Baker County News

The Macclenny Walmart was cleared out yesterday because of a woman with a gun. According to the Baker County Sheriff's Office, it happened Tuesday afternoon when 54-year-old Patricia Anthony Perry went shopping.

Bobby and Dustin Hart both: Wrote sports for a Baker County weekly newspaper while in high school.

Melissa Rambo, 16, receives H1N1 vaccine. Almost 300 swine flu vaccinations were administered to targeted groups October 31 in the Baker High School gym during the first public clinic held in Baker County.

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

The controversy over the stun gun which delivers 50,000 volts continues. This time, the question is where officers should aim.

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.

A 57-year-old Duval County woman died Saturday of the swine flu, health officials said today.

Submitted by Jeremy Cox on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 15:55. Got some additional swine flu vaccine distribution points to report here: Starting last Friday, the Duval County Health Department's Immunization Center, 5220 Pearl St.

SUWANNEE COUNTY Interstate 10 The eastbound rest area located just west of the Interstate 75 interchange is scheduled to be completely closed Wednesday and Thursday for placement of the pavement markings.

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.

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

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - As the St. Johns County Health Department begins vaccinating health care providers and first responders against H1N1, the county reports its second resident has died of the virus.

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.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE: The Centers for Disease Control and prevention has reported that the Clinical trials for the H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine for healthy adults are going well with no adverse side effects among those tested.

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

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.

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

Every Tuesday Jacksonville Jaguars players visit the community. It was another big week with a visit to Matthew W. Gilbert Middle School for the "Hometown Huddle" community service program.

Assistant State Attorney Ralph Yazdiya said this week that if the 17-year-old Baker County High School student accused of sending a Central Florida man sexually explicit photos and video of herself is indeed charged, she will not be prosecuted as an adult.

Baker County fire Capt. Kevin Grodi and Sgt. R.E. Davis Jr. of the Florida Highway Patrol await the removal of the pickup truck in the background that was wedged up in a pine tree pointing downward after its eastbound driver left Interstate 10 early on September 25.