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Published September 29Vice President JD Vance’s Mother Shares Raw Recovery Journey in Talks at Jail and Sheriff’s Operations Center
Beverly Vance Aikins addressed inmates at the Flagler County jail and, later, an audience of officials and members of the addiction recovery community at the Sheriff's Operations Center today, detailing her descent into severe drug addiction, her near-fatal overdose, and her…
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Published 4 hours agoMedia 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…
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Published 6 hours agoAndy 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…
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Published 9 hours ago2nd 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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Published 15 hours agoFlagler Forum Exposes Deep Uncertainty and Evasions on Proposed Amendment 3 Homestead Exemptions
At a Flagler Tiger Bay Forum Wednesday evening, former Sen. Jeff Brandes warned of catastrophic local revenue losses and severe service cuts if Amendment 3, the proposal to raise the homestead exemption and sharply cut local tax revenue is approved in November. Constitutional…
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Published 19 hours agoThe Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, October 1, 2026
Andy Dance takes over the presidency of the Northeast Florida Regional Council, the annual meeting of the Flagler County Cultural Council, the Flagler Sportsfishing Club, Montesquieu's imbeciles.
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Published October 01Toxic Chemicals in Grocery Store Receipts?
Thermal paper grocery receipts frequently contain human-made endocrine-disrupting chemicals called bisphenols that can transfer through skin contact during routine handling. Although scientific studies confirm these toxic substances interfere with normal hormonal development and…
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Published September 30A Resident Requested Public Records from Bunnell. City Manager Alvin Jackson Called Her Employer.
Bunnell City Commissioner John Rogers suggested that City Manager Alvin Jackson retaliated against a citizen opposing a garbage dump project by contacting her employer after she filed public records requests. Rogers confronted Jackson, who falsely claimed the request came from…
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Published September 30Flagler County’s Shelly Edmonson Named District Director of Florida Tax Collectors Association
Flagler County Tax Collector Shelly Edmonson has been sworn in as District 5 Director of the Florida Tax Collectors Association (FTCA), a statewide leadership role representing Tax Collectors within the district.
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Published September 30Sheriff Staly Introduced New Helicopter, Soon to Extend Flagler’s Policing and Medevac Capabilities
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly publicly presented the agency's newly acquired Bell helicopter this morning at the Operations Center in Bunnell. Acquired after talks regarding a joint 24-hour rescue operation stalled with the county, the aircraft provides night vision and rapid…
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Published September 30The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Tiger Bay's Amendment 3, Property Tax Referendum Town Hall, gathers all the constitutional officers this evening, Conversations in Democracy, Trump's press-ban visuals and a Cheshire cat's nethers.
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Published September 30Floridians Over 60 Lost Nearly $710 Million to Cybercrime in 2025
Older adults face devastating financial losses from sophisticated cybercrime operations because cybercriminals systematically target vulnerable seniors through complex tech support and investment scams that require immediate reporting to law enforcement authorities. Here's what…