Macclenny News

Having substantially fewer federal inmates than expected at the new jail, now in its sixth month of operation, has led Sheriff Joey Dobson to furlough 92 jail employees for five days to save about $102,000. "It's everybody that's paid through the Baker Correctional Development Corporation," said Sheriff Dobson, referring to the nonprofit ...

Police arrested three Baker County men suspected in the attempted rape of a 21-year-old Lake City woman north of Glen St.

As opponents of privatizing Northeast Florida State Hospital wait to see if the proposal will re-emerge in the 2010 legislative session, a little-notice provision of the federal health-care reform bill moving through Congress could create an incentive for handing the facility over to a private company.

From today until daylight saving time returns March 14, lawn watering is supposed to be cut back to once a week.

A sheriff's investigator said this week more information will be collected before a decision is made on criminal charges against a school nurse who allegedly took controlled drugs from the Fraser Hospital emergency room, where she is also employed.

MACCLENNY, Fla. - Parents say they are shocked after hearing a middle school nurse was found passed out last week next to several prescription painkillers.

The two newest political groups in Baker County may also be the youngest, dispelling the notion that people under 40 are disinterested in government.

The county's expanded house arrest program, expected to save more than $270,000 for taxpayers annually, will begin operating next month under the management of Baker Community Counseling Services [BCCS], the local nonprofit that also oversees court-mandated drug counseling.

Larry Burkins says he's always loved small towns, and now he's ready to do business in one.

For more than four months now the county has been paying the Baker Correctional Development Corporation $84.72 per day to house each local inmate at the sheriff's complex, even though a contract for such services didn't exist.

Winn-Dixie is revamping its Customer Reward cards to let people shop and get discounts on gas at the same time.

Walter Hunt, 59, of Macclenny was sentenced to three years in state prison by Judge James Nilon this week after pleading guilty to felony drug trafficking and fraudulently obtaining prescription drugs.

A 52-year-old Macclenny woman became Baker County's first confirmed swine flu fatality last week after she died in a Jacksonville hospital.

In an effort to avoid more semi-trucks coming through downtown Macclenny local officials from the county and City of Macclenny have drafted plans for a bypass road to remove the troublesome vehicles from US 90.

Despite a handful of citizens urging it to maintain salaries, cut to the bone and otherwise avoid an $18,000 tax increase, the Macclenny City Commission adopted a $6.2 million spending plan for the coming year that included the hike.

Peter Quigley is getting better very slowly but is now in room-606 at the Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Me 04401.

When Macclenny's new water rates take effect next month, all customers should notice a spike in their bills, but some more than others.

A circuit judge on September 11 sentenced Daniel Lee Bryant of Macclenny to three years in state prison in return for no contest pleas to reduced charges of child abuse and aggravated battery.

Commissioner Rhoden and Jack Baker, Jr. Despite a handful of citizens urging it to maintain salaries, "cut to the bone" and otherwise avoid an $18,000 tax increase, the Macclenny City Commission adopted a $6.2 million spending plan for the coming year that included the hike.

It's that time of year again. State employees and Florida government retirees have been receiving big, bulky envelopes containing information about their state insurance options.