MARSHFIELD – Stephen Charles Cook of Bailey Island and Marshfield, Maine died at his home on April 29, 2024, after a long battle with diabetes and heart disease. He was Born Oct. 24, 1950, son of Charles Maurice Cook and Elaine Johnson Cook in Bath. Stephen grew up on Bailey Island working at Cooks Lobster Pound and Cooks Lobster House at a very early age and loved the ocean. He was an entrepreneur having started many ventures in his life including selling prints of coastal scenes at the restaurant, writing...

Two Texas men were sentenced to federal prison after robbing a Wells Fargo ATM in Tallahassee last year, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Charles Deon Mathews, 30, and Shair Trymaine Fields, 31, both of Houston, Texas, will spend roughly four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Both men were each ordered to pay $88,710 in restitution to Wells Fargo and to forfeit $88,710 to the government, according to the release. The duo drove from Houston,...

A 98-year-old Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy statue has been pulled from its pedestal in Jacksonville, Florida, with Democrat Mayor Donna Deegan its removal “signal[s] a belief in our shared humanity”. “Symbols matter. They tell the world what we stand for and what we aspire to be,” Deegan said, claiming the statue’s removal was “not in any way an attempt to erase history but to show that we’ve learned from it.” The memorial was removed without reference to the City Council, which rejected a request for $1.3...

Democratic Jacksonville, Florida, Mayor Donna Deegan announced on Wednesday the "Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy" statue in the city was removed. The statue, which had been in place at Springfield Park in Jacksonville since 1915, has become the latest Confederate statue to be removed from a public area. Deegan, who was elected to the mayor's office earlier this year, said in a statement that the removal was not to "erase history" but rather to "show that we’ve learned from it." “Symbols matter. They tell the world what...

The newly elected Democrat mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, celebrated the removal of a Confederate statue in the city, which was officially gone before noon Wednesday. Democrat Mayor Donna Deegan, who won her mayoral bid in May, celebrated the removal of the statue in Springfield Park, formally known as Confederate Park. The monument in question, “In Memory of Our Women of the Southland,” depicts a mother with her two children at her side, looking down at a book upon her lap. It was erected in October 1915. The Democrat mayor, who...

Workers hauled off a monument to women of the Confederacy from a Jacksonville, Florida, park Wednesday, in what the city’s mayor called a show of “belief in our shared humanity,” but a political opponent described it as “tearing down history.” The “Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy” monument was removed from Springfield Park, where it had stood since 1915, on orders from Mayor Donna Deegan. “Symbols matter. They tell the world what we stand for and what we aspire to be. By removing the confederate monument from Springfield...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Zach Edey scored 18 points and No. 1 Purdue breezed past Jacksonville 100-57 on Thursday night. Lance Jones had 16 points, Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 15 and Myles Colvin had 11 for the Boilermakers (11-1), who won their fourth straight — including last Saturday’s win over then-No. 1 Arizona that allowed them to regain the top ranking. Twelve players scored for Purdue. Seldom-used Will Berg had eight points in the closing minutes as coach Matt Painter substituted liberally. The Boilermakers held a 43-16 edge in bench...