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Redfern (from left), Sessions ad Hurley

Redfern (from left), Sessions ad Hurley

Live Oak interim draws three applicants

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, April 6, 2023
LIVE OAK — The Live Oak City Council has three options for its interim city manager. At its Tuesday meeting, the council will discuss, with possible action, the hiring of an interim city manager. The council meets at 5:30 p.m. at Live Oak City Hall, 101 White Avenue SE.

Biden blames Trump for chaotic Afghan withdrawal

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, April 6, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday laid the blame on his predecessor, President Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Biden’s presidency.
Mayo Laundromat owner Micah Hart staples a tarp to the outside of his business Tuesday afternoon after a semi crashed into the building, and pushed other vehicles through it, Tuesday morning. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Mayo Laundromat owner Micah Hart staples a tarp to the outside of his business Tuesday afternoon after a semi crashed into the building, and pushed other vehicles through it, Tuesday morning. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Mayo businesses regrouping after Tuesday morning crash

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
MAYO — A pair of business owners in Lafayette County are looking to make the best out of a situation that came crashing around them. Both Auto Unique and Mayo Laundromat are picking up the pieces after a 2016 Freightliner semi truck and trailer drove off U.S.
Lafayette County Building/Zoning Director Garrett Land (right) looks at the county’s future plan use map with Commission Chairman Earnest Jones during a workshop Tuesday on RV sites. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Lafayette County Building/Zoning Director Garrett Land (right) looks at the county’s future plan use map with Commission Chairman Earnest Jones during a workshop Tuesday on RV sites. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

RV sites driving issues in Lafayette

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
MAYO — With new campsites popping up nearly daily in Lafayette County, local government is stepping in to possibly slow the growth or even stop it entirely.
Former President Donald Trump arrives at an event at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday in West Palm Beach after being arraigned on 34 felony counts earlier in the day. (ALEX WONG/Getty Images/TNS)

Former President Donald Trump arrives at an event at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday in West Palm Beach after being arraigned on 34 felony counts earlier in the day. (ALEX WONG/Getty Images/TNS)

Trump case raises thorny legal issues

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
NEW YORK — The cover-up is worse than the crime, the expression goes. And in the hush money case against Donald Trump, prosecutors say the cover-up made the crime worse.

Two killed in Interstate 10 rollover

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
LIVE OAK — Two passengers were killed Tuesday night when the van they were traveling in veered off Interstate 10 and rolled over in Suwannee County. The van was headed west on I-10 around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday when, for unknown reasons, it veered left and into the median just east of the U.S.
Lafayette FBLA had 31 members compete at the Florida FBLA convention, the most in program history. (COURTESY)

Lafayette FBLA had 31 members compete at the Florida FBLA convention, the most in program history. (COURTESY)

LHS FBLA sends 11 to nationals

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
MAYO — Lafayette High School’s FBLA is sending 11 members to the national convention this summer. At last week’s Florida FBLA Convention in Orlando, three Lafayette FBLA high school teams qualified for the national event by finishing in the top four.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Tuesday. (SETH WENIG/Getty Images/TNS)

Former U.S. president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on Tuesday. (SETH WENIG/Getty Images/TNS)

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 charges; admonished by judge

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
NEW YORK — Donald Trump conspired to undermine the 2016 election through a series of hush money payments designed to stifle claims that could be harmful to his candidacy, prosecutors said Tuesday in unsealing a historic 34-count felony indictment against the former president.