Keller Intermediate is still a 'B' school and the middle school retained its 'A' rating  for the 2010-11 school year, said Superintendent Sherrie Raulerson Thursday.

The release of school grades was delayed after some Florida school districts objected to the accuracy of this year's FCAT scores, which are used to determine school grades, contending they were lower than they should've been. Independent reviews of the scores were then launched by the Florida Department of Education, which postponed the release.

High school grades are expected later this year, she said.

Joseph Crews

Baker County roads turned deadly the final week of July with two persons killed in back-to-back accidents that police say involved alcohol.

It’s believed to be the first time that twin two-vehicle accidents occurred within 48 hours of each other with at-fault impaired or allegedly impaired drivers surviving with minor injuries.
The first accident occurred just before midnight on July 29 at a south Macclenny intersection darkened by a power outage.

A speeding 1991 Chevrolet pickup driven by Joseph C. Crews, 21, of Macclenny was northbound on South 6th St. when it slammed into a 1991 Chevrolet driven by Vickie Givens, 46, also of Macclenny. She died at the scene.

Ms. Givens had just stopped in the westbound lane of South Boulevard and was proceeding across 6th when the pickup struck her car’s left side, the impact pushing it across the pavement. The victim’s body had to be pried from the wreckage.

Ms. Givens had just stopped in the westbound lane of South Boulevard and was proceeding across 6th when the pickup struck her car’s left side, the impact pushing it across the pavement. The victim’s body had to be pried from the wreckage