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Growing up in a small town, Becky Sargent believes in shopping local. “I know what it’s like to, you know, get your living or your Christmas money or whatever it is from, you know, just one person buying from you, ” Sargent recalls. That’s one of the reasons she chose to buy her prescriptions from […]

Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning parents of high school students about emerging standardized test preparation scams. As graduation approaches, scammers often attempt to deceive parents into paying for illegitimate test-prep services. Scammers pose as members of the College Board or other educational organizations and attempt to steal credit card information by offering fake test […]

As of 2 p.m. Friday, there have been 2,033,179 positive cases of the coronavirus recorded in the state. The case count includes 1,995,548 Florida residents and 37,631 non-Florida residents. There are 33,116 Florida resident deaths reported, 640 non-resident deaths, and 84,406 hospitalizations at some point during illness, according to the Florida Department of Health. For […]

A historic Black church in Orange Park has been destroyed by fire. The Orange Park Fire Department responded around 11 pm Thursday to St. Simon’s Church on Miller Street. The building was vacant, and no injuries were reported. The fire was fully involved by the time crews responded to the scene. The State Fire Marshal […]

As COVID-19 vaccination efforts expand across Florida, the state’s unemployment rate ticked down in February. Florida’s jobless rate went from 4.8 percent in January to 4.7 percent in February, according to numbers released Friday by the state Department of Economic Opportunity. That was better than the national rate of 6.2 percent. Gov. Ron DeSantis, who […]

Fatal wrong-way driving crashes on our nation’s highways are a persistent and devastating threat. AAA’s new nationwide research found that 2008 people were killed in wrong-way driving crashes on divided highways between 2015 and 2018. That represents an average of approximately 500 deaths a year. In Florida, 135 people were killed during that same time […]

Rutgers University is requiring students attending classes in person this fall to be vaccinated against Covid-19. It is among the first US universities to make such a mandate as schools begin preparing for a return to campus life after a year of remote or hybrid learning due to the pandemic. “In support of Rutgers’ commitment […]

After Hurricane Irma hit, the Boczers needed work done to their family condo. But getting it all done turned into a different type of storm. How it happened Sister Amy and Karyn, and their father, Bill, hired Divine Design and Floor Covering in Naples for the job. They contracted for flooring and other cosmetic updates, […]

As of 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, there have been 2,016,513 positive cases of the coronavirus recorded in the state. The case count includes 1,979,240 Florida residents and 37,273 non-Florida residents. There are 32,779 Florida resident deaths reported, 629 non-resident deaths, and 83,804 hospitalizations at some point during illness, according to the Florida Department of Health. For […]

AstraZeneca may have used “outdated information” when it released data from a late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine early Monday, federal officials say. The Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) said late in the day it “was concerned” about the information the British drug maker made public about the trial of the vaccine it developed […]