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GM1 (SW) William McCracken presents Suwannee Virtual School graduate Gladette Lane with a symbolic signing bonus check for $48,000 from the United States Navy on Friday. (COURTESY)

GM1 (SW) William McCracken presents Suwannee Virtual School graduate Gladette Lane with a symbolic signing bonus check for $48,000 from the United States Navy on Friday. (COURTESY)

Suwannee Virtual grad gets 48,000 reasons to join Navy

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
LIVE OAK — The May 26th graduation for Gladette Lane and nearly two dozen other Suwannee Virtual School graduates was a culmination of many years of hard work, late-night essays, final exams and challenging projects.
More than 43 pounds of marijuana were confiscated from a Michigan produce truck at an ag inspection station in Hamilton County on Saturday night. (COURTESY)

More than 43 pounds of marijuana were confiscated from a Michigan produce truck at an ag inspection station in Hamilton County on Saturday night. (COURTESY)

Driver nabbed for 43 pounds of marijuana ‘produce’

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
WHITE SPRINGS — It wasn’t your typical produce being trucked into Florida over the weekend. Rather, when officers with the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement inspected the Michigan produce truck around 11:40 p.m.
More than 43 pounds of marijuana were confiscated from a Michigan produce truck at an ag inspection station in Hamilton County on Saturday night. (COURTESY)

More than 43 pounds of marijuana were confiscated from a Michigan produce truck at an ag inspection station in Hamilton County on Saturday night. (COURTESY)

Marijuana smuggler nabbed at ag inspection station

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
WHITE SPRINGS — It wasn’t your typical produce being trucked into Florida over the weekend. Rather, when officers with the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement inspected the Michigan produce truck around 11:40 p.m.

Jasper voyeur faces multiple charges

NEWS STAFF
Friday, May 26, 2023
JASPER — A Jasper man was arrested Thursday for recording people, including juveniles, naked. According to a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office release, deputies responded late Wednesday night to a report of a possible voyeurism incident.
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP FILE)

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP FILE)

Meggs sentenced to 12 years for Jan. 6 sedition

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, May 26, 2023
WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a bid to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House after winning the 2020 election.
Hurricane Michael caused massive damage in 2018 in Northwest Florida. (NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA FILE)

Hurricane Michael caused massive damage in 2018 in Northwest Florida. (NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA FILE)

No quick fix coming on property insurance

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Friday, May 26, 2023
TALLAHASSEE — While the 2023 hurricane season starts next week, Florida could be into the 2024 storm season before some property-insurance fixes take hold. “Look, Rome wasn’t built in a day.