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Fifth generation farmer Roy Petteway looks at the damage to his citrus grove from the effects of Hurricane Ian on Oct. 12 in Zolfo Springs. Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations among the hardest hit, the University of Florida reported in a preliminary estimate. (CHRIS O’MEARA/AP File)

Fifth generation farmer Roy Petteway looks at the damage to his citrus grove from the effects of Hurricane Ian on Oct. 12 in Zolfo Springs. Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations among the hardest hit, the University of Florida reported in a preliminary estimate. (CHRIS O’MEARA/AP File)

Ian’s damage to Florida agriculture as high as $1.8B

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
ORLANDO — Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month, state agriculture officials said. The Category 4 storm caused between $1.1 billion and $1.
Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2022. Sasse is the sole finalist to become the president of the University of Florida, the school said Thursday, and the GOP senator has indicated that he will take the job. That means he could resign in the coming weeks. (ALEX BRANDON/AP File)

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2022. Sasse is the sole finalist to become the president of the University of Florida, the school said Thursday, and the GOP senator has indicated that he will take the job. That means he could resign in the coming weeks. (ALEX BRANDON/AP File)

Protest ban at Florida university after anti-Sasse rally

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
GAINESVILLE — The University of Florida is going to start enforcing a decades-old prohibition against indoor protests following a raucous demonstration earlier this month against the selection of U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse as a finalist for the school president’s job.

Gunshots land Suwannee County man in jail

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
WELLBORN — A Suwannee County man may not have been shooting to kill, but the shots still landed him in jail. According to a Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office report, Dakota James Lemay, 18, got into an argument with a trio of victims about leaving a residence on County Road 137 Monday around 10 a.m.

Two dead in head-on crash

NEWS STAFF
Monday, October 24, 2022
HOUSTON — Two people are dead after a traffic collision that ended with one vehicle on fire. According to Lt. Pat Riordan of the Florida Highway Patrol, the driver of one vehicle and a passenger in another were confirmed dead at the scene of a crash near the intersection of U.S.
Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) and Democratic opponent Charlie Crist take to the stage for their only scheduled debate in Fort Pierce Monday. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPalm.com via AP)

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) and Democratic opponent Charlie Crist take to the stage for their only scheduled debate in Fort Pierce Monday. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPalm.com via AP)

DeSantis, Crist face off in only slated debate

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, October 24, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — Defiant as ever, Florida Gov.
Jimmy Bielling (left) accepts the Florida Forestry Association’s presidential gavel from Carlton Jones. (COURTESY)

Jimmy Bielling (left) accepts the Florida Forestry Association’s presidential gavel from Carlton Jones. (COURTESY)

Area sprouts another forestry president

NEWS STAFF
Monday, October 24, 2022
PROVIDENCE — The area surrounding Lake City is filled with forests. It is also filled with forestry leaders.
Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally Oct. 8 in Minden, Nev. (AP FILE)

Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally Oct. 8 in Minden, Nev. (AP FILE)

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, October 22, 2022
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.