Regional

Mark Foxworth has worked in law enforcement since 1980 and first became an officer in 1983. His career path has included being a patrol cop in a major metropolis, an officer on a college campus and a lieutenant in a homicide division.  But, a small, local police department is where his heart is...

A Fernandina Beach man is facing federal charges for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the nation’s Capitol Building. According to court documents, Jeffrey Register, 38, of Fernandina Beach, was tracked using information from his cellphone.

The Fernandina Beach City Commission changed course Tuesday night, rejecting a final reading of an ordinance that would use decibel levels to determine how much noise is allowed in the city and returning to use of the “plainly audible” standard. A months-long controversy arose when The Boat...

Whether you can ride an e-bike on the Egans Creek Greenway will depend on which type of bike you have if a proposed ordinance is passed at its fifth reading. At the April 20 Fernandina Beach City Commission meeting, an ordinance was considered that would prohibit electric bicycles on the greenway...