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Falling Creek Falls is one of the Suwannee River Water Management District’s properties that offer recreational activities to residents and visitors. (COURTESY)

Falling Creek Falls is one of the Suwannee River Water Management District’s properties that offer recreational activities to residents and visitors. (COURTESY)

New site pumps out info on SRWMD lands

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
LIVE OAK — A new website will help pump out information about activities available on Suwannee River Water Management District property. The new site — https://map.mysuwanneeriver.

FBI: 5 Fla. militia members charged in Capitol storming

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Five Florida men affiliated with a militia group called “B Squad” have been arrested on charges that they joined a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, disrupting Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Cammack, Hawk take District 3 House primaries

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Florida voters finally have the answer as to who will run for the District 3 seat in the U.S House of Representatives. Kat Cammack, the incumbent House member in Florida’s District 3, easily advanced to November’s election after beating challenger Justin Waters in the Republican primary.
Perkins (left) and Mobley

Perkins (left) and Mobley

Perkins, Mobley elected to Suwannee commission

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
LIVE OAK — There will be two new faces on the Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners. Maurice Perkins and Leo Mobley were elected onto the commission Tuesday in convincing fashion. Perkins, who was elected from District 2, received 820 votes to 532 ballots cast for Stefan Blue.

Griffin wins Suwannee County judicial race

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
LIVE OAK — Suwannee County has a new judge, no runoff needed. Jennifer Kuyrkendall Griffin received 5,218 votes or 54.73% to win the judicial race outright during the primary election that ended Tuesday night. In winning the race to replace retiring William F.
Rep Charlie Crist, D-Fla., gestures after declaring victory Tuesday in St. Petersburg. Crist defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the Democratic gubernatorial primary election and will face incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)

Rep Charlie Crist, D-Fla., gestures after declaring victory Tuesday in St. Petersburg. Crist defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the Democratic gubernatorial primary election and will face incumbent Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. (CHRIS O'MEARA/Associated Press)

Florida Democrats choose Rep. Crist to challenge DeSantis

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
MIAMI — U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist won the Democratic nomination for governor in Florida on Tuesday, setting him up to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall in a campaign that the Republican incumbent sees as the first step toward a potential White House run.

RTC’s Wilson named to nursing board

NEWS STAFF
Monday, August 22, 2022
TALLAHASSEE — The practical nursing director at RiverOak Technical College is now on the Board of Directors for the Florida Center for Nursing. Suzanne Wilson, of Jennings, was one of 10 appointees to the nursing board announced by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP File)

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP File)

Fauci to step down at year’s end

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, August 22, 2022
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the covid-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades.

2 deaths examined in Hamilton County

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, August 20, 2022
JASPER — A pair of Hamilton County deaths are under investigation by multiple agencies. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, a body was found early Wednesday in a burned vehicle in northwestern Hamilton County.