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Saturday, January 11, 2025

Wildwood school teacher charged with sending threatening text messages

A Wildwood Middle High School teacher has been charged with sending threatening texts.

Jami Powell Barnes, 35, faces charges of stalking. She posted $500 bond and has been released.

Barnes sent a series of text messages that included “watch your back,” according to the arrest affidavit.

The charges arose from incidents that occurred primarily at the end of August and again on Friday when Barnes became upset that a family member wouldn’t allow her to take a family member to a splash park.

Should golf carts be in handicapped spaces?

A Village of El Cortez resident doesn’t understand why so many golf carts, without license plates or handicapped placards, are parked in handicapped spaces. Read his Letter to the Editor.

Robert Basye is getting all his information from Fox Noise

A reader from Lady Lake takes exception to information published in a recent Letter to the Editor. She attempts to clarify the record.

Why aren’t Villagers lowering their flags to honor Jimmy Carter?

A Village of Amelia resident is aghast at the number of Villagers unwilling to lower their flags in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter.

Please stop people from calling Trump unstable and incompetent!

A Village of Palo Alto resident contends Villages-News.com must hush those who have called Trump incompetent and unstable, because it’s too hurtful to the MAGA cult.

What ever happened to Hooters?

A Village of St. Catherine resident is wondering what ever happened to the Hooters restaurant that was supposed to be coming to The Villages.