Tag Archives: Columbia County

Third Circuit State of Attorney Jeff Siegmeister said he will not charge the two Columbia County teenage girls as adults in the slaying of their 16-year-old brother after reviewing their histories in an abusive home.

Two sisters are being held in a detention center in Florida after they shot and kill their 16-year-old brother in Columbia County.

Alachua County is the second county in Florida to provide a text-to-911 service. Text-to-911, which launched Nov. 3, allows emergency services to locate and assist individuals in need by routing their message to the appropriate 911 center. Senders receive bounce-back messages if a text does not go through.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement releases the 2013 Annual Unified Crime Report, which indicates a drop in crime in many North Central Florida counties.

A lockdown at Columbia High School occurred after a hoax 911 call was received stating another student brought a weapon to the school.

Floridian water resources are contaminated and overused everyday. A new bill will propose to save the quality of water and its usage in Florida.

Students in Florida public schools will take the FCAT this spring despite earlier plans to phase out that test in favor of one that measures the new Common Core curriculum, which some districts have already implemented.

A woman was suspected of pistol whipping and shooting her husband before disappearing Monday night has turned herself in late Wednesday.

As temperatures continue to fall, preparations are being made by North Florida counties from homeless shelters expanding accommodations to the closing of schools in Columbia County on Tuesday.

ATV-related crashes occurred at a rate of about one per week in 2012 and 2013 in North Central Florida, and children were frequently among the injured or dead. Riders and officials alike agree: basic safety precautions and tighter focus on the state's helmet law would help limit tragedies.