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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.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, taking the stage during a press conference at Cambridge Christian School last week in Tampa, announced his presidential bid Wednesday during an appearance on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, taking the stage during a press conference at Cambridge Christian School last week in Tampa, announced his presidential bid Wednesday during an appearance on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)

DeSantis runs for president, vows to ‘get the job done’

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis made his White House bid official Wednesday, announcing a 2024 presidential run in an online discussion with Elon Musk that ended months of speculation and set up a clash with former President Donald Trump.