ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- "We're not going to give up until we find Barbara."

That's what St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar said during a news conference on Friday as the search for 67-year-old Barbara Parchem continues. Parchem has now missing three weeks.

Friends and co-workers from the Village Inn in St. Augustine have been passing out flyers as far as the Jacksonville International Airport in hopes of finding her.

The booths and tables normally full of Parchem's regular customers are empty. Her section is now a memorial for the missing waitress who has spent 20 years serving up a smile.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A pedestrian was hit by a train on Friday afternoon, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.

Traffic in the area of Madeore Street and State Road 207 was blocked while the train was stopped, but should be moving again.

The victim was transported by air to Shands Hospital from Flagler Hospital.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing, according to SJSO.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- What goes on inside a church -- prayer -- is at the center of a controversy in St Johns County.
    
The school board voted 'no' to allowing an inspirational message at graduation this year, which could include a religious prayer, if the student chosen to give the message decided to do that.
    
The school board wanted control over what was said and feared a lawsuit if a prayer took place. In fact, a letter sent by the Freedom From Religion Foundation said they would be asking for a lawsuit.
    
A former Navy chaplain in Colorado has weighed in, offering scholarship money to the first student to say the Lord's Prayer, or pray in the name of Jesus at a graduation ceremony.