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Katie O, River Rats to perform at Music Park

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
LIVE OAK — The days are getting longer, and country music is getting sweeter at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park this weekend. The weekend performance begin Friday with teenage county artist Katie O, who is described as having a “Loretta Lynn voice.
Former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham, seen here in his Miami Lakes office in 2015, was famous for doing workdays alongside everyday Floridians and for obsessively taking notes about the ideas and thoughts people shared with him. (BENJAMIN RUSNAK/New York Times/TNS)

Former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham, seen here in his Miami Lakes office in 2015, was famous for doing workdays alongside everyday Floridians and for obsessively taking notes about the ideas and thoughts people shared with him. (BENJAMIN RUSNAK/New York Times/TNS)

Graham remembered as ‘consummate public servant’

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
TALLAHASSEE — As recollections and praise pour in for former U.S. senator and two-term Florida governor Bob Graham, Gov. Ron DeSantis said flags will be lowered to half-staff once funeral arrangements are announced. “So, we mourn the passing of Bob Graham. He was a great Floridian.
St. John (clockwise from top left), Rountree, Martin and Weaver

St. John (clockwise from top left), Rountree, Martin and Weaver

Big bucks flow into Suwannee sheriff race

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
LIVE OAK – The most crowded field in the upcoming Suwannee County elections, the sheriff’s race is also the most expensive. According to campaign finance reports filed with the Suwannee County Supervisor of Elections office, Sheriff Sam St.

Live Oak woman charged after workplace disturbance

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
FALMOUTH – A Live Oak woman faces charges after getting unruly at work Friday. According to a Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office report, 19-year-old Trinity Sanjuan had reportedly been throwing chairs at the Pilgrim’s Pride plant in western Suwannee County and battered a fellow employee.
Rebecca Thomas, a chef at the Dixie Grill in Live Oak, is one of four finalists in the General Mills Foodservice’s second Biskies Recipe Contest. (COURTESY)

Rebecca Thomas, a chef at the Dixie Grill in Live Oak, is one of four finalists in the General Mills Foodservice’s second Biskies Recipe Contest. (COURTESY)

Live Oak chef eyes dough for biscuits

JAMIE WACHTER
Saturday, April 13, 2024
LIVE OAK — A Live Oak chef is hoping her biscuit recipe leads to some serious dough. Rebecca Thomas, a chef at Live Oak’s Dixie Grill restaurant, is one of four finalists competing for a $20,000 grand prize in the General Mills Foodservice’s second Biskies Recipe Contest.