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Police: Good Samaritan robbed when attempting to help what he thought was a stranded motorist     HENRY COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Police are investigating an armed robbery after a good Samaritan reportedly pulled over to the side of the road to help a stranded motorist. According to Henry County police, a man called 9-1-1 on March 1 and reported he was robbed while attempting to help a stranded motorist on I-75 south near the Jonesboro Road exit. The man told police he was travelling on t...

Print It’s mere coincidence that Common Ground Theatre’s long-planned production of “Day of Absence” opened for streaming on Friday, just six days after the death of its venerated 90-year-old playwright Douglas Turner Ward. But the passing of Ward — who cofounded and for many years ran the Negro Ensemble Company in New York — reminds the viewer of how innovative a writer he was, and how this boundary-breaking 1965 play is still, unfortunately, relevant today. The filmed play, direct...

County seeks bid for Old Dixie sidewalk The Taylor County Commission is seeking firms to construct a sidewalk along Old Dixie Highway from Jefferson Street to Plantation Road. The project will be funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) through its Local Agency Program (LAP). Subscribe to our e-Edition and read the rest of the story. Already a subscriber? Click here to sign in.

A developer hopes to place up to 110 homes on a 48.83-acre parcel of land off South Old Dixie Highway at Mayberry Road, about a mile east of Old Dixies intersection with U.S. 1 in southern Flagler County. "We’re really hoping to move forward shortly," said Jessica Gow, a Cobb Cole law firm attorney representing RJN Design and Development, at a Jan. 12 Flagler County Planning and Land Development Board meeting. "... Once we get the utilities settled there, we’re ready to move for...

The Volusia County Council will discuss Tuesday whether to spend more than $1.3 million to conserve a section of forest along the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail from being cleared to build homes. Parker Mynchenberg, who owns the 1,055-acre Plantation Oaks subdivision, said he is willing to sell the county the 36 acres for $1,368,000.  But theres a catch: The deal will need to be approved by the end of this week, agenda materials indicate.  The deal, as offered, will also seemingly allow Mync...

Jan 18, 2021 7:52 AM DeLand, FL - At their next meeting, the Volusia County Council will weigh in on a proposal to purchase about 36 acres near Old Dixie Highway as part of a conservation effort for the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail. The land in question—which was recently annexed into the City of Ormond Beach—is part of the Plantation Oaks Planned Unit Development (PUD) project, which already has the zoning entitlement to 1,577 units, according to documents provided in ...

JUPITER — Brightlines northward expansion project will continue its way through Jupiter, closing traffic to motorists at the railroad crossing at Toney Penna Drive between South Old Dixie Highway and Alternate State Road A1A starting next week. The crossing will be closed from 7 a.m. Monday through the evening of Jan. 28.  Construction crews from Brightline are working to complete railroad crossing upgrades as part of the high-speed rail lines expansion, connecting South Florida to O...

Jan 14, 2021 4:48 PM Palm Coast, FL - A reckless driver is now facing multiple charges after he crashed and tried to flee from deputies on southbound I-95. The Flagler County Sheriffs Office (FCSO) first received reports of the reckless driver around 2:30 Thursday (January 14) morning, following a tip that came in from Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). Through that tip, deputies learned of a tan Ford Explorer with an Alabama plate that was driving recklessly down southbound I-95 toward...

Investing Daily Printable PDF I’ve been a political junkie ever since elementary school. I remember as a pre-teen, reading The New York Times every day and getting into heated arguments with my teachers about Johnson, Nixon, the Vietnam War, and other weighty issues of the era. Adults found me precocious; classmates found me, well, rather odd. My politically obsessed mind these days is very much on Georgia. If you’re a marijuana investor, your mind should be on the Peach State, too. De...

On the way. (© FlaglerLive) Last December, the Flagler County Commission approved building five new cell towers in the county, two of them reaching up to 350 feet. Last week, the commission approved raising a third tower from its previously approved height of 199 feet to 320 feet–and to build that tower with Volusia County. The tower is to be located on 20 acres at 1250 South Old Dixie Highway. (The three tallest towers will rise higher than the Statue of Liberty.) The tower is part of the ...