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Police investigators work outside the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco. (ERIC RISBERG/Associated Press)

Police investigators work outside the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco. (ERIC RISBERG/Associated Press)

Intruder attacks Nanci Pelosi’s husband

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, October 28, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO — The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer by an assailant who authorities said broke into the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday, searching for the Democratic leader and shouting: “Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?
In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers on Sept. 30. (GERALD HERBERT/AP File)

In this aerial photo made in a flight provided by mediccorps.org, damage from Hurricane Ian is seen on the causeway leading to Sanibel Island from Fort Myers on Sept. 30. (GERALD HERBERT/AP File)

Ian’s cleanup deals generate new storm

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, October 27, 2022
It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating new tempests in the Category 4 storm’s wake.

Lafayette schools electrify bus fleet

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
MAYO — The Lafayette County School District’s bus fleet received a jolt Wednesday. The district was one of 400 spanning all 50 states and Washington D.C. to receive grants to purchase “clean” school buses under a new federal program through the Environmental Protection Agency.

FDLE seeks help in solving 1974 Dixie County murder

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
CROSS CITY — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is hoping to soon shut the book on one of the oldest active homicide cases in the state and the oldest in Dixie County. FDLE agents are continuing to pursue leads in the 1974 homicide of 24-year-old James Norris, a California man.
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.