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Pictured are 4.0 players Shelly Duncan, Lynn Kunkel, Dan Broome and Carl Creamer in action over the weekend. SPECIAL PHOTO

Pickleball tourney held

News Staff
Friday, September 11, 2020
The Fernandina Beach Pickleball Pirates hosted the Swingers round robin tournament Sept. 4-5 at the Central Park pickleball courts. Eight teams in each of the three divisions (3.0, 3.5 and 4.0+) competed. Players were required to have a partner who was not related to him or her. Winners at the...
The Nassau County Sheriff's Office is responsible for the Nassau County Jail and Detention Center. A page on the NCSO's website discusses the health care provided to inmates while incarcerated in the jail. NASSAU COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Q & A for county officials about virus infections at jail

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The News-Leader is aware that its readers are concerned about COVID-19 in all of its aspects in the Nassau County community, including the Nassau County Jail and Detention Center. The News-Leader reached out to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Health – Nassau...
A graphic provided by the Florida Department of Health depicting the novel coronavirus.

The COVID-19 numbers for Nassau County

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Tuesday, Sept 8: Five more deaths related to COVID-19 were officially reported in Nassau County in the past week, bringing the total to 25. According to a post on Facebook Tuesday by Nassau County Emergency Management, the total number of confirmed cases of infection with the...
The front of the Wicked Bao building, which has a colorful past. Natalie Wu poses in front of her blackboard menu. DILLON BASSE/FOR THE NEWS-LEADER

Wicked Bao takes good care of its customers

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Dillon Basse / Special to the News-Leader Natalie Wu has been serving Southeast Asian flavors to the community of Fernandina Beach for almost three years now. Her restaurant, Wicked Bao, has been open since December 2017 and has become one of the most unique and highly recommended...
Fernandina Beach City Commissioner Dr. Chip Ross is running for a second term. SUBMITTED PHOTO/METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION

Chip Ross wants to continue city’s progress

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Dr. Chip Ross is the first to admit he’s “not a warm and fuzzy person,” but, he says, he gets things done, so he’s running for a second time to finish the work he started during his first term. Ross currently holds the Group 3 seat on the City Commission. “I want to go on with projects...
Some members of the Nassau Teachers Union say parents who decided to allow their children to attend a virtual school instead of Nassau Count School District classrooms have contributed to the district's $8 million shortfall in state funding. METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION

Schools could lose 35 teachers

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
At a bargaining session between the Nassau Teachers Association and representatives of the Nassau County School District, district officials told the union it will begin reducing the number of teachers in the district with “laser focus,” as the union wants to ask parents to reconsider enrolling...
Gay's and Broderway's mugshots along with the drugs and guns displayed by the Nassau County Sheriff's Office. NCSO

Chase yields drugs and guns

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
A man from Atlanta and a woman from Claxton, Ga., were arrested after leading Nassau County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed chase Wednesday. Nicolin Gail Broderway, 38, who was driving, forced vehicles off the road and narrowly avoided others before striking two. Broderway was charged...
This beach access along Ocean Avenue is a breach of the dune, which creates a flooding hazard. The dune, says coastal geomorphologist Dr. Frank Hopf, protects the north end of Amelia Island from storm surge, and is being damaged by people walking through it to access the beach. The city says it will apply for a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for funds to build a walkover at the location to protect the dune from damage. Julia Roberts/News-Leader

Dune Science Group to head protection project for the city

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The city of Fernandina Beach will apply for a grant to build a walkover on the north end of the island while also implementing a plan to rebuild the dune that runs along Ocean Avenue, thanks to the generosity of a resident. At the Sept. 1 City Commission meeting, a grant application to the...
Ralph James Natrillo III told a responding deputy that he was acting in self-defense. Mug shot courtesy NCSO.

Yulee man injured in machete incident

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
A man seen covered in blood and running from a Yulee residence told Nassau County Sheriff’s Office deputies he might only need stitches for his wounds, but the person who allegedly cut him with a machete will now need to answer to charges of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. The...
Dr. Eugenia Ngo-Seidel, the director of Florida Department of Health-Nassau, addressed the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday. BOCC

Dr. Ngo-Seidel: Limit exposure during Labor Day holiday weekend

News Staff
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Dr. Eugenia Ngo-Seidel, the director of the county health department, told the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners Wednesday her key message in advance of the Labor Day holiday weekend is “practice the safest celebration, as much as possible, as we gather, and to really limit the exposure...