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AIBF announces the 2023 Amelia Island Book Festival

The 2023 Amelia Island Book Festival is pleased to be kicking off the annual festival in February with the Feb. 17 signature Authors in School program. New York Times best-selling and local/regional award-winning authors visit schools across Nassau County.

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival presents: Direct from Ukraine – L’viv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine

The 22nd season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival continues with a timely performance on Tuesday, Jan. 17, of the L’viv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine.

Galpin aces No. 9 west...again

Fernandina Beach Women's Golf Association member Vickie Galpin had a hole-in-one on No. 9 west at the Fernandina Beach Golf Club. This was her second ace on that hole.  

Sturges’ relationship with Brett’s employee questioned

Is Fernandina Beach City Commission David Sturges’ relationship with an employee of Brett’s Waterway Cafe influencing his decisions on whether the restaurant should be closed, or is the issue a non-matter, brought up as part of the political wrangling surrounding the city-owned property?

NCSO responds to shooting on Ratcliff Road

Nassau County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement responded to the scene of a shooting at the intersection of Ratcliff Road and Woodbridge Drive in Callahan on Dec. 27. When they arrived, they found a woman with a bullet wound in her arm.

A different kind of Christmas ‘stalking’: NCSO arrests man for stalking, death threats

A Fernandina Beach man was arrested Christmas Day and charged with stalking, threats against a public official, written threats to kill, resisting arrest, carrying a concealed firearm and two counts of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

The weather outside is frightful: Coldest Christmas in 33 years

Temperatures fell 40 to 45 degrees Friday as a cold front drags Northeast Florida into a Christmas freeze unlike any since 1989, the National Weather Service reported. “This [drop] will likely rank in the Top 10 all-time for December,” a Weather Service forecaster said over Twitter.

Residents pack the house with concerns about proposed RV park

Nassau County Planning and Zoning Board packed the house Tuesday evening to hear several hours worth of concerns from the community over plans for a luxury RV campground on Sadler Road.

Woman awaits sentence in accessory to deputy’s murder

A Jacksonville woman has pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact in the murder of Nassau County Sheriff Deputy Josh Moyers. She will be sentenced pending a hearing after the first of the year. According to court records, on Sept. 24, 2021, Deputy Moyers conducted a routine traffic stop.

Records search updates mean News-Leader updates

The website where the News-Leader newsroom gathers arrest reports and follows court cases is going through an update. Some search features we use to compile the list of weekly arrests that you, our reader, have requested are unavailable.