County Rebuffs Sheriff’s Request for ‘Critical’ Evidence Storage Space in Latest Operations Center Snag
FlaglerLive | February 19, 2019
County commissioners don't want to spend money piecemeal on short-term solutions for the sheriff's exile from the Operations Center, but the sheriff says space
No comment / Read More »Sheriff’s Deputy of the Year and Flagler Fire Truck Involved in 2 Separate Crashes in 4 Days
FlaglerLive | February 19, 2019
Austin Chewning, the Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy of the Year, was involved in a crash in the Hammock Saturday. Firefighters on a tender truck
No comment / Read More »County Will Consider Importing Water From Palm Coast For Troubled Plantation Bay, Halting $6 Million Plan
FlaglerLive | February 18, 2019
Flagler County was ready to award a $6.1 million contract to build a new water plant at Plantation Bay when Commissioner Dave Sullivan pushed
4 comments / Read More »Flagler Commission Picks Jerry Cameron, Retired from St. Johns Government After Eclectic Career, Its Interim
FlaglerLive | February 18, 2019
Cameron replaces Craig Coffey, whom the commission forced to resign last month, and is expected to restore some semblance of leadership in an administration
4 comments / Read More »With Shout-Out to Grand Haven, Palm Coast’s Opelka Wins 1st ATP Tour Tennis Title and Vaults to 56th in the World
Michael Lewis | February 18, 2019
Reilly Opelka, the 7-footer booming serves since he was a little kid whacking balls at Grand Haven and the Palm Coast Tennis Center, won
6 comments / Read More »Stetson President Wendy Libby
Will Retire in 2020 After 11 Years
FlaglerLive | February 17, 2019
Wendy Libby became Stetson’s ninth president in July 2009 and its first woman president since the university was founded in 1883. Undergraduate enrollment rose
No comment / Read More »Indian Trails Middle Student, 14, Arrested For Threatening Girl With a Gun in a Video Message
FlaglerLive | February 16, 2019
The 14-year-old Indian Trails Middle School student made the threat in a video he recorded while holding a gun belonging to his parents. The
9 comments / Read More »In Post-Jones Era, Friends of the Library Revive With Nomination of Carl Laundrie as President
FlaglerLive | February 15, 2019
The Friends of the Library, an independent, non-profit support group for the Flagler County Library, nearly met an untimely end with the death of
2 comments / Read More »Thomas Rando, a Convicted Felon, Is Arrested in Crash Death of 10-Year-Old Hannah Beard
FlaglerLive | February 15, 2019
Thomas Rando, a 32-year-old resident of 2551 North State Street in Bunnell, was arrested Thursday and charged with a felony count of driving on
15 comments / Read More »Flagler Supervisor of Elections Wants To Know Why You Love Voting: Take the Survey
FlaglerLive | February 15, 2019
Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart is asking registered voters to take a five-question online survey about why and where they like to vote,
7 comments / Read More »From Drug Court To Vigil For Anthony Fennick, an Unexplained Death Continues To Rattle
FlaglerLive | February 14, 2019
A dusk vigil for Anthony Fennick, 23, who died Saturday after his health degraded at the Flagler jail, mixed celebration of his life with
13 comments / Read More »Second Valentine’s Day Mass Wedding at Flagler Courthouse Features Vows and Surprises
FlaglerLive | February 14, 2019
Eleven couples married and five renewed their vows in the Flagler Clerk of Court's second anual mass wedding on the steps of the county
3 comments / Read More »Cecil C. Sowell, 1931-2019
FlaglerLive | February 19, 2019
Cecil C. Sowell, 87, of Flagler Beach, died February 17, 2019 at the Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House. A veteran of Korea and Vietnam, he was a builder, a deacon and a family man.
No comment / Read More »Florida Takes Center Stage In Controversy Over Citizenship Question On Census Form
FlaglerLive | February 19, 2019
Including the citizenship question could hurt Florida and other states with large immigrant populations in the decennial reapportionment process, a federal judge wrote.
2 comments / Read More »Tuesday Briefing: Meet the Candidates in Flagler Beach, Suicide Prevention, Bowling Trial, Palm Coast Manager
FlaglerLive | February 19, 2019
Four candidates for Flagler Beach commission answer questions in a public forum, Michael Bowling is on trial again after December's mistrial, Palm Coast narrows its list for manager.
No comment / Read More »Today’s Flagler Jail Bookings, Crime and Incident Reports for Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell
FlaglerLive | February 18, 2019
Palm Coast and Flagler County jail bookings, day and night shift commanders' crime and incident reports investigated by Sheriff's deputies and archive.
20 comments / Read More »Monday Briefing: Interim Administrator Interviews, Sheriff’s Storage Options, Bunnell’s Historic Registry
FlaglerLive | February 18, 2019
The Flagler County Commission is in marathon session starting at 8:30 a.m. with interviews of interim administrator candidates, ending with an evening meeting to discuss storage options for sheriff's units.
No comment / Read More »Anthony Fennick’s Death and The Sheriff’s Green Roof Inn Smear
FlaglerLive | February 17, 2019
Much is unknown in the death of inmate Anthony Fennick, but much is known, including the sheriff's responsibility for hiring trouble-ridden Armor Health--and for showing inmates contempt from the outset with his "Green Roof Inn"
57 comments / Read More »Discharged, Dismissed: ERs Often Miss Chance To Set Overdose Survivors On ‘Better Path’
FlaglerLive | February 17, 2019
It’s an opportunity that’s being missed in emergency rooms everywhere: the next step — a means to divert addicted patients into treatment — remains elusive once an addict is released from an emergency room.
8 comments / Read More »In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and Nearbys: Complete Calendar (Updated Feb. 19)
FlaglerLive | February 17, 2019
Palm Coast Flagler and the region's most comprehensive calendar of political, cultural, civic, social and entertainment events for coming days, near and far.
Comments Off on In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and Nearbys: Complete Calendar (Updated Feb. 19) / Read More »Federal Appeals Court Hammers Florida For Imposing ‘Serious Burden’ on Right To Vote
FlaglerLive | February 16, 2019
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Florida law requiring voters’ signatures on mail-in ballots to match the signatures on file with elections officials imposes “a serious burden on the right to
1 comment / Read More »DeSantis Calls For Statewide Grand Jury Investigation of Local School Districts’ Safety
FlaglerLive | February 15, 2019
Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the Florida Supreme Court to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate whether school districts are complying with mandatory safety measures designed to protect students.
No comment / Read More »Weekend Briefing: Dance of Love, Walk For Shaunti Stafford, Cat Adoption, Brian Hammond at Salvo, Bing’s, Solisti
FlaglerLive | February 15, 2019
Valentine's Dance at AACS, a walk in memory of Shaunti Stafford, cat and kitten adoption at Sable Palms, Brian Hammond at Salvo Art House, an art opening, Daytona Solisti Baroque Orchestra romances strings.
No comment / Read More »Renner Wants ‘Objectivity’ To Drive Felons’ Voter Restoration, But Hurdles Are Multiplying
FlaglerLive | February 14, 2019
Elections officials could face a Herculean task trying to verify whether people who’ve registered to vote have met all the conditions required to make them eligible to cast ballots.
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In Post-Jones Era, Friends of the Library Revive With Nomination of Carl Laundrie as President
The Friends of the Library, an independent, non-profit support group for the Flagler County Library, nearly met an untimely end with the death of Terry Jones, its long-time president.
Feb 15, 2019 / More »
Sheriff’s Deputy of the Year and Flagler Fire Truck Involved in 2 Separate Crashes in 4 Days
Austin Chewning, the Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy of the Year, was involved in a crash in the Hammock Saturday. Firefighters on a tender truck were involved in a crash this morning on Education
Feb 19, 2019 / More »
In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and Nearbys: Complete Calendar (Updated Feb. 19)
Palm Coast Flagler and the region's most comprehensive calendar of political, cultural, civic, social and entertainment events for coming days, near and far.
Feb 17, 2019 / More »
Cecil C. Sowell, 1931-2019
Cecil C. Sowell, 87, of Flagler Beach, died February 17, 2019 at the Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House. A veteran of Korea and Vietnam, he was a builder, a deacon and a family
Feb 19, 2019 / More »
Anthony Fennick’s Death and The Sheriff’s Green Roof Inn Smear
Much is unknown in the death of inmate Anthony Fennick, but much is known, including the sheriff's responsibility for hiring trouble-ridden Armor Health--and for showing inmates contempt from the outset with his "Green
Feb 17, 2019 / More »
DeSantis Rewards Friends With Appointments. Experience Must Wait.
Gov. Ron DeSantis's appointments are a pile of mismatches in critical state agencies so far, reflecting a normal if immoral right of passage in Tallahassee, writes Nancy Smith.
Jan 28, 2019 / More »
Flagler Reads Together:
“The Alice Network”‘s Little Problem
Flagler Reads Together this year chose Kate Quinn's "The Alice Network," a novel about women spies during World War I wrapped in a sort of buddy road story.
Mar 21, 2018 / More »
Trump Said He Would Protect Families, Then Deported My Husband
A year ago, my husband Jorge was torn from our family and deported to Mexico after living peacefully in the United States for nearly 30 years, working and raising a family with me
Feb 12, 2019 / More »
