“It is a topic that needs to be talked about sometimes, and [we need] to bring light to it,” said Palm Coast resident Savannah Rose, who lost two of her close friends to suicide.

The Old Kings Elementary School chorus decked out in red, white and blue to sing the official songs of the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces for a patriotic performance in Flagler Beach.

“We’ve had a lot of firsts this year,” said Danny Weed, who’s been at the helm of the Pirates' cross country program for the past four years. “This is probably the best all-around girls team I’ve coached.”

The shooter said the dog was aggressive and five feet away. But witnesses contradicted his account, and the dog's pool of blood was almost 89 feet away from where the shooter said he'd been standing when he shot it Wednesday afternoon.

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They burglarized a 91-year-old woman's home and used her credit card to run up $2,035.82 in purchases — most of it on four $500 gift cards, the rest on three pairs of underwear — at the local Target.

Flagler County Schools have transitioned from plastic lunch trays to recycled paperboard ones, which will keep about 1.4 million trays per year out of Flagler County landfills. See how it all started with a collaboration between Old Kings Elementary School and the i3 Academy at Flagler Palm Coast High School.

“I don’t like to rest,” said Nelson Paul, who leads a Bulldogs team that went undefeated in the regular season for the first time in school history. “Hard work pays off. That’s what pushes me through day-in and day-out.”

Patrick Leroy was found hiding in a closet at the home of Charles Jarmin at South Shady Lane in Palm Coast, according to a charging affidavit by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

Also in the Observer: FPC boys cross country claims second at districts. And Bulldogs girls golf captures district title and finishes fourth in regional.

"You gotta go big or go home," Chad Desaulniers said.

Happy Halloween from all of us here at the Observer!