By Murphy Stidham | gargoyle@flagler.edu Since taking office in January 2011, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has appointed a lower percentage of black judges than his predecessors Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist. Crist, who served one term, appointed 180 judges, including 15 blacks or 8.3 percent….
By Montana Samuels | gargoyle@flagler.edu The five-year spike of homeless students enrolling in St. Johns County schools has begun to taper off, but some experts fear the trend won’t last. “I think the numbers can and will go up,” says Kassy Guy-Johanessen, director of development at…
By Shelby Gillis and Richard Zarrilli | gargoyle@flagler.edu Eight trillion microbeads enter into marine habitats every day in the United States alone. That’s enough to cover over 300 tennis courts every day, according to a research paper published in September in the Environmental Science and Technology…
By Nikki Ross and Shelby Gardiner | gargoyle@flagler.edu Imagine getting a hangover. From pizza. This is what Devin Mooneyhan, a farmer in Starke, Florida, experienced before he became diagnosed with a gluten allergy. “The doctors I’ve been talking to think it has a direct correlation to…
By Susan Boswell | gargoyle@flagler.edu Six years after his father’s murder, Ryan Backmann hasn’t given up hope on the unsolved case. In 2009, Backmann’s father, Cliff Backmann, was shot and killed during what investigators believe was an attempted robbery. Since then, Backmann has dedicated his life…
By Taylor Long | gargoyle@flagler.edu Okaloosa County Deputy Sheriff Bill Myers had just dropped off a domestic violence injunction at a lawyer’s office in Shalimar, Florida, when a man came from behind and shot him in the back and head. Meyers, 64, was killed. The…
By Montana Samuels | gargoyle@flagler.edu It’s a cloudy day, with rain coming down for most of the morning. Small houses, some with clean, landscaped yards are sprinkled in with the majority that remain on the verge of unkempt. Upon first look, nothing stands out about…
By Darby Moore | gargoyle@flagler.edu Most people believe illegal drugs are most likely to lead to addiction. This common-held belief is no longer true when considering modern-day substance abuse. Yet many addicts get their drugs from a place you might not expect: Their own medicine…
Some children who are deaf or hard of hearing learn best through hearing aids and speech therapy. Others rely on sign language. Everyone learns differently.
He fought for 10 months. Ten months away from all things familiar. Proudly serving the United States to protect and honor our freedoms. But in just a single moment, passion can be lacerated by pain, like the instant when 4,500 pairs of eyes searched a pier and only saw the 12th Marine Corps District Band welcoming them home. For Lieutenant Colonel James Vanairsdale, it was the feeling of absolute abandonment by the American people.