Us Local News Jack Connors, shown leaving North Florida Regional Medical Center with his wife and daughter, must pay for his own medication since there is not a health maintenance organization in Gilchrist County, where he lives. The prognosis for Jack Connors' recovery from cancer surgery is bright, but the same can't be said for his bank account. You see,Connors, who turns 61 in August, is on Medicare. He has no Medicare supplemental policy, or even access to a health maintenance organization to help him pay for his current prescriptions.
Gopher tortoises face a deadly problem.
They are falling victim to a contagious respiratory disease that some biologists say could bring them to the brink of extinction. Researchers are trying to find out how many are infected, how fast it is spreading and how many are dying. Many tourist-based businesses along the section of 301 that travelers are advised to avoid hope AAA's latest attack doesn't cut into their customer base. Yet others are unfazed and may even welcome the controversy. Anthony Lee Lewis was flown by helicopter to Shands, where doctors determined his only injury was tissue damage in his leg.