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Lafayette County Schools’ Gerald Powers (left) and Robby Edwards received awards from the Florida School Boards Insurance Trust last month for risk management. (COURTESY)

Lafayette County Schools’ Gerald Powers (left) and Robby Edwards received awards from the Florida School Boards Insurance Trust last month for risk management. (COURTESY)

Lafayette schools honored for work safety

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
MAYO — A team of dedicated — and safe — employees has paid off for the Lafayette County School District.
A Florida Supreme Court hearing Wednesday on a proposed constitutional amendment about abortion rights drew demonstrators on each side of the issue. (TOM URBAN/News Service of Florida)

A Florida Supreme Court hearing Wednesday on a proposed constitutional amendment about abortion rights drew demonstrators on each side of the issue. (TOM URBAN/News Service of Florida)

Supreme Court to weigh abortion constitutional amendment

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
TALLAHASSEE — Addressing one of the nation’s most politically charged issues, Florida Supreme Court justices on Wednesday heard arguments about a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at guaranteeing abortion rights in the state.
Branford High Principal Terry Huddleston was recognized as a Florida TaxWatch Principal Leadership Awards recipient Tuesday. Pictured with Huddleston (right) are Florida TaxWatch's Meg Cannon (from left), Suwannee County School Board member Ronald White, Suwannee County Superintendent Ted Roush, BHS senior Kaylynn Dees (who Huddleston selected to receive a full two-year scholarship) and Florida Prepaid College Foundation Director Cynthia O’Connell. (COURTESY)

Branford High Principal Terry Huddleston was recognized as a Florida TaxWatch Principal Leadership Awards recipient Tuesday. Pictured with Huddleston (right) are Florida TaxWatch's Meg Cannon (from left), Suwannee County School Board member Ronald White, Suwannee County Superintendent Ted Roush, BHS senior Kaylynn Dees (who Huddleston selected to receive a full two-year scholarship) and Florida Prepaid College Foundation Director Cynthia O’Connell. (COURTESY)

Huddleston receives leadership award

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
BRANFORD — It appears that Branford High School Principal Terry Huddleston was saving his best for last.

Fiery crash on I-75 kills Georgia man

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
WHITE SPRINGS — A Georgia man was killed after hitting a dump truck that struck an interstate overpass Monday. A dump truck, headed north on Interstate 75 with its lift box elevated, struck the County Road 136 overpass at the White Springs exit just before 9 p.m.
The first drone photos of Florida’s Horseshoe Beach in the Big Bend area after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in August 2023. (MAX CHESNES/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

The first drone photos of Florida’s Horseshoe Beach in the Big Bend area after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in August 2023. (MAX CHESNES/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

Researchers consider adding a Category 6 hurricane

(not verified)
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
By Max Chesnes Tampa Bay Times In a warming world where rising ocean temperatures give fuel to a new breed of ultra-strong hurricanes, does a wind scale that maxes out at Category 5 go far enough? Or could there be a Category 6 hurricane?

Co-worker stabbed after cleaning fight

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
ELLISVILLE — An employee at a truck stop in southern Columbia County was arrested Sunday after stabbing a co-worker. When a deputy from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a stabbing at Truck Stop 75 in Ellisville around 2:40 a.m.

Gray running for Suwannee superintendent

NEWS STAFF
Friday, February 2, 2024
LIVE OAK — Ronnie Gray, a long-time Suwannee County educator, has announced his candidacy to seek election for the office of Suwannee County Superintendent of Schools. Gray began his education career at Suwannee High School nearly three decades ago.
A graphic shows the costs storms the past 11 years have caused to Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, which is implementing a storm recovery charge on its members for the first time following Hurricane Idalia. (COURTESY SUWANNEE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE)

A graphic shows the costs storms the past 11 years have caused to Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, which is implementing a storm recovery charge on its members for the first time following Hurricane Idalia. (COURTESY SUWANNEE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE)

SVEC implementing storm charge

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, February 2, 2024
LIVE OAK — The final cost of Hurricane Idalia’s damage on Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative still isn’t known. However, the cost the co-op’s members will pay to make up for the damage is set as SVEC has announced a storm recovery charge that began Thursday.