Regional

Suwannee County Attorney Adam Morrison said the county could not put a moratorium in place on data centers since it would violate a 2025 state law. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Byron Donalds, a U.S. Representative who is running for governor of Florida, speaks Saturday at a rally in Mason City. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Kathryn Land and J. Reid, former Hamilton County Sheriff Harrell’s Reid’s children, hold his encased medallion after he was posthumously inducted into the Florida Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame on Saturday. Land and Reid were surrounded by family members and past and present members of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. (COURTESY)

Adam Collins (right) listens as the results were delivered Tuesday night in the Live Oak District 1 runoff election. Collins won the election. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

The state budget approved by the legislature has more than $5 million appropriated toward master planning and design for the North Florida Regional Emergency Shelter, which will be located in Suwannee County just north of the Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 129 interchange. That funding is among the projects that Florida TaxWatch wants Gov. Ron DeSantis to scrutinize before deciding on what to veto or leave in. (COURTESY)

Live Oak Councilwoman Vanessa Brown Robinson looks at last week’s Live Oak Reporter to reference the impact the city budget would experience from the proposed property tax cuts during Tuesday’s council meeting. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)