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Surfer Corey Howell in a space man Surfing Santa suit, rides with waves with other surfing Santas for the 14th annual Surfing Santas of Cocoa Beach event Christmas Eve morning, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Cold temperatures in the 30s Fahrenheit thinned out the surfers, but thousands showed up for the annual holiday event that benefits the Florida Surf Museum and Grind for Life, a local charity benefiting people with cancer. (MALCOLM DENEMARK/Florida Today via AP)

Surfer Corey Howell in a space man Surfing Santa suit, rides with waves with other surfing Santas for the 14th annual Surfing Santas of Cocoa Beach event Christmas Eve morning, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Cold temperatures in the 30s Fahrenheit thinned out the surfers, but thousands showed up for the annual holiday event that benefits the Florida Surf Museum and Grind for Life, a local charity benefiting people with cancer. (MALCOLM DENEMARK/Florida Today via AP)

Frigid weather doesn’t stop Santas surfing off Florida coast

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, December 26, 2022
COCOA BEACH — For the surfing Santas off Florida’s central coast, the Atlantic Ocean felt more like the North Pole than the Sunshine State as temperatures on Saturday morning plunged to around freezing, while freeze warnings were in place for at least half of the state.

LO man killed in Christmas night crash

NEWS STAFF
Monday, December 26, 2022
ELLAVILLE – A Live Oak man was killed when his vehicle hit a tree late Sunday night in northwestern Suwannee County. A Florida Highway Patrol report states the 37-year-old man was nearing 193rd Drive on U.S. Highway 90 around 11:30 p.m.
A tractor trailer transporting automobiles caught fire on Interstate 10 in Suwannee County on Thursday night, closing down the interstate for hours as firefighters battled the blaze. (COURTESY SUWANNEE FIRE RESCUE)

A tractor trailer transporting automobiles caught fire on Interstate 10 in Suwannee County on Thursday night, closing down the interstate for hours as firefighters battled the blaze. (COURTESY SUWANNEE FIRE RESCUE)

Flames engulf tractor, vehicles in transport

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, December 23, 2022
LIVE OAK— An automobile transport catching fire shut down Interstate 10 for hours Thursday night, as well as a Suwannee County road. A tractor trailer hauling an auto transport caught fired Tuesday around 6:30 p.m.

Suwannee delegation hearing set for Jan. 13

NEWS STAFF
Friday, December 23, 2022
LIVE OAK — State legislators will hear from Suwannee County officials and residents early next year. Suwannee County’s legislative delegation hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Judicial Annex, 218 Parshley Street SW in Live Oak, Rep. Jason Shoaf (R-Port St.