set to air on South Florida affiliates of major TV networks, including CBS, NBC and Fox. Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube are among the digital platforms running the ad.
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Fort Lauderdale’s Autonation IMAX theater, at the Museum of Discovery and Science so far, has sold tickets equivalent to 136 consecutive sold-out shows, with visitors coming from as far as Puerto Rico to watch "The Odyssey" in its optimal format. -
The city is offering in-person support for those filing applications to the Community Redevelopment Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.
