Flagler County News

The ban enacted April 16 was reinstated from week to week by the Flagler County Commission.

In Volusia and Flagler counties , hoteliers said business for them was either the same or slightly down from last year's Memorial Day weekend.

A 22-year-old Bunnell man accused of beating his older brother because of an apparent love triangle shot himself in an attempt to avoid going to jail, according to a Flagler County sheriff's report.

Angel Vega Roman, a 28-year-old Florida man, was arrested Sunday and charged with cruelty to animals after allegedly biting the lips off of a kitten and strangling another feline.

According to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office, Roman told an acquaintance that he accidentally choked his roommates' kitten a couple of weeks ago and bit the lips off another black and white kitten named Oreo.A Roman also tortured Oreo by burning its ear and whiskers with a lighter, a sheriff's report stated.

As residents in Northeast Florida give thanks that Tropical Storm Beryl did relatively little damage over the weekend and did not develop into a hurricane, they're also grateful that it brought rain to an area plagued by drought.

The U.S. Navy veteran has launched a petition drive asking for the abandoned hospital to be converted into a medical center for veterans.

Democrat Milissa M Holland, who lives in Palm Coast and turns 41 years-old next month, resigned Friday from the Flagler County Commission to run for the Florida House District 24 seat; encompassing southern St Johns County, all of Flagler County, and north Volusia County.

The At Your Service column appears on Mondays in The News-Journal. Featured this week are recreational groups in Volusia and Flagler counties.

Billy Jones appears in his Military Officers Association of America shirt, holding a plaque and his cavalry hat.

Hundreds of campers and day-trippers to Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore were ordered to leave by Sunday afternoon as Tropical Storm Beryl was poised to make landfall Sunday night, the National Parks Service said.

Laurie Sanderson reported the following St. Augustine and St. Johns County locations to Historic City News where the Florida Department of Transportation will be conducting roadwork that is expected to have an impact on driving, beginning this morning and continuing through the coming week.

First Light Maritime Society's, executive director, Kathy Fleming, spoke recently at the State of Florida, Viva Florida 500 Conference.

In observance of Memorial Day on Monday, banks and post offices will be closed in Volusia and Flagler counties.

The Family Life Center in Bunnell reaches a milestone today that agency officials a year ago weren't sure would happen --a 25th anniversary.

A tropical storm warning has been issued for the Southeast coast from north Florida to South Carolina.

District 2 City Councilman Frank Meeker has resigned as part of what he called a "natural" next step to run for the County Commission seat being vacated by Milissa Holland.

For those not competing in this weekend's Fishstock Redfish-Trout Challenge, there's one word for you: Tomoka.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the low pressure off Florida's East Now has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical or subtropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, and could turn toward northeast Florida late this weekend.

Of those, 74 were classified as "significant" or "the greatest threat or potential for harm to drinking water and/or surface water," according to an email sent from James Richardson, the administrator of Jacksonville's Environmental Protection Board, to board members this week.