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A Cessna plane made an emergency landing in the median along westbound Interstate 10 in western Suwannee County on Friday afternoon. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF)

A Cessna plane made an emergency landing in the median along westbound Interstate 10 in western Suwannee County on Friday afternoon. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF)

Plane lands, takes off from I-10

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, July 14, 2023
LIVE OAK — The eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 turned into a makeshift runway Friday afternoon in western Suwannee County. A Cessna 152 made an emergency landing on the interstate near mile marker 275 around 4 p.m. Friday, close to the Live Oak and Lee exit. Lt.
The first anniversary image released Wednesday shows NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displaying a star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci, KLAUS PON)

The first anniversary image released Wednesday shows NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displaying a star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STSci, KLAUS PON)

Webb Space Telescope captures stellar birth

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
CAPE CANAVERAL — The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth. NASA unveiled the latest snapshot Wednesday, revealing 50 baby stars in a cloud complex 390 light-years away.
Lafayette eighth-grader Fhelix Hernandez, pictured with LHS FBLA Advisor Toni Sherrell, finished second at the FBLA National Conference in the ‘Running an Effective Meeting’ test. (COURTESY)

Lafayette eighth-grader Fhelix Hernandez, pictured with LHS FBLA Advisor Toni Sherrell, finished second at the FBLA National Conference in the ‘Running an Effective Meeting’ test. (COURTESY)

Lafayette middle schooler places second nationally

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
ATLANTA — A Lafayette middle schooler is among the nation’s best when it comes to knowing how to run an effective meeting.
Suwannee County will consider four alternatives for its district maps at a workshop today. The current districts have a population spread of 67 percentage points from District 5 (largest) to District 2 (smallest). The county last went through redistricting in 1993. (COURTESY)

Suwannee County will consider four alternatives for its district maps at a workshop today. The current districts have a population spread of 67 percentage points from District 5 (largest) to District 2 (smallest). The county last went through redistricting in 1993. (COURTESY)

Suwannee County remapping district lines

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
LIVE OAK — For the first time in 30 years, Suwannee County is undergoing redistricting. The Suwannee County Commission and Suwannee County School Board meet today at 5:30 p.m. at the school district’s administrative office, 1740 Ohio Ave. S.
Klausner Holding USA shut down operations at its Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Suwannee County in 2020. The Austrian company received $3 million in state incentives to build the facility west of Live Oak. (SUWANNEE DEMOCRAT)

Klausner Holding USA shut down operations at its Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Suwannee County in 2020. The Austrian company received $3 million in state incentives to build the facility west of Live Oak. (SUWANNEE DEMOCRAT)

Klausner ordered to repay state $3M

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
A former Suwannee County lumber company has been ordered to repay $3M in state incentives. U.S District Judge Allen Winsor entered a judgment Monday that the state can recoup the incentives the then-Florida Department of Economic Opportunity provided to Klausner Holding USA, Inc.

Suwannee schools delay start 30 minutes

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
LIVE OAK — Suwannee County students will get a longer summer break — by at least 30 minutes. The Suwannee County School District announced last week that it will push school start times back to comply with the new state law requiring middle schools to not begin before 8 a.m.