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16-Year-Old Palm Coast Girl Arrested for Reporting Repeated Swatting Threats on FortifyFL

A 16-year-old Palm Coast girl faces felony charges for making multiple false threats through FortifyFL, the tool for students and others to report security concerns, diverting significant law enforcement resources.

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Killer Beaz — “Operation: Laughter” Tour

Saturday, January 23, 2027 at 7:00PM

Meet Mayor Fred Cleveland & Public Works Director David Ray at Oct. 3 Farmers Market

Bunnell Manager Alvin Jackson Resigns Even as He Withholds Decision From Staff in Closed-Door Meeting

Bunnell City Manager Alvin Jackson has resigned, ending an eight-year tenure that in the past several months unraveled as he was criticized by commissioners and members of the public for a lack of transparency, of machinating secret deals, and of improper, possibly illegal…

Over calls to go lower, Deltona adopts rollback levy

Deltona is going down to a zero-net-increase property-tax rate for the coming year. The binding action on Deltona’s taxation and spending for the new fiscal year came Sept. 21, when the City Commission approved on second and final reading the resolutions setting the ad valorem…

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, October 2, 2026

6th Annual Rise Up Against Domestic Violence Conference, Lunch and Learn on Amendment 3: A panel discussion on Amendment 3, "Company," at City Repertory Theatre, First Friday in Flagler Beach, a look at the pier construction, Malcolm Gladwell.

Media as Punching Bag from Nixon to Trump

Presidents regularly attack journalists to undermine credibility and avoid accountability. Richard Nixon used Spiro Agnew to relentlessly blast television networks for alleged bias. Donald Trump applies identical tactics to delegitimize reporters, intentionally damaging public…

Deltona High School watched as former student launches to space

Students at Deltona High School in Volusia County held a watch party for NASA astronaut and alumnus Luke Delaney as he launched to the International Space Station.

Andy Dance Assumes Presidency of Northeast Florida Regional Council as Data Centers Hum Anew

Flagler County Commissioner Andy Dance assumed the presidency of the Northeast Florida Regional Council today as the council, which normally meets in Jacksonville, held its meeting at Bunnell's Nexus Center. Regional leaders addressed pressing infrastructure challenges, economic…

2nd Palm Coast Murder-Suicide in 5 Weeks Leaves Two Dead; Shooter Had Planned It, Note Reveals

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the second murder-suicide in Palm Coast in five weeks following the shooting death of a couple in the W-Section late Wednesday night. Rakim-Shakur Khalil-Abdullah Brooks, also known as David Brooks, 55, shot his wife of…

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