UPDATE: Florida Highway Patrol has confirmed a second fatality in yesterday’s accident on Jasmine St.

Pedestrian struck by a motorcycle on Jasmine Street

UPDATE: Florida Highway Patrol has confirmed a second fatality in yesterday’s accident on Jasmine St. The operator of the motorcycle has died after sustaining life-threatening injuries and being transferred to a nearby hospital. The pedestrian struck was declared dead on scene. FHP is currently leading the investigation, authenticating video of the crash obtained from nearby.

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2-9-23: Fernandina Beach City Police Department has confirmed the fatality of a pedestrian struck by a motorcycle on Jasmine Street near Jean Lafitte Boulevard. Florida Highway Patrol is investigating. Follow along at fbnewsleader.com as more news becomes available.

State

Carson Peña of The Nature Conservancy releases an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve north of Bristol. Photo by Jim Turner/News Service of Florida

Snake release looks to restore ecosystem

News Staff

Thursday, May 2, 2024

In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows.

Agency for Health Care Administration published two rules that apply to hospitals and abortion clinics. The rules came a day after the six-week law took effect, significantly restricting abortion access in the state. Submitted

State of Florida issues abortion rules

News Staff

Thursday, May 2, 2024

With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health-care regulators Thursday released emergency rules related to treating medical conditions that pose dangers

Home-hardening funding sent to DeSantis

News Staff

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Gov. Ron DeSantis has received a proposal that would pump another $200 million into a home-hardening grant program designed to help reduce property-insurance costs.