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Tennessee set out to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21, 2026, but he lived to tell about it. What happened to Carruthers is a reminder that things frequently go wrong in executions, even if in almost all cases the problem is resolved and the execution is completed. Indeed, in the past 80 years, only eight other men have had experiences like Carruthers’ and survived execution ...

The West Volusia Branch of the NAACP named Teriauna Carruthers the 2026 recipient of the David H. Staples Scholarship. Carruthers graduated from T. DeWitt Taylor High School with a 3.78 grade-point average. She earned a 3.8 grade-point average at Daytona State College through dual enrollment. The multi-sport athlete and student leader will major in psychology at the Universit...

University of Florida presidential finalist--the only finalist--Stuart Bell defended his record during campus forums on Wednesday, aligning himself with state conservative leaders by explicitly rejecting diversity, equity, inclusion, protests and wokism, promising swift action against campus protest encampments. Trustees vote on his appointment next week. He needs final confi...

A Flagler County man lost his life this morning when his car rolled over from the I-95 exit ramp to Palm Coast Parkway and ended up submerged and upside down in a retention pond. The man had been driving north when he took the Exit 289 ramp, apparently at high speed. The car veered off the ramp and struck a tree before ending up in the pond some 40 feet from the embankment. <...

The Northeast Florida Regional Council unanimously voted to designate data center growth as an official regional issue on Flagler County Commissioner Andy Dance's motion at a meeting in Jacksonville this morning. The move unlocks planning, legal, and economic resources for seven member counties and two dozen cities that are members of the council, including palm Coast and Fla...