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Clay County Sheriff's Office Detectives from the Clay County Sheriff's Office Robbery-Homicide Unit investigate a tip that a homicide occurred nearly 30 years ago in Keystone Heights; according to the tip, Benjamin J. Parker was killed.

Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler and State Attorney Angela Corey announced an arrest Tuesday in the killing of Benjamin Parker, whose death nearly three decades ago was never reported.

Shackled and chained murder suspect Morgan Leppert walked into a Putnam County courtroom on Friday for one of the last times before she goes to trial.

The Gulf of Mexico 2008-09 fall and winter roe season didn't halt discouraging declines in the mullet market, and it's difficult to find any encouraging signs for the near future.

POLICE BEAT Archer man charged with manslaughter An Archer man was arrested Tuesday and charged with negligent manslaughter in connection with a fatal traffic crash a year ago in Bradford County.

Published: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 27, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. POLICE BEAT Woman charged in car-wreck case Troopers have arrested a McAlpin woman in connection with a single-vehicle crash in Suwannee County in which a teenager was thrown from a pickup truck and then not taken for medical treatment for several ...

The sheriffs of Clay, Alachua, Bradford and Putnam counties will meet in Melrose on Monday to sign a new mutual aide agreement called the "Four Corners Cops without Borders" initiative.

When George "Speedy" Arnold III and Maureen Akey graduated from Keeseville's Our Lady of Grace Academy together in 1970, they probably didn't expect to be writing and illustrating a children's book nearly 40 years later.

Three people were killed in two different early-morning car crashes Friday and Saturday.

A 16-year-old girl accused of brutally killing a man in Melrose learned on Thursday the date of her trial.

Published: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 12:12 a.m. POLICE BEAT Man may be linked to guitar thefts Guitar thefts from several Keystone Heights area ...

Published: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 1:36 a.m. Police Beat Police: Man jailed for bootleg DVDs He said he was trying to get enough money for a trip ...

A murdered womana s fiance and his friend were charged today with the Dec. 12 daylight shooting on a Putnam County roadside, authorities said.

Putnam County authorities announced the arrests of two men in connection with the Dec.

Travelers around this state see murals on many buildings commemorating a myriad of things from local history to area features.

Clint Horvatt says a man robbed them and then shot and killed Summer Smith, the woman he was going to marry next year.

An Ormond Beach woman was fatally shot Friday afternoon when she and her fiance stopped to talk to a motorist she recognized parked along Florida 26 in Putnam County, police said.

An apparent attempted robbery turned deadly when a suspect posing as a stranded driver shot and killed an Ornd Beach woman Friday afternoon, according to sheriff's deputies.

Documents and letters distributed by the St. Johns River Water Management District, have angered-and are energizing-the Lake Region community from Melrose to Keystone Heights to other parts of Putnam County.

Published: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. Officials: Man who tattooed girls for sex caught in Va.