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Health & Society

It’s On Again: Get Married on the Flagler County Courthouse Steps on Valentine’s Day

January 25, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, left, preparing to marry 16 couples at last year's Valentine's Day ceremony on the courthouse steps. (© FlaglerLive)

The mass wedding ceremony, a new tradition, drew 21 couples last year, five of them renewing their vows, with live music, cheer and Clerk of Court Tom Bexley presiding.

Transgender Ban in Military Is About Bigotry and Distraction, Not Readiness or Cost

January 24, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Trump is using the ban purely to provoke the left, throw red meat to his base, and distract us all from the real issues in our nation, like the government shutdown.

MLK’s Dream Of Economic Justice Deferred By Increasing Inequalities

January 21, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

King foreshadowed that if we maintain our exploitative economic and political systems, then we’d get not only racial apartheid, but economic apartheid as well.

The Sheltering Tree, Flagler’s Cold-Weather Shelter, Holds Fundraiser March 10

January 21, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Sheltering Tree is the county's only cold-weather shelter for the homeless. (© FlaglerLive)

The “Have a Heart for the Homeless” dinner and dance will raise money for the shelter assisting new, near, or chronically homeless, and the all-volunteer effort needs your help.

DeSantis Poised To Liberalize State’s Approach to Medical Marijuana, Ending ‘Foot-Dragging’

January 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Well-tended, it can be a good thing. (NSF)

DeSantis said his medical-marijuana announcement will deal not only with “the litigation” but also with “legislation that I think is needed to implement the people’s will.”

FPC’s Shaunti Stafford, 17, Takes Her Life, Flagler’s Third Teen Suicide in 18 Months

January 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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Shauntiana Autrice Stafford, a 17-year-old student at Flagler Palm Coast High School, took her life Monday evening at her home at Madison Green Apartments.

New Florida Doctors Won’t Have To Disclose Their Own Drug or Mental Health Histories

January 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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State regulations will eliminate a question about past treatment of mental health and substance abuse for doctors applying for licenses, replacing it with a question about current conditions.

In Contrast With Scott, DeSantis Expected To Make Easier Access to Medical Pot a Priority

January 6, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The war on medical pot may end with the arrival of Gov. Ron DeSantis's administration. (NSF)

A new administration headed by DeSantis, who takes over as governor Tuesday, seemingly presents a friendlier stance toward medical pot than the administration of outgoing Gov. Rick Scott.

It’s Now AdventHealth Palm Coast: Florida Hospital Flagler Changes Name, and Signs

January 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Signs have changed on the campus of what used to be Florida Hospital Flagler, now AdventHealth Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Hospital Flagler officially became AdventHealth Palm Coast this morning, with some 15 signs changed over to reflect the company’s re-branding across nearly 50 hospitals in nine states.

Federal Judge Strikes Down Entire Affordable Care Act, Putting Law In Peril–Again

December 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Florida's Pam Bondi is among the attorneys general challenging the Affordable Care Act. (Rick Scott)

Judge Reed C. O’Connor struck down the law, siding with Republican state attorneys general to say the tax bill passed by Congress last December effectively rendered the entire health law unconstitutional.

Florida Supreme Court Clears Cops to Use Stand Your Ground Defense in Shootings

December 14, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

An exercise simulating a shooting during a law enforcement competition in Palm Coast several years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Stand your ground applies to “persons,” and “a law enforcement officer is a ‘person’ whether on duty or off, and irrespective of whether the officer is making an arrest,” the court ruled unanimously.

Survivor of Half-Failed Double-Suicide May Not Get To Blame Depression in “Assisted Murder” Defense

December 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Bruce Haughton, in shackles, arriving for his court hearing today. (© FlaglerLive)

Bruce Haughton says he planned to kill himself and his ex-girlfriend Katherine Goddard in her R-Section home. She died. He survived. The prosecution sees it only as assisted murder, discounting his mental state.

‘Culture Change’ Needed In Schools as Parkland Massacre Commission Finalizes Its Work

December 12, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A medallion bearing the image of one of the students murdered in the Parkland school massacre in February. (NSF)

The panel will ask the Legislature to impose sanctions if school districts failed to put into effect some of the school-safety measures, including measures already required by law, such as active-shooter drills.

Opposing Scott Court Cases, DeSantis
Signals Friendlier Approach to Medical Pot

December 10, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Ron DeSantis will weigh medical pot differently from his predecessor. (Dank Depot)

DeSantis, a Republican who will take office on Jan. 8, is unwilling to continue some of the court battles now being waged by outgoing Gov. Rick Scott’s administration.

Buddy Taylor Middle Student Arrested With Loaded Gun in Math Class; .45 Was Stolen From Unlocked Car on Point Pleasant

December 7, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

A 14-year-old student brought a loaded semi-automatic gun to Buddy Taylor Middle School today. (© FlaglerLive)

A 14-year-old student was arrested for bringing a loaded gun to Buddy Taylor Middle School today. The gun had been reported stolen out of an unlocked car in Palm Coast in April.

Flagler-Palm Coast’s Crime Rate Falls Sharply in First 6 Months of 2018, Arrests Up 35%

December 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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The drop in crime in Flagler and Palm Coast was reflected across almost every category and the addition of 23 new deputies led to a steep rise in arrests in the first six months of 2018.

Darryl Fultz, 51, Harvey Perly, 83:
Two Suicides in 3 Days in Palm Coast

December 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Darryl Ful;tz in a 2012 Facebook image.

Darryl L. Fultz, 51, of 69 Eric Drive, took his life using a gun on Dec. 2, Harvey Perly, 83, did so on Dec. 4 in his front yard at 55 Christopher Court South in Palm Coast.

Stephen Bickel, Tireless Physician for the Poor, is FHF Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year

December 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Dr. Stephen Bickel. (FHF)

Flagler Physician Stephen Bickel is a moving force behind Flagler Cares, the Flagler Free Clinic and numerous other local initiatives focused on the under-insured and such needs as diabetes and HIV prevention.

The Story Behind A 28-Year-Old Flagler Veteran’s Suicide: Strife, Depression, And a Father’s Questions

December 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Abdul-Ganiyu Ayanwale, known to his friends as Dulie.

Abdul Ganiyu Ayanwale, a 28-year-old Army National Guard veteran, killed himself by gunshot at his Bunnell apartment on Nov. 16 after a series of personal and legal difficulties.

Calling Loss of Life a ‘Catastrophe,’ Judge Backs Revoking Nursing Home’s License

December 3, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills.

The deaths and evacuation of the Broward nursing home drew national attention in the days after Hurricane Irma, which made landfall Sept. 10, 2017 .

In Health Insurance Wastelands, Rosier Options Crop Up For 2019

November 25, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

health care premiums 2019

Across all 50 states, premiums for the average “benchmark” silver plan, which the government uses to set subsidies, are dropping nearly 1 percent.

Florida Hospital Flagler Will Open Stand-Alone ER Near Matanzas High School and I-95

November 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The future AdventHealth’s 12-bed stand-alone ER represents a $25 million investment in north palm Coast and the addition of some 40 jobs near Matanzas High School as that part of town grows.

ASPCA in Flagler Shows Lurid World of Animal Cruelty and Its Kin to Domestic Violence and Other Crimes

November 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

animal abuse treadmill

The ASPCA, the Flagler Humane Society and other local agencies hosted a two-day training conference in Bunnell for cops and animal control officers from around the state to improve animal-abuse prosecutions.

Bunnell Takes Page From St. Augustine to Adopt Harshest Anti-Panhandling Rules in Flagler

November 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

homelessness panhandling bunnell

Bunnell’s new ordinance prohibits panhandling within 20 feet of any business or commercial property, alongside drivers or diners, but limits penalties to fines.

Voters in 3 Red States Approve Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion, Bringing Total to 36

November 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

medicaid expansion

Florida under Gov. Rick Scott repeatedly blocked Medicaid expansion, which provides benefits to all adults earning up to 38 percent above the federal poverty line, an annual income of $16,753 or less.

Being Trans in America Was Already Scary. Now It’s Terrifying.

November 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

On any given afternoon, the author is regularly and publicly catcalled, mocked, laughed at, and treated as an object of social disgust. Donald Trump is about to deny her right to exist.

Save Our Home: We Have 12 Years

November 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

global warming

There’s an urgent message of hope amid the latest climate report’s dire warning: We’ve got a little bit of time to save the only home planet we’ve got. And it’s going to take all of us to do it.

Flagler Representative On Federal Juvenile Justice Panel Describes Efforts Decimated By Trump

October 31, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

cheryl massaro

Cheryl Massaro, director of the Flagler County Youth Center, describes how the Trump administration disbanded and stopped the work of the Federal Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice she was appointed to two years ago.

Stepped-Up Sheriff’s Patrols, New Sex-Offender App, Candy Buy Back: Halloween Game Plans

October 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

halloween 2018

Flagler sheriff’s personnel will be conducting heavy patrols and providing crossing assistance at critical points for Halloween, the FDLE has a new safety app, and Flagler Dental is doing candy buy-back for 10 days afterward.

Judge Clears Way For Local Governments to Challenge State Ban on Stricter Gun Restrictions

October 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

gun law challenge

Some 30 local Florida governments are challenging a state law that forbids cities and counties from passing stricter gun regulations than the state allows.

Ex-Dr. Fruehan Claims Statute of Limitations Elapsed in Charge of Inappropriate Touching, But Dates May Not Be On His Side

October 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Florence Fruehan, in the orange shirt, faces an accusation that he improperly touched a woman during a medical exam, when Fruehan was a physician. He has since been ordered to stop practiving medicine and has agreed to surrender his license. He also serves on the East Flagler Mosquito Control District board, an elected panel of three chaired by Julius Kwiatkowski, above in the yellow shirt. (© FlaglerLive)

Florence Fruehan, the former Palm Coast physician accused of inappropriately touching a woman during a consultation at his office, will argue in court that the misdemeanor battery charge against him should be dismissed because the statutes of limitations has passed.

Is The .08 Threshold for DUI Too Lax?

October 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

drunk driving limits

Traffic safety advocates and a federal highway safety agency support the change to .05 and have been recommending it for years.

How Fentanyl, in 56% of Florida’s Overdose Deaths, Changes the Opioid Equation

October 19, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

THat's what two milligrams of fentanyl looks like next to a penny. That amount is a fatal dose for most drug users. (DEA)

With lethal amounts of fentanyl showing up in heroin and other drug supplies throughout the country, active drug users are at a greater risk of dying than ever before.

A Better Way To Fight Homelessness: Decriminalize It

October 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Law enforcement is often used as a first response to address homelessness. Many communities criminalize it instead of connecting the homeless with essential services, assuming they’re available.

Help Fill a Relief Truck Parked at Palm Coast Parkway Winn-Dixie for Hard-Hit Residents of Panhandle

October 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The volunteer relief truck, provided by Flagler Broadcasting’s Beach 92.7 FM and WNZF, is at the Winn Dixie on Palm Coast Parkway from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.

After Estimated 80,000 Americans Died of Flu Last Winter, Flagler Health Department
Alerts To Early Flu Shots

October 12, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

flu shots

The grim numbers reinforce the importance of a flu shot each year, the Florida Department of Health in Flagler stresses, recommending a flu vaccine before Halloween and the start of flu season in November.

‘Unimaginable’ Hurricane Devastation in Florida’s Panhandle as Long Recovery Begins

October 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

hurricane Michael

The Florida National Guard has deployed 3,500 members for search-and-rescue and humanitarian aid, with assistance from National Guard units from as far away as New York and Kansas.

Two More Apparent Overdose Deaths in 8 Days, in Palm Coast and in Mondex

October 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Avocado Avenue in the Mondex.

The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of 31-year-old William D. Scott of Palm Coast and 49-year-old Maxie Nieves of the Mondex.

Judge Halts Florida’s Medical Pot Licensing Process Over Its Flawed Restrictions

October 3, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

joe redner

The judge previously ruled that Florida health rules over medical pot were unconstitutional, and set a Wednesday deadline for the deficiencies with the law to be resolved. It passed.

Mark Klos of Flagler Beach Found Dead of Apparent Suicide in His Jail Cell Days After Arrest Over Death Threats

September 29, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Mark Klos, 72, of Flagler Beach, had been arrested Thursday (Sept. 27) after allegedly writing brutal and graphic death threats against a building contractor.

An 18-Month-Old Is in ICU After Narcotic Overdose as Family Makes Up Stories to Cops

September 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

subutex

The 18-month-old child’s mother reported he reached into her purse and took two Subutex pills, the powerful narcotic prescribed to people fighting addiction.

The Cruelty of the GOP’s Kavanaugh Charade

September 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 61 Comments

A few of us posted about sexual assault in general or about our own past assaults on our Facebook pages. Then the private messages began. The details are painful to talk about.

Memories of Heartbreak, Triumph and Farewells at Flagler’s 32nd Drug Court Graduation

September 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

It was goodbye to Michael Greenier, center, today at the 32nd drug court graduation, as Greenier will retire from coordinating the program after serving five judges since the program's inception in 2007. He was applauded by Assistant Public Defender Bill partington, left, and Liz Williams, the now-retired Flagler Beach detective who has also always been involved in drug court. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Dennis Craig returned to preside over Flagler’s drug court graduation for the last time and saw goodbye to 11-year coordinator and tough cop Mike Greenier.

Between Frittatas, Colonoscopies and Rebranding at Florida Hospital Flagler

September 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Wally deAquino, Dean Abtahi and Issam Nasr, physicians at Florida Hospital Flagler, headlined a Common Ground breakfast this morning at Palm Coast’s Hilton.

Open Court Proceedings Require NRA-Backed Gun Litigants To Be Named, Florida Argues

September 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Two teens are conflating the right to bear arms with the non-existent right to sue anonymously. (Martin Suhl)

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office is asking a federal appeals court to reject arguments that two 19-year-olds should be able to remain anonymous in a challenge to a new state gun law.

Ricky Wheeler Found Alive and Unhurt

September 25, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

A team of volunteers prepares to head out for the search for Ricky Wheeler this afternoon, setting out from Central Avenue in Town Center under sheriff's office guidance. (© FlaglerLive)

Ricky Wheeler, the 17-year-old boy who disappeared Friday, was found alive and unhurt in an area near the Town Center Publix at around 6:30 p.m.

Fruehan Is No-Show as Mosquito Control District Raises Tax Rate 10% Above Rollback (Don’t Panic)

September 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

east mosquito control district

Florence Fruehan, the physician facing criminal charges and a member of the Flagler Mosquito Control District, was a no-show at today’s budget hearing of the district, as his mother was ailing.

Why Women Don’t Report Sexual Assault

September 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

That urge to discredit accusers of sexual assault like Christine Blasey Ford is exactly why it takes so long for some to come forward in the first place.

Sheriff Files Criminal Charges Against Dr. Florence Fruehan, Alleging Pattern of Inappropriate Touching

September 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Florence Fruehan is an elected member of the East Flagler Mosquito Control District. (© FlaglerLive)

At least five women have now come forward with allegations of inappropriate touching by Florence Fruehan, the Palm Coast physician who agreed to surrender his license last month.

Three Suicides Averted in 2 Days As 911 Dispatchers and Deputies Defuse Chilling Situations

September 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Josie Gammon, a 12-year dispatcher at the 911 center, has fielded her share of traumatic calls. she did so again Saturday, talking a man down from shooting himself. (© FlaglerLive)

Over the weekend, authorities converged on three suicide attempts–by gun in Flagler Beach, by hanging and by cop off a county road in western Flagler, and by knife in Palm Coast’s K-Section.

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