Drake Springs, Florida

Classes Resume at the Drake College Campus

Cheryl Norman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:55:37 +0000

Students flooded the town of Drake Springs this past weekend as a new school term began at Drake College. Drake Springs Police Chief Adam Gillespie reported no problems or incidents in handling the influx of traffic, even though students arrived over the Labor Day weekend. Registration continues through Tuesday and classes begin Wednesday. Welcome, students.

What’s happening in Drake Springs, Florida?

Cheryl Norman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:33:03 +0000

Sheriff Wilson “Wil” Drake is into his second year as county sheriff here in Foster County, and faces the county’s first homicide in many years. The body of town veterinarian Cathleen Hodges was discovered in the Suwannee River after the Labor Day weekend.

Sheriff Drake reportedly interviewed the victim’s dinner companions from Friday night–Kris Knight, Sonya “Sunny” Davis, and Elizabeth Stevens–the last persons to have seen her before she was reported missing.

Do Foster County residents have a killer in their midst? Is the rookie sheriff up for the job? Or is he spending too much time flirting with the female customers at Boyd’s Diner? For updates, check out RECLAIM MY LIFE by Cheryl Norman.

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Pullitzer Winner Former Drake Springs Resident

Cheryl Norman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:11:57 +0000

Former Drake Springs resident Taylor Ann Drake, daughter of Harold Louis Drake and the late Connie Ann Taylor Drake, was awarded the Pullitzer Prize for her photojournalism in Iraq. Ms. Drake presently resides in Long Beach, California, although her photography takes her all over the world. Ms. Drake is also the sister of Foster County Sheriff Wilson Harold Drake and Samuel Louis Drake, Dean of the Drake College of Liberal Arts. The Drake Springs Democrat congratulates Taylor Drake on winning this prestigious award.