JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Silver Airways will offer nonstop flights from Jacksonville International Airport to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in South Carolina, the Jacksonville Aviation Authority announced Wednesday. Beginning March 19, the Silver flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays on a 47-seat ATR 42 aircraft. Silver will depart JAX around 9:35 a.m. and arrive at GSP about 11:10 a.m., while flights will depart GSP about 11:50 a.m. and arrive at JAX around 1:25 p.m.“We welcome Silver’s continued growth in Northeast Florida,” JAA CEO Mark VanLoh said. “As their route map expands at JAX, it offers an opportunity to connect our community to other markets in Florida and the Southeast.”Silver recently returned to Jacksonville in December after a three-year absence and also offers nonstop service to Fort Lauderdale and Tampa. For more information, visit www.silverairways.com.

An entire graduating class of the Georgia State Patrol’s Trooper School -- including at least two troopers who were working out of Brunswick -- was implicated in a cheating scandal that resulted in large scale disciplinary actions. Georgia Department of Public Safety Commissioner Col. Mark W. McDonough confirmed 30 troopers were fired Wednesday after being accused of cheating on an online exam for the speed detection operator component of the school’s curriculum. That means the 30 remaining troopers were dropped from the force on Wednesday, according to McDonough. He also said they used two Snapchat groups to facilitate the cheating and get their stories straight as the investigation was ongoing. There are fewer troopers on the patrol and now the agency will have to replace them.