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Suwannee High graduates Teresa Williams (second from left) and Madison Ramsey (second from right) were awarded scholarships from the NFC Foundation after an open house event at North Florida College’s Live Oak Learning Center. Williams was drawn as the $1,000 scholarship winner while Ramsey was selected for a $500 scholarship. Joining the two winners are NFC Foundation Scholarship Coordinator Annabelle Scott (left) and Myra Brock, NFC Foundation Board of Directors member. (COURTESY)

Suwannee High graduates Teresa Williams (second from left) and Madison Ramsey (second from right) were awarded scholarships from the NFC Foundation after an open house event at North Florida College’s Live Oak Learning Center. Williams was drawn as the $1,000 scholarship winner while Ramsey was selected for a $500 scholarship. Joining the two winners are NFC Foundation Scholarship Coordinator Annabelle Scott (left) and Myra Brock, NFC Foundation Board of Directors member. (COURTESY)

Live Oak students win NFC scholarships

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, July 14, 2022
LIVE OAK — A pair of Suwannee High graduates got a surprise boost to their college plans. The NFC Foundation announced Wednesday that Teresa Williams and Madison Ramsey were the lucky scholarship winners from the North Florida College Live Oak Open House.

Lafayette schools grade out among state’s best

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, July 14, 2022
MAYO — Another year, another trip near the front of the class for the Lafayette County School District. In the Florida Department of Education’s School Grades, the Lafayette County district as well as Lafayette High School received ‘A’ grades. Lafayette Elementary was not far behind with a ‘B.

Abortion law remains in effect during court battle

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — A new Florida law preventing abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy will remain in effect while a legal battle plays out. Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper last week issued a temporary injunction to block the law, finding that it violated the Florida Constitution.
Nikki Fried, speaking at a Lake City event Saturday, is challenging federal law that bars medical-marijuana patients from purchasing firearms. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Nikki Fried, speaking at a Lake City event Saturday, is challenging federal law that bars medical-marijuana patients from purchasing firearms. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Fried takes aim at guns, medical marijuana law

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is relying on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to support arguments in a challenge to federal regulations that make it illegal for medical-marijuana patients to buy guns.
Two people were shot and killed Saturday morning at the intersection of 167th Road and 40th Path in western Suwannee County. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Two people were shot and killed Saturday morning at the intersection of 167th Road and 40th Path in western Suwannee County. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

SCSO: Husband, wife shot and killed

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, July 11, 2022
FALMOUTH — The mystery of what led to the shooting of a Suwannee County couple is coming together, piece by piece. Suwannee County Sheriff Sam St.

SCSO, FDLE investigating double homicide

JAMIE WACHTER
Sunday, July 10, 2022
FALMOUTH — Suwannee County and state investigators continue to investigate a Saturday morning double homicide. Suwannee County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the intersection of 40th Path and 167th Road in western Suwannee County around 6:30 a.m. Saturday after a 911 call about a death.

Fatal crash, shooting connected

TONY BRITT
Friday, July 8, 2022
A shooting early Friday morning in western Columbia County and a fatal ATV accident not far away are believed to be connected, according to authorities.
Jesse Lamb was caught trying to swim away from Suwannee County Sheriff’s deputies in the Suwannee River on July 2. (COURTESY SCSO)

Jesse Lamb was caught trying to swim away from Suwannee County Sheriff’s deputies in the Suwannee River on July 2. (COURTESY SCSO)

Skinny dipping suspect caught in river

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 8, 2022
BRANFORD — After an extended game of “Marco Polo” with deputies, a skinny dipping Gainesville man was pulled from the Suwannee River and arrested last weekend.

Biden signs order on abortion access

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, July 8, 2022
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and delivered an impassioned plea for Americans upset by the decision to “vote, vote, vote vote” in November.
Wayne Kelly, an investigator with the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office, talks with suspects Jacqueline White, Bridget Parks and Travis Eshleman following a drug bust Thursday night in Live Oak. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE)

Wayne Kelly, an investigator with the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office, talks with suspects Jacqueline White, Bridget Parks and Travis Eshleman following a drug bust Thursday night in Live Oak. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE)

SCSO nabs three in late night drug bust

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 8, 2022
LIVE OAK — An undercover drug purchase Thursday led to three arrests on possession charges later that night. According to a release, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office purchased narcotics at a White Avenue SE residence in Live Oak on Thursday.