Callahan News

The selection committee proved what school officials throughout Nassau County had touted months before the official announcement July 10 - Jean Lamar is Florida's Teacher of the Year.

Two Nassau County gaming establishments have been shut down and more than $250,000 in cash, electronic equipment and debit cards were seized in an undercover raid recently.

Two gaming facilities in Nassau County have been raided and shut down. The Nassau County Sheriff's Office says Cabana Gold in Callahan and Treasure Bay in Fernandina Beach violated state gambling statutes.

Jean Lamar of Nassau County was named Florida's new Teacher of the Year tonight, leaving Jeanne Wright of Port Orange to finish as one of four finalists for the honor.

A few weeks ago My Nassau Sun Editor Amelia A. Hart came up with an idea for the Fourth of July.

The power of trees in rural Nassau County to remove carbon from the atmosphere could soon be sold on the Chicago Climate Exchange if local landowners sign up for a voluntary program to help large companies ...

What funds did Nassau County receive in the 2008-09 state budget? Nassau received $1,129,367 to repave a portion of 14th Street in Fernandina Beach from Amelia Island Parkway to Sadler Road, $800,000 for a new ...

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For the first time, auditions for the nation's most popular TV show and its best-known shortcut to stardom will be held here.

WENDI ZONGKER/Staff Joshua Boikins, 5, of Jacksonville enjoys bouncing high into the air on the bungee jump ride at the Northeast Florida Blueberry Festival Saturday.

The Nassau County 4-H Council made progress with its "Operation Beautification" Community Pride Project, visiting the Hilliard branch library on a recent Saturday to give it a much-needed weeding and placing ...

If you surf Comcast cable in Callahan, you will discover Callahan has a community bulletin board on Channel 29.

Photos by Special/Natalie TassoLeft: Among the Best Buds 4-H members helping to spruce up the landscaping at Callahan Middle School are Ernest Hermann, Andrew Tasso, Mitchell Tasso, Emily Catherine Tasso and ...

Railroad fest rolls through town with success The third annual Railroad Days Festival has left the station for another year, but proved to be a success for festival organizers.

Garland, Nicks achieve top spots Goal-oriented students Jason Garland and Autumn Nicks of Hilliard Middle-Senior High School will represent their classmates respectively as valedictorian and salutatorian.

If you surf Comcast cable in Callahan, you will discover Callahan has a community bulletin board on Channel 29.

An expected boom in rail shipping from the Jacksonville Port Authority has spurred a developer to ask Nassau County to let him change an approved plan for a 350-home subdivision to an 800,000-square-foot ...

Hilliard veteran treasures legacy of WWII comrades Walt Hickey holds in his hands a photograph of his last reunion with fellow veterans from the US Army's 164A Infantry Division.

Despite achieving its goal of cutting $4 million from next year's $89-million school budget, the Nassau County School District is searching for more ways to reduce spending, said Superintendent John Ruis.

Communities in Schools asks for community support Two West Side programs, launched to help struggling students, could sputter out due to evaporating state funds and a lack of community support.