Due to the current drought, Shrimp Festival coordinators decided to nix the fireworks display and instead host the first-ever Shrimp Fest Drone Show.

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Brian Leary, also known as Swordmaster, right, on stage during the Pirate Invasion on Friday. Leary composed the music for the Pirate Club’s program. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader Premium ...

The shrimp eating contest was held Saturday at the 61st Annual Shrimp Festival. Photo by Amy Mulligan/News-Leader Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content ...

Around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the packed Shrimp Festival, the music stopped and all eyes went toward the water to honor the legacy of the festival, the shrimpers themselves.Shrimp boats gree ...

The rain forced a few shrimp festival events off the schedule, but the festival went on. By the afternoon, the weather had mostly cleared and events continued as scheduled. ... Premium Content is ...

On Wednesday after classes ended at Fernandina Beach High School, coaches praised some of their top athletes: “Incredibly hard-working, incredibly smart” and “maybe the best athlete I’ve ev ...

Today marks the start of the sea turtle nesting season in the Northern Hemisphere which spans from May to October each year. Amelia Island is home to several types of sea turtles ...

Rare medallion a part of Amelia Island’s eight-flag history A small piece of Amelia Island history has recently made its way to Eighth Street: One of 11 bronze medallions from the 1800s. The rare ...

Nassau County Board of County Commissioner extended its Local State of Emergency and burn ban for another week at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The board will meet ...

It was a full house in the Nassau Commissioners Chambers on Monday for the last regularly scheduled Board of County Commissioners meeting of April. On the night’s agenda was ...