Carlton Gillespie
Host of The Florida Roundup / Broward County ReporterCarlton Gillespie is WLRN's Broward County Bureau Reporter. He hosts the weekly Florida Roundup which is broadcasts statewide.
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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Broward Sheriff’s Office has been providing fire rescue services to the county since 2003. That contract has been renewed every five years since then without incident — until now.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly lays out his plans to make Florida more affordable, tackle rising property insurance premiums and his opposition to Amendment 3. -
Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds lays out plans to make Florida more affordable, tackle rising property insurance premiums and why he backs Amendment 3. -
The reports says Tommy Ruzzano, Margate’s seat 4 commissioner, voted for ordinances that benefitted his business to the tune of $118,000, according to the Broward County Office of the Inspector General (OIG). -
The plan aims to revitalize the city’s parks, roadways and public safety. However, should Florida’s proposed Amendment 3 pass in November, the city could struggle to keep up with the new improvements. -
The city had heard years of complaints from the old building, from broken a/c systems to elevators malfunctioning to leaky roofs. Now Fort Lauderdale Police have a state-of-the-art building. -
Lucky King LLC. which operates Miyako Japanese Buffet in Pompano Beach, had been paying employees between $1,000 and $3,000 per month, despite employees often working more than 40 hours per week. -
The fully electric vehicle offers testing for STI’s and connection to care for people who test positive for HIV. The mobile unit will also offer anytime access to pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP via on site tele-health visits. -
The goal is to get Broward back on tack with recycling. 15 years ago the county recycled more than 60% of its waste, today it only recycles 38% of its trash. That’s well below the state’s 75% goal. Plus, the county produces roughly five million tons of trash each year. -
Acting Department of Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling and head of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler both attended and toured Atlantic Technical College's HVAC repair, machining technology and welding facilities. -
Earlier this month, the board scheduled an special meeting to consider a motion made by Trustee Michael Caschette to terminate Alston without cause. -
In total, voters will vote “Yes” or “No” on 10 questions that affect 21 sections of the charter. They range from formatting issues like removing the hyphen from the term “vice-mayor” to creating new city positions for Police Chief and Fire Chief.
