
Results 1 - 20 of 107 in Macclenny, FL
At least six customers of American Enterprise Bank in Macclenny lost a total of $3300 the week prior to Christmas after a string of fraudulent purchases in South Florida, according to sheriff's office reports. Comment?
Recap of 2009's top headline grabbers
... job placement and food stamps, shot up as well. Due to unusually long waiting lists for public housing, the Macclenny Housing Authority and the county's Section 8 program stopped accepting applications March 1. The change only affected the housing ... Comment?
Macclenny Woman Accused of Leaving Baby, Robbing CVS
... Sheriff's Office. On Dec. 16, Teresa Stokes, 31, put her child in a shopping cart just outside a CVS store on West Macclenny Avenue while she went inside for about five minutes, a police report said. An employee called police about the newborn being ... Comment?
Winter is Beaches Green Market's most abundant season
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... market is that customers can find foods there aren't sold in grocery stores, Ferrell said. Twinn Bridges Farm from Macclenny sells heirloom varieties of cucumbers, radishes and lettuces. Cognito Farm from Starke sells only pasture-raised meats and ... Comment?
Police: Mother Leaves Son, Steals Items
Baker County deputies were called to a CVS in Macclenny on Dec. 16 in reference to a child left unattended outside of the store. Comment?
Shoplifter leaves newborn in cart
... of merchandise from the same store. Teresa Stokes Deputy Brandon Kiser said he was called to the store on US 90 in Macclenny about 6:20 pm on December 16 when employee Karin Rowell and several customers noticed a newborn child just outside the ... Comment?
2 Fantasy 5 players share $205,402.58 top prize
... 5" game will collect $102,701.29 each, the Florida Lottery said Tuesday. The winning tickets were bought in Macclenny and Hialeah, lottery officials reported. The 307 tickets matching four numbers won $107.50 each. Another 10,260 tickets matching ... Comment?
Silver medal for Macclenny native
Two men from Macclenny were at the American Open Weightlifting Championships last weekend in Mobile, Ala., but neither knew about the other's presence. Comment?
Sexual predator arrested for repeatedly trashing signs
One of five convicted sexual predators residing in Baker County was arrested December 11 after he was seen by a deputy sheriff backing over a sign on the public right-of-way in front of his residence in the Macclenny II subdivision. Comment?
Silver medal for Macclenny native
Two men from Macclenny were at the American Open Weightlifting Championships last weekend in Mobile, Ala., but neither knew about the other's presence. Comment?
NewBaker County residents suffer from serious lack of medical services
... Baker's providers aren't overwhelmed. For example, Mark Hardin, a primary-care doctor and medical director of Macclenny's Ed Fraser Memorial Hospital, said he has openings to accept more patients. The hospital has beefed up its outpatient services ... Comment?
Kids 'Shop With A Cop' In Baker Co.
... sponsored several local children for their annual 'Shop with a Cop' event. Children walked around the Wal-Mart in Macclenny, Fla. Picking out their favorite toys. Sheina DeYoung was the one donating gifts to needy children this time of year last ... 1 comment
... this month. Shannon doesn't want to live in the home anymore. Church members from Taylor Church, outside of Macclenny, are looking for homes that the Broomes can move into. " I've been all week long going on the internet trying to find places. I ... Comment?
Recovering after daughter's murder
... sleep. I lay awake at night, haunted by what her last hours must have been like." That's what Eva Redmon of Macclenny told the congregation of Sanderson Christian Revival Center on November 8. Others who also lost children, many to violent crimes, ... Comment?
School district faces $8.3 million unfunded liability
... of Lake City, and the $149,725 bid for demolishing the middle school's former 6th grade center [also the former Macclenny Elementary] from Burkalter Wrecking, Inc. of Jacksonville. The board also approved reimbursing a couple the cost of ... Comment?
The fireworks that finished the evening. Paul Keane has lived in Macclenny for 24 years, so he knows what to expect from the annual Christmas Parade, which wound its way through downtown the evening of December 5. This year he decided to share the experience with his wife and grandson, sort of. Comment?
Two-year sentence for 'sledge hammer' bandit
... deal with the state, he pleaded no contest to burglary and grand theft from the Games Galore store on South 6th in Macclenny behind Woody's BBQ. Mr. Kronz and two juveniles including a brother entered the building during the night on January 28 by ... Comment?
Mother Pulled From SUV Clings To Life
... her in the vehicle Tuesday afternoon off state Road 21 near the intersection of county Road 23B, just north of Macclenny. Armstrong was on her way to her her home in Glen St. Mary from her job working as a correctional officer. "If we did not have a ... Comment?
NewFive Points' Derby House restaurant adds outdoor entertainment to menu
Photos by Mary Marghy/Staff Louise Reeves of Macclenny and her husband, Roy Reeves, operate the Derby House, which dates back to the 1950s. Comment?
... federal inmate average is 165 so far this month, up from 6 in August. The newly opened sheriff's complex north of Macclenny houses prisoners from the US Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons, though all but a handful of the federal inmates are ... Comment?