Laurel News

Family Bible Church, 4760 Palm Valley Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, will present "Walking with Jesus" for 3- to 12-year-olds from 9 a.m. to noon July 20 to 24.

A standing-room-only group of Laurel-area residents came to Wednesday's Criminal Justice Commission Community Partners Work Group to deliver a message: Don't put the new Sarasota County jail here.

Pirates Allison Curtner, left, and Christa Douglas play a game of cards while Payton Pisano and Sydney Ring take their stations during the dress rehearsal of "The Bold Buccaneers" at Laurel Nokomis School.

Nokomis resident Jan Keith found an 8-foot long alligator on her front porch in the Calusa Lakes subdivision Friday morning.

As the temperature cranks up, so do alligator hormones, putting the scaly creatures on the move in search of mates, as Nokomis resident Jan Keith discovered Friday morning.

Published: Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, April 17, 2009 at 5:56 p.m. On Sunday, Oscar Scherer State Park will host the biggest Earth Day Celebration on the Gulf Coast.

This felt just a bit like Martha Stewart getting a ringing endorsement from the Donner party.

Published: Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 10:20 p.m. She calls it the "Don't Name Names" group.

Provided by BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH Paula and Kenneth Thompson's sixth child, Kendi Laurel, was the first baby born in Jacksonville in 2009.

CORRESPONDENT PHOTOS / SHELLY OLATOYAN Betty Jean Keoki Brooks and Marilyn Fiebert dance a traditional hula.

Published: Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 2, 2009 at 5:50 p.m. The Sarasota/Manatee Section of National Council of Jewish Women's Women in Power luncheon recognizes women ...