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The 37-year-old mother was last seen by her kids Saturday night.

In Orange County, four people are facing charges accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her against her will in a dog cage.

The Lightner Museum invites Museum Members and St. Augustine residents to an open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2.

Otto C. Lightner, was one of the world’s most renowned collectors — of everything. Unexpected odds and ends fill his museum in St. Augustine, Florida.

Now may be the time to get out of the way and let Lightner Museum thrive through its own initiatives. And the move would free up downtown parking

In downtown St. Augustine and across the street from what is now Flagler College, the Lightner Building houses city and other government offices, a few retail shops, and one of the countrys finest collections of art and historical items. Founded in 1948 by Chicago-based magazine publisher Otto C. Lightner as the Lightner Museum of Hobbies, the Lightner Museum is home to thousands of varied objects in what was originally Henry Flaglers Alcazar Hotel. "Its a fine art collection, its a decorative ...

Detail from Robert Henri’s “Kathleen,”1924, oil on board. Huntington Museum of Art (John Spurlock) This spring, the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine celebrates the evocative, timeless beauty of late 19th and early 20th century American art with two exhibitions of American Impressionist paintings. American Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection, features paintings from the acclaimed collection of the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia. A companion exhibition,  St. A...