Towering 15-foot animatronic creatures loom in the darkness. Narrow corridors twist through a maze of shadows where live actors lurk, ready to emerge from hidden corners. This isn’t a professional haunted attraction – it’s the front yard of a St. Johns County home, transformed into a house of horrors by a local teenager.

Creekside High School reopened on Tuesday morning after St. Johns County deputies searched the school following a bomb threat.

Creekside High School football players volunteered at the Field of Dreams in St. Johns County on Saturday.

Students at a St. Johns County high school were evacuated Monday morning following a bomb threat that was later found to be an apparent hoax.

A Duval County judge denied a bond reduction motion for the driver accused of killing an 18-year-old Creekside High School grad in a wrong-way head-on crash in May.

The driver accused of killing an 18-year-old Creekside High School grad in a wrong-way head-on crash in May pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Tuesday morning.

The driver who hit and killed an 18-year-old Creekside High School grad in a wrong-way crash in May has been charged with vehicular homicide, jail records show.

Three Creekside High School students have been arrested after Youth Services Unit deputies learned they were discussing a "lethal hit list" targeting multiple students, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said.

Stewart was killed in a crash on Tuesday when his car was hit by a wrong-way driver. The Creekside High School graduate and Stetson defensive lineman was 18.

The constant rise in violence at a few St. Johns County schools has some parents on edge and concerned about their children’s safety.

It’s Week 2 of Football Friday.

Thousands of students returned to classrooms in St. Johns County on Wednesday morning.

Family, friends, students and a community are mourning the loss of 16-year-old Riley Teixeira after the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced his body was found Monday during a search in Julington Creek.

Days after News4JAX reported about an Instagram page labeled as coming from Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts that included photos of students using the bathroom, the page’s content was removed from the social media platform.

Christian Yousefzadeh is on the football and track teams at Creekside High School. He has been in advance, honors, or AP classes since middle school.

Andrew Ferris is captain of the tennis team at Creekside High School and finished the season as the district tournament champion of Class 4A in both singles and doubles, leading the Creekside boys to their first district team championship since 2009.

The number of recorded violations of the St. Johns County School District’s student dress code has skyrocketed during the 2020-2021 school year, according to data provided by the district.

“I made my sign and got dressed up and people noticed,” Spar-Kelly said. “Finally, people noticed.”The sign drag queen Spar-Kelly holds reads simply: “THIS IS NOT STUDENT PICK-UP, HONEY.” She held the sign in the neighborhood for three days. She and her neighbors say dozens of Creekside High School parents have been parking down the street during school pickup to avoid the long line to the school on Longleaf Pine Parkway. “The cars were parked and another car pulls around the parked cars and t-boned her.”On Wednesday, Spar-Kelly’s initiative paid off. Commissioner Christian Whitehurst said he is now working with St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office to get new “no parking” signs installed, showing that people can’t park in the neighborhood during afternoon pick up hours.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Creekside High School teacher is getting national recognition for her work in environmental sciences. Alicia Pressel, who teaches grades 9-12 at Creekside’s Academy of Engineering and Environment Sciences, was recently named one of eight “Emerging Explorers” by the National Geographic Society. Pressel became the second educator to receive this award out of its more than 130 recipients in 18 years. Mrs. Pressels class out working in the field (Alicia Pressel)Working with the community is a huge part of what Pressel teaches. “The goal is to provide students with opportunities for further projects in our community, focusing on field studies and (geographic information systems) and mapping, understanding special connections with environmental science in our community," Pressel said.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Heartbreak struck Creekside High School again after two students died in a car crash in Suwanee County. It’s a difficult loss for Creekside High students, especially since they lost another fellow student in a crash four months ago. As the sun set Monday night, students lit candles on the Rivertown Dock overlooking the St. Johns River as they remembered Llana and St. Jean. Records show it is the third deadly crash involving St. Johns County teens in the past four months who weren’t wearing their seatbelts. In December, an 18-year-old Creekside High School student, Jack Wheeler died after being ejected from a car.

Kelsey Sparks is captain of the competitive cheerleading squad at Creekside High School. Kelsey is in the National Honor Society, Link Crew, the Senior Beta Club, Senior Women and Best Buddies. Her volunteer work includes working with Christian Cheerleaders of America teaching cheer camps to groups all over the United States. She also volunteers with the March of Dimes and Ronald McDonald House. Kelsey currently has a 4.3 GPA.

Over 75% of Creekside High students miss school after virus outbreakPublished: December 6, 2019, 6:04 pmVIDEO: A day after more than a dozen students and a teacher went home sick from Creekside High School with a suspected stomach virus, most of the student body did not show up for school, according to the St. Johns County School District.

Parents and students at Creekside High School were on edge Friday after more than a dozen students and a teacher left school ill Thursday with a suspected stomach virus. He said symptoms of flu include sudden fever and body ache, but also vomiting and diarrhea, which are symptoms reported among students at the high school. Rathore said as a precaution, everyone should get a flu shot to protect themselves against the virus. If it is the norovirus, Rathore said a person is considered contagious for two days after the symptoms present themselves. To minimize the chances of catching the norovirus, Rathore said to make sure you cook any seafood very well and wash vegetables before eating them.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A day after more than a dozen students and a teacher went home sick from Creekside High School with a suspected stomach virus, most of the student body did not show up for school, according to the St. Johns County School District. On Thursday, 179 students were absent from the school and a total of 190 students checked out before the end of the school day, but it’s unclear why those students went home early. Dr. Daniel Thimann, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, said there are different viruses that can cause the kinds of symptoms that Creekside students were reporting. Other parents and students also said they believe the number of students who are sick is much higher, but the school district only confirmed 19. At nearby Bartram Trail High School, parents were lined up Friday afternoon to check their children out of school.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – More than a dozen students and a teacher went home sick Thursday from Creekside High School, according to the St. Johns County School District. Parents and students, however, told News4Jax that they believe the number of ill students is even higher. It’s very alarming.”Gavin said she believes there are more than 19 students who are sick, as some students who were sick stayed home altogether. Other parents and students also said they believe the number of students who are sick is much higher, but the school district only confirmed 19. Students told News4Jax that they noticed that some of their classmates were absent, they could hear students throwing up in the bathroom and teachers were passing out hand sanitizer and wipes.

More than a dozen Creekside High students go home sickPublished: December 5, 2019, 5:36 pmVIDEO: More than a dozen students and a teacher went home sick Thursday from Creekside High School, according to the St. Johns County School District.