Clarence Murphy, 41, Charged With 1st Degree Murder in Shooting Death of Cousin On Parkview This Morning
FlaglerLive | September 19, 2017
Murphy, a probationer, was "enraged" that the EBT card Ahmad Rashad Laster traded him for drugs was not the amount agreed upon, so he
21 comments / Read More »21-Month-Old Boy Tests Positive For Cocaine, Palm Coast Mom Charged With Child Neglect
FlaglerLive | September 18, 2017
Ashley Estepp, the 23-year-old Palm Coast mother of a young boy, had taken him to the ER fearing he'd ingested a prescription pill, but
12 comments / Read More »Jury Selected With Unusual Swiftness In Trial of Erin Vickers on Charge of Raping Her Own Child
FlaglerLive | September 18, 2017
Erin Vickers, 23, of Palm Coast, is on trial on the first of 49 counts involving accusations of rape, videotaping and transmitting sexual acts
4 comments / Read More »FPL Lies
FlaglerLive | September 15, 2017
FPL’s response to Hurricane Irma in Flagler has been disgraceful and secretive, both at the expense of local emergency responses and at the expense
111 comments / Read More »In Boggy West Flagler, Power Kicks Back On, Home Goes Up In Flames, Cat, Called Smoky, Is Killed
FlaglerLive | September 15, 2017
Deep in the woods off CR 305 the home John Martin and his 90-year-old mother Grace shared blazed the moment power went back on
3 comments / Read More »Humanitarian Needs Overtake Emergency Response in Flagler as Power Issues Compound Pain
FlaglerLive | September 15, 2017
Continued power outages affecting a quarter of Flagler County's population are shifting needs to food and other basic necessities as county and other governments
5 comments / Read More »At Surfside Estates and Marineland Acres, Two Flagler Communities Feel Singled Out For Storms’ Wrath
FlaglerLive | September 14, 2017
Surfside Estates, the mobile home community in beverly Beach, and Marineland Acres north of the Hammock were both whacked by Hurricane Matthew and again
22 comments / Read More »With a Third of Flagler Still Without Power, FPL Offers Little More Than Scripted Answers
FlaglerLive | September 14, 2017
Florida Power and Light is not telling customers when their power will be reconnected nor giving an idea of where the work is taking
64 comments / Read More »In Flood-Pummeled Flagler Beach, Mountains of Heartbreak, But Surges of Grit And Samaritans
FlaglerLive | September 13, 2017
No place was hardest-hit by floods than Flagler Beach, yet no place seems as vibrant with community support as neighbors have mobilized to help
17 comments / Read More »Flagler Schools Closed Through Monday; Flooding Complicating Homecoming Across Florida
FlaglerLive | September 13, 2017
As evacuees continued to struggle either to make it home or to contend with power cuts, Flagler Schools decided to remain closed until Monday
6 comments / Read More »As Emergency Yields to Recovery in Flagler, More Inconveniences Than Damages Or Troubles
FlaglerLive | September 12, 2017
More than 60 percent of Flagler residents were still without power Tuesday evening but recovery efforts were powering up and destruction from the storm
15 comments / Read More »Spotty Cell and Internet Service in Flagler: “How Many Bars Do You Have?” Is A Post-Irma Refrain
FlaglerLive | September 12, 2017
The infuriating cell and internet signal failures residents in the Flagler-Palm Coast region are experiencing will parallel power failures and restoration.
14 comments / Read More »Wednesday Briefing: New Student School Board Members, Palm Coast Budget, Senior Games
FlaglerLive | September 20, 2017
The Palm Coast City Council holds its second and final budget hearing, setting next year's tax rates, meet the two new student school board members, undercover in the alt-right.
No comment / Read More »Tuesday Briefing: Water Spout in South Flagler, New Lights at FPC Stadium, 615 Homes Off Colbert
FlaglerLive | September 19, 2017
The school board plans to replace lights at FPC stadium, better AC at Indian Trails and Bunnell Elementary, Palm Coast Council talks Jim Landon contract. Remember to donate food at Flagler schools for county's needy.
1 comment / Read More »Irma’s Death Toll in Florida at 34 and Rising
FlaglerLive | September 18, 2017
Irma is credited with five deaths by drowning and four deaths involving carbon monoxide, including the carbon-monoxide deaths of a mother and two teenage children in Orange County.
No comment / Read More »Nursing Home Where Eight Died Wasn’t On FPL’s Priority List For Power Restoration
FlaglerLive | September 18, 2017
FPL placed nursing homes in a second tier of infrastructure -- behind “critical” but ahead of residential homes. Local officials gave the Hollywood Hills home that designation using FPL guidance.
5 comments / Read More »How Health Insurers Fuel Opioid Crisis By Denying Claims For Less Addictive But More Expensive Drugs
FlaglerLive | September 18, 2017
Insurers limiting access to drugs with a lower risk of addiction or dependence. Why? Opioid drugs are generally cheap while safer alternatives are often more expensive.
3 comments / Read More »Monday Briefing: Welcome Back To Normal, Bunnell’s Fire Future, Alcohol Hours, Erin Vickers Trial
FlaglerLive | September 18, 2017
It's a return to normal after a week of hell, the Bunnell City Commission votes on whether to hand over fire services to the county and extend alcohol sale hours, Erin Vickers goes on trial.
No comment / Read More »You Cannot Be Serious: Hurricane Maria Sniffs Around Irma’s Wake
FlaglerLive | September 17, 2017
Hurricane Maria is expected to become a major hurricane, with a global forecast seeing it veer away from Florida, but the more accurate European forecast seeing it come closer to the coast.
17 comments / Read More »Uninsured Rate Falls To Record Low Of 8.8%, But Florida’s Rate Still 5th Highest in U.S.
FlaglerLive | September 17, 2017
Florida's rate of uninsured would have been lower had Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature not prevented the federally-funded expansion of Medicaid.
3 comments / Read More »Flagler Beach Museum Providing 100 Free Meals Thursday Evening
FlaglerLive | September 14, 2017
Beyond the meals, the museum will be a one-stop resource center for residents needing volunteer help or assistance with FEMA.
2 comments / Read More »Post-Irma Daily Digest: Flagler Beach Crossovers and Pier Update, FEMA Registrations, Senior Games
FlaglerLive | September 14, 2017
Local governments' drizzle of information releases related to post-Hurricane Irma recovery are distilled for their essentials and published in a running tally.
3 comments / Read More »Florida Shellshock: Blanket Outages, Floodwaters, and This: Irma Could Cost “Billions Upon Billions”
FlaglerLive | September 12, 2017
Millions of people continued to lack electricity as cleanup work expected to reach into the billions of dollars began in the wake of deadly Hurricane Irma.
5 comments / Read More »Hurricane Irma Closures and Re-Openings in Palm Coast and Across Flagler
FlaglerLive | September 12, 2017
Hurricane Irma-related notices of closures, business reopenings and other related notices from government, hospitals, schools and colleges and businesses.
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A Centenarian Eclipse Winks at Flagler’s Centennial in Hour of Luminous Awe
Flagler County couldn’t have asked for a more apt coda to its centennial, a centenary gift from moon and sun under a radiant sky witnessed to the delight of many in Flagler Beach
Aug 21, 2017 / More »
Clarence Murphy, 41, Charged With 1st Degree Murder in Shooting Death of Cousin On Parkview This Morning
Murphy, a probationer, was "enraged" that the EBT card Ahmad Rashad Laster traded him for drugs was not the amount agreed upon, so he allegedly shot Laster--and confessed doing to to detectives.
Sep 19, 2017 / More »
Trump’s Decision To End Dreamers’ Amnesty Creates Dilemma For Florida GOP
Florida is home to at least 30,000 people who could be affected and is the base for exponentially more Hispanic voters who could be critical to next year's elections.
Sep 5, 2017 / More »
Daytona State College Fall Enrollment Set for Aug. 19
New and returning students can sign up for classes, financial aid and other needs or benefits in one visit to Daytona State College on Saturday, Aug. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Aug 6, 2017 / More »
FPL Lies
FPL’s response to Hurricane Irma in Flagler has been disgraceful and secretive, both at the expense of local emergency responses and at the expense of residents.
Sep 15, 2017 / More »
Making Democrats Great Again: It’s Going To Take A While
No wonder Republican leaders think they can get away with almost anything. They do because they can, argues Nancy Smith, and because Democrats' absent strategy lets them.
Jun 27, 2017 / More »
Awakening from the Trump Nightmare
Forget impeachment. It ain't going to happen, not when 19 Senate Republicans would have to join Democrats to pull it off. But public opinion is a different matter, argues Bernard-Henri Lévy.
May 27, 2017 / More »
The Brutality Behind Trump’s Arpaio Pardon
The president called Joe Arpaio, a man who chronically violated people's constitutional rights, a "patriot." What does that make his victims?
Aug 30, 2017 / More »
