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An elevated tractor applies fertilizer to a corn field in May. UF/IFAS is looking to conduct new research on the best management practices for key crops, including how much fertilizer to use. (COURTESY UF/IFAS)

An elevated tractor applies fertilizer to a corn field in May. UF/IFAS is looking to conduct new research on the best management practices for key crops, including how much fertilizer to use. (COURTESY UF/IFAS)

IFAS looks for new crop of BMPs

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 1, 2022
UF/IFAS received $8.8 million to conduct new research that will provide farmers with new and improved recommendations for fertilization of key Florida crops. The funding, approved by the Florida Legislature, will be administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
A still image from a North Florida Pharmacy surveillance camera in Fort White shows the armed and masked man who robbed the store in January. (COURTESY)

A still image from a North Florida Pharmacy surveillance camera in Fort White shows the armed and masked man who robbed the store in January. (COURTESY)

Pharmacy robber faces federal charges

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, June 30, 2022
JACKSONVILLE — After a string of local pharmacy robberies in early January, federal authorities said they finally have a man in custody that was responsible for at least one of them.
Rudy’s Dawgs owner Rudy Robles said he’s wanted to do a Coney Island-styled hot dog eating contest for a while. (FILE)

Rudy’s Dawgs owner Rudy Robles said he’s wanted to do a Coney Island-styled hot dog eating contest for a while. (FILE)

On your mark, get set... eat

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, June 30, 2022
LIVE OAK — The Live Oak Freedom Festival has gone to the hot dogs. As part of the ninth annual event in downtown Live Oak on Monday to celebrate Independence Day, Rudy’s Dawgs of Live Oak is hosting a hot dog eating contest between local first responders. The contest is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, June 30, 2022
WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice, and she took the place of the justice she once worked for.
Two men from Nicaragua wait to apply for asylum in the United States Thursday, June 30, 2022, at a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (GREGORY BULL/Associated Press)

Two men from Nicaragua wait to apply for asylum in the United States Thursday, June 30, 2022, at a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. (GREGORY BULL/Associated Press)

SCOTUS: Biden can end Trump-era asylum policy

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, June 30, 2022
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday the Biden administration can scrap a Trump-era immigration policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S.