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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday in Washington as John Lausch, the U.S. Attorney in Chicago, looks on. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA/Associated Press)

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday in Washington as John Lausch, the U.S. Attorney in Chicago, looks on. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA/Associated Press)

Special counsel appointed to investigate Biden docs

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, January 12, 2023
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an unsecured office in Washington dating from his time as vice president.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks after being sworn in to begin his second term during an inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on Jan. 3 in Tallahassee. (AP FILE)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks after being sworn in to begin his second term during an inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol on Jan. 3 in Tallahassee. (AP FILE)

Immigration tests DeSantis as he weighs candidacy

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, January 12, 2023
TAVERNIER — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast last year in a high-profile effort to highlight illegal immigration on the eve of the midterm elections.
Rahzon Tee-Von Fennell-Demeritte is placed in handcuffs Wednesday morning. (COURTESY SCSO)

Rahzon Tee-Von Fennell-Demeritte is placed in handcuffs Wednesday morning. (COURTESY SCSO)

LO teen arrested for attempted murder

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
A Live Oak man wanted for attempted murder in Gainesville was apprehended Wednesday in Suwannee County. According to a Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office release, SCSO investigators helped the U.S. Marshals Service locate and arrest Rahzon Tee-Von Fennell-Demeritte, 18, on Wednesday morning.
Lafayette Commissioner Anthony Adams agreed with fellow Commissioner Lance Lamb that the county could run into issues enforcing new rules for ERV campsites. (FILE)

Lafayette Commissioner Anthony Adams agreed with fellow Commissioner Lance Lamb that the county could run into issues enforcing new rules for ERV campsites. (FILE)

Lafayette BOCC pumps brakes on RVs

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
MAYO — Recreational vehicles and campers will soon be treated like more permanent dwellings in Lafayette County.
Rainfall was below average for December across the Suwannee River Water Management District’s 15-county area. (COURTESY)

Rainfall was below average for December across the Suwannee River Water Management District’s 15-county area. (COURTESY)

SRWMD: Dry December ends dry year

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
LIVE OAK — December matched 2022 as a whole when it came to rainfall in North Florida: below average. According to the Suwannee River Water Management District’s hydrologic conditions report for December, the district’s 15 county area received an average of 1.
A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 28, 2010. (ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE)

A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 28, 2010. (ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE)

Starvation still a concern as manatee deaths drop

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
ST. PETERSBURG — Manatee deaths dropped in 2022 from a record high the year before, but Florida wildlife officials said Wednesday that chronic starvation caused by water pollution remains a major concern.
President Joe Biden talks with reporters before he and first lady Jill Biden board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (SUSAN WALSH/Associated Press)

President Joe Biden talks with reporters before he and first lady Jill Biden board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (SUSAN WALSH/Associated Press)

Source: Biden team finds more docs with classified markings

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s legal team has discovered additional documents containing classification markings, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from Chicago’s Midway Airport as flight delays stemming from a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought departures to a standstill across the U.S earlier Wednesday in Chicago. (CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/Associated Press)

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from Chicago’s Midway Airport as flight delays stemming from a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought departures to a standstill across the U.S earlier Wednesday in Chicago. (CHARLES REX ARBOGAST/Associated Press)

Computer breakdown sows chaos across US air travel system

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
NEW YORK — Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Wednesday after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, and the government launched an investigation into the breakdown, which grounded some planes for hours.