by: Brian McMillan and Samira Taite-Headspeth
Nehemiah Gilyard was a funny, caring student with an “infectious smile” at Flagler Palm Coast High School, where he played football and ran track. He was driving alone on the night of Feb. 14, when he crashed into the trees on the side of County Road 302 and died. He was 18.
“I, as well as our entire Flagler Schools community mourn the loss of Nehemiah Gilyard, a young man taken too soon from his family this weekend,” Flagler Schools Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt wrote in a tweet.
FPC football coach Travis Roland tweeted the following on Feb. 15: “How do you explain the unexplainable to your teenage players. Especially when hours before you find out the unthinkable, the defensive staff was talking about how he was about to have a breakout year as a senior! We Love You! Rest With Him”
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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase By Kaitlin Rust | December 9, 2020 at 9:45 PM CST - Updated December 9 at 10:56 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Today, Louisiana reported more than 4,300 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.
With COVID-19 positivity rates rapidly climbing into double digits across the area, the strain is being felt. Over 1,500 hundred COVID-19 patients in Louisiana are hospitalized right now. 177 are on ventilators.
While numbers sometimes are easy to gloss over, the stories of whatâs happening to real people are harder to ignore as the situation continues to worsen.
âI think the worst part about it is not knowing that the last time you saw them was the last time you saw them,â local attorney Brian McMillan said.