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Hairdaze will perform from at the Rockin’ for a Reason benefit concert at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park on Saturday night. (COURTESY)

Hairdaze will perform from at the Rockin’ for a Reason benefit concert at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park on Saturday night. (COURTESY)

Tribute bands performing for Rockin’ for a Reason

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, September 10, 2022
LIVE OAK — The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park will be rocking this weekend, Rockin’ for a Reason. As part of a benefit concert at the park Saturday night, a pair of tribute bands — The Tribute Trifecta and Hairdaze — will perform.

King Charles III vows ‘lifelong service’

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, September 10, 2022
LONDON — King Charles III vowed in his first speech as monarch Friday to carry on Queen Elizabeth II’s “lifelong service” with his own modernizing stamp, as Britain entered an uncertain new age under a new sovereign.

Florida Museum’s fall plant sale set to bloom

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Saturday, September 10, 2022
GAINESVILLE — Gear up for the autumn gardening season at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s fall plant sale, which is returning Sept. 23-25. Visitors may select from more than 100 species of accent, host, native and nectar plants.

Human smuggler nabbed on I-10

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, September 8, 2022
LIVE OAK — A traffic stop over a broken windshield Wednesday afternoon led to  the arrest of a human trafficker. While traveling east on Interstate 10 around 4:10 p.m.
Queen Elizabeth II, waving during an official visit as part of a Jubilee celebration in 2012, died Thursday at the age of 96. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Queen Elizabeth II, waving during an official visit as part of a Jubilee celebration in 2012, died Thursday at the age of 96. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, September 8, 2022
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability in a turbulent era that saw the decline of the British empire and disarray in her own family, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.

Attorney sentenced for bribing state attorney

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
JACKSONVILLE — A former Madison County attorney will spend time in federal prison for his role in bribery scandal involving the former Third Circuit State Attorney. Ernest Maloney Page IV, who pleaded guilty in September 2020, was sentenced to six months in federal prison by U.S.
Gloria and Allen Johnson will serve as Granny and Pappy for this year’s 42nd annual Pioneer Day. (COURTESY)

Gloria and Allen Johnson will serve as Granny and Pappy for this year’s 42nd annual Pioneer Day. (COURTESY)

Johnsons named Granny and Pappy

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022
MAYO — Granny and Pappy are returning to Pioneer Day. After an absence of several years, the 42nd annual Pioneer Day, set for Oct. 8 at Veterans Memorial Park in Mayo, will have the honorable positions back as part of the festivities.
Florida Gateway Food Bank Manager David Boozer smiles with a load of food and cash donations raised during the Suwannee Valley Food Fight to End Hunger. (COURTESY)

Florida Gateway Food Bank Manager David Boozer smiles with a load of food and cash donations raised during the Suwannee Valley Food Fight to End Hunger. (COURTESY)

‘Food Fight’ benefits Fla. Gateway Food Bank

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
LIVE OAK — Another fight is in the books. The second Suwannee Valley Food Fight to End Hunger, organized by the Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative, closed at the end of August.