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Live Oak Councilor Tommie Jefferson points during Tuesday’s city council meeting. Jefferson brought a motion to terminate city manager George Curtis’ contract, but the motion died after not getting seconded. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Live Oak Councilor Tommie Jefferson points during Tuesday’s city council meeting. Jefferson brought a motion to terminate city manager George Curtis’ contract, but the motion died after not getting seconded. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Live Oak Council keeps Curtis

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
LIVE OAK — The Live Oak City Council is not looking for a new city manager. At least not yet.
Harry K. "Kin" Weaver Jr. (right) filed to run for Suwannee County sheriff in 2024 alongside Mike Wallace, who would serve as his Chief Deputy if elected. (COURTESY)

Harry K. "Kin" Weaver Jr. (right) filed to run for Suwannee County sheriff in 2024 alongside Mike Wallace, who would serve as his Chief Deputy if elected. (COURTESY)

Weaver files for Suwannee sheriff race

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
LIVE OAK — Suwannee County could have a new sheriff in town next year. Harry K. “Kin” Weaver Jr. filed to run for Suwannee County sheriff in 2024 with the Suwannee County Supervisor of Elections on Thursday.

Prison staffer arrested on bribery charges

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
JASPER — A six-month scheme in bringing narcotics into Hamilton Correctional Institution led to the arrest last month of a prison staff member. According to a Florida Department of Corrections Office of Inspector General report released Friday, 39-year-old Jamie Lynn Smith, of Lake Park, Ga.
President Joe Biden listens during a news conference with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the North American Leaders’ Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City Tuesday. (ANDREW HARNIK/Associated Press)

President Joe Biden listens during a news conference with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the North American Leaders’ Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City Tuesday. (ANDREW HARNIK/Associated Press)

Biden ‘surprised’ government records found at old office

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was surprised when informed that government records were found by his attorneys at his former office space in Washington. He was asked about the issue after the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee requested that the U.S.
Nobody was injured when a pickup overturned Saturday night on County Road 249 in Suwannee County. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE)

Nobody was injured when a pickup overturned Saturday night on County Road 249 in Suwannee County. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE)

Nobody injured in Live Oak rollover

NEWS STAFF
Monday, January 9, 2023
LIVE OAK  — Nobody was injured Saturday night when a pickup overturned in northern Suwannee County. A 2011 Ford F150 was traveling south on County Road 249 when the driver, a 25-year-old Lee man, failed to negotiate a curve and drove onto the west grass shoulder around 7 p.m.

Diaz steps down as FL Democratic leader

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Monday, January 9, 2023
Two months after Democrats suffered historic losses across the state, Florida Democratic Party Chairman Manny Diaz resigned Monday. “After much reflection, I regret to inform you that I have chosen to retire as FDP Chair, effective immediately,” Diaz wrote in a lengthy letter.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters as he walks to the speaker's ceremonial office at the Capitol in Washington on Monday. (JOSE LUIS MAGANA/Associated Press)

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters as he walks to the speaker's ceremonial office at the Capitol in Washington on Monday. (JOSE LUIS MAGANA/Associated Press)

McCarthy’s House passes rules package

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, January 9, 2023
WASHINGTON — Electing the House speaker may have been the easy part. Now House Republicans will try to govern.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., smiles after winning the 15th vote in the House chamber as the House enters the fifth day trying to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/ALEX BRANDON/Associated Press)

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., smiles after winning the 15th vote in the House chamber as the House enters the fifth day trying to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, early Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/ALEX BRANDON/Associated Press)

McCarthy elected House speaker in vote 15 after chaotic week

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, January 7, 2023
WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern.