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The Lafayette High School marching band performs in front of a crowd Saturday in Veteran’s Memorial Park during the 42nd annual Pioneer Day. (ERIKA CLESI/Special to the Reporter)

The Lafayette High School marching band performs in front of a crowd Saturday in Veteran’s Memorial Park during the 42nd annual Pioneer Day. (ERIKA CLESI/Special to the Reporter)

Thousands flock to Mayo’s Pioneer Day

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
MAYO — If you throw it, they will come. The 42nd annual Pioneer Day, organized by the Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce, drew a big turnout to Veteran’s Memorial Park on Saturday.
A squirrel runs across SE Arabian Road, a dirt road just south of U.S. Highway 27 near the Suwannee River bridge to Branford. The raod’s condition has residents concerned but the County Commission said there’s no easy fix during its Monday meeting. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

A squirrel runs across SE Arabian Road, a dirt road just south of U.S. Highway 27 near the Suwannee River bridge to Branford. The raod’s condition has residents concerned but the County Commission said there’s no easy fix during its Monday meeting. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Lafayette BOCC: No permanent solution to rough dirt roads

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
MAYO — There’s no question that SE Arabian Road, a dirt road that connects State Road 349 and U.S. Highway 27, is in bad shape. But there is no easy solution to fixing the problems with the road, Lafayette County officials told residents at Monday’s County Commission meeting.

SRWMD: Rainfall dropped off in Sept.

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
LIVE OAK — After two wet months, North Florida started to dry out in September. The Suwannee River Water Management District’s hydrologic conditions report for the month, released Tuesday, showed that rainfall in the area was down 3% compared to the historical average from 1932-2021.
Dr. Anna Kelley, a Branford native, is North Florida College’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program instructor. (COURTESY)

Dr. Anna Kelley, a Branford native, is North Florida College’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program instructor. (COURTESY)

Branford native Kelley teaching nursing at NFC

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
MADISON — North Florida College has hired Anna Kelley, a doctor of nursing practice, as its instructor of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Dr. Kelley, a Branford native, brings to NFC 42 years of experience in nursing with advanced practice specialty in Women’s Health.

Legislators seek shield in redistricting fight

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — Six lawmakers, including House Speaker Chris Sprowls and Sen. Jennifer Bradley, and legislative staff members have asked a judge for a protective order that would shield them from testifying in a lawsuit about the constitutionality of a new congressional redistricting plan.

Lower prices at the pump vaporize

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — Production cuts by OPEC and its allies last week have increased prices and eaten into savings Florida motorists initially saw from the state’s October gas-tax “holiday.” After the holiday started Oct.
Sen. Ben Sasse listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 23 in Washington. (ALEX BRANDON/AP File)

Sen. Ben Sasse listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on March 23 in Washington. (ALEX BRANDON/AP File)

Sasse faces questions, protests at UF

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, October 10, 2022
GAINESVILLE — Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse faced pointed questions and loud protests Monday during his first visit to the University of Florida as the lone finalist for the school’s presidency.
Driscoll (top left, clockwise), E. Peeler, L. Peeler, Santangelo and Ogburn.

Driscoll (top left, clockwise), E. Peeler, L. Peeler, Santangelo and Ogburn.

Brawl results in five arrests

NEWS STAFF
Monday, October 10, 2022
WHITE SPRINGS — Call it a fight, a brouhaha or a kerfuffle. Any way you slice it, five people were arrested Saturday night after police say a brawl broke out on the roadway on NW Gar Pond Court. According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies responded around 9 p.m.
A man hauls debris away from a pizza restaurant that was badly damaged by Hurricane Ian at Fort Myers Beach on Sunday. (JAY REEVES/Associated Press)

A man hauls debris away from a pizza restaurant that was badly damaged by Hurricane Ian at Fort Myers Beach on Sunday. (JAY REEVES/Associated Press)

Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, October 10, 2022
FORT MYERS — An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. By the government’s count, she and her husband Ralph are part of a success story.
Cars and debris from washed away homes line a canal in Fort Myers Beach on Wednesday, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian confounded one key computer forecast model, creating challenges for forecasters and Florida residents. (REBECCA BLACKWELL/Associated Press)

Cars and debris from washed away homes line a canal in Fort Myers Beach on Wednesday, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian confounded one key computer forecast model, creating challenges for forecasters and Florida residents. (REBECCA BLACKWELL/Associated Press)

How one computer model botched Ian’s track

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, October 8, 2022
As Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida, normally reliable computer forecast models couldn’t agree on where the killer storm would land. But government meteorologists are now figuring out what went wrong — and right.