FLAGLER COUNTY

The First Coast Spelling Bee is coming up, giving 14 local students the chance at the local title and a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has an execution date for a man dubbed the “ninja killer” in a 1989 double slaying.

Three municipalities, all of which are in Flagler and Putnam counties, had local elections on Tuesday, March 7.

A 36-year-old Bunnell man claimed a $1 million prize from a Florida Lottery scratch-off game.

Newly released surveillance video shows the moment Flagler County deputies said a student attacked a paraprofessional over a Nintendo Switch.

Starting Monday, two Flagler County libraries will be opening “Food for Thought” kiosks in an effort to get more residents reading.

Tuesday marks five years since 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

A young woman whose remains were first discovered in the woods in Flagler County just over 30 years ago is still unidentified, and the Sheriff’s Office is using new technology to try to bring closure for her family.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday the arrest of four men connected to an online operation intended to find people attempting to target children for sex online.

Flagler County and Gainesville will both have cold weather shelters open Thursday and Friday in anticipation of temperatures dipping into the 30s. Gainesville's shelters will also be open Saturday.

The Bull Creek Fish Camp restaurant, which is part of Flagler County’s Bull Creek Campgrounds, will be torn down at the end of February, having suffered irreparable damages suffered from hurricanes Ian and Nicole.

A necropsy has been done on a 21-foot orca that died after washing up Wednesday morning on the beach at Jungle Hut Park in Palm Coast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

A 21-foot killer whale has died after beaching itself on the Atlantic coast in central Florida.

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office deputies are at Jungle Hut Park in Palm Coast after a 21-foot orca whale washed up on the beach this morning.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will close the Disaster Recovery Center it has been operating at the Flagler County Fairgrounds at the end of business on Jan. 31.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has learned Jacksonville police alone worked 900 cases of catalytic converter theft in the first 11 months of 2022. Many cases involve multiple vehicles at the same address, making the total number of converters stolen greater than 900.

UPDATE 1:30 p.m.: All lanes are back open on Interstate 95 northbound.

News4JAX is taking a look back at some of the most unforgettable stories of 2022.

The homeowners association president of a condominium complex in Flagler County has been arrested for a second time on charges of video voyeurism, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery at the Mobil gas station on Pine Lakes Parkway in Palm Coast.

A woman is dead after a head on collision on US-1.

A Putnam County woman was arrested earlier this month after surveillance video footage showed her hitting a man with a disability, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

The investigation seized enough heroin and fentanyl to potentially kill over 2.3 million people, according to deputies.

An off-duty Flagler County Sheriff's Office dispatcher and her husband, a deputy, acted quickly Friday during the annual Shop with a Cop event in Bunnell and saved a choking child.

State law enforcement officers, ATF agents and sheriffs from four different counties gathered Monday in Flagler County to discuss “Operation Young Guns” and the technology used to trace stolen weapons that get into the hands of children.

Flagler County deputies have asked for the community's help to find a 15-year-old girl who was last seen leaving Matanzas High School in Palm Coast on Friday.

A 51-year-old woman was killed Saturday morning in a hit-and-run crash on U.S. 1 south of Plantation Bay Road in Flagler County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

After several delays, NASA is planning to launch its Artemis moon rocket in the early morning hours on Wednesday.

The video shows how Nicole’s strong winds and flooding pushed a significant amount of sand into the streets, backyards and under homes.

Coastal Florida homes were seen covered under several feet of sand in photos from officials following the destructive force of Hurricane Nicole last week.

Flagler County on Friday — a day after Hurricane Nicole made landfall along Florida’s east coast — submitted an initial damage assessment report to the state in the amount of $23.7 million, according to a news release from the county.

Several Flagler County Parks are closed until further notice because of flooding caused by Nicole.

St. Johns County officials have closed the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine Thursday morning as Tropical Storm Nicole brings increased wind gusts and high tides.

A day after asking residents and visitors in certain parts of the county to evacuate ahead of Nicole, Flagler County emergency management officials on Thursday asked drivers to avoid using A1A if at all possible.

Flagler County announced that evacuation orders are effective at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday for residents and visitors in Zone A, the barrier island from Flagler Beach to Marineland, as well as mobile homes and RVs countywide, because of Tropical Storm Nicole.

In southern St. Johns County, people were bracing Wednesday for possible flooding along the coast as Nicole headed toward Florida.

Here’s a look at the counties opening shelters so far.

Flagler County officials are urging residents to take Tropical Storm Nicole seriously and prepare for its effects.

FEMA will temporarily close the Disaster Recovery Centers in Flagler and St. Johns counties ahead of an approaching tropical system.

Local counties are preparing for the one-two punch of a nor'easter and an approaching tropical system.

Ahead of the storm approaching the Florida coast later in the week, Flagler County officials are preparing early by opening two sandbag distribution locations.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a Disaster Recovery Center on Saturday at the Flagler County Fairgrounds, the Flagler County Emergency Management said Friday.

The Flagler County Beach City Commission has voted to keep the pier closed after an engineering firm said it is no longer safe for public use following significant Hurricane Ian damage.

Various counties across Northeast Florida are offering residents the chance to safely dispose of old or unused prescription drugs for free for the 23rd Annual National Drug Take-Back Day.

A woman is dead after a crash Sunday afternoon in Flagler County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Sex offenders also have specific rules about what they can and can't do around Halloween, depending on what county they live in. We've compiled a county-by-county breakdown of those rules and regulations.

Months after a team of anthropologists began piecing together skeletal fragments found at a Palm Coast construction site in July, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office released two computer-generated images on Wednesday of what the man might have looked like.

Two people are dead after a motorcycle crash in Flagler County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday visited Flagler Beach, surveying the damage left in wake of Hurricane Ian.

A new four-legged addition to law enforcement at the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office needs a name.

Investigators said Lin and Chen were spotted inside a fenced-in area behind the restaurant just after 3 a.m.

Flagler County officials said Thursday that the ocean water quality is fine, but advised residents to swim at their own risk because of potentially massive amounts of debris lurking under the water’s surface due to Ian’s destruction.

Witnesses told deputies that Rivera exited his truck with a knife in his hand and threatened the motorcyclist.

Seashells, plastic water bottles, the occasional flip-flop. Those are typical things you might find on a beach.