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Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw uses maps and graphics to present a timeline of the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, during a hearing Tuesday in Austin, Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. (SARA DIGGINS/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw uses maps and graphics to present a timeline of the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, during a hearing Tuesday in Austin, Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. (SARA DIGGINS/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas top cop: Uvalde police could’ve ended rampage early

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — Police had enough officers and firepower on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have found the door to the classroom where he was holed up unlocked if they had bothered to check it, the head...

BOCC eyes no increase for trash

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, June 20, 2022
LIVE OAK — The idea of a new landfill in Suwannee County has been tossed in the trash. However, the Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners hasn’t found a way to dispose of its potential future problems with solid waste collection and disposal.

Rollover seriously injures log truck driver

NEWS STAFF
Monday, June 20, 2022
LIVE OAK — A Jasper man was seriously injured Monday morning when his log truck overturned in western Suwannee County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a tractor trailer loaded with logs was heading south on 167th Road around 9:20 a.m.
Halaychik and Ernsberger

Halaychik and Ernsberger

SCSO: Pair of suspects called law themselves

NEWS STAFF
Monday, June 20, 2022
LIVE OAK — It was double the pleasure for Suwannee County deputies. Twice over the span of four days, deputies responded to calls about break-ins to only end up arresting the caller for drug possession after finding no evidence of burglaries.

All five Hamilton County races will be contested

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, June 17, 2022
JASPER — Five Hamilton County offices up for election this year and five contested races. Both seats up for grabs on the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners drew three candidates during qualifying, which ended Friday at noon.

LO man ejected, killed in rollover

NEWS STAFF
Friday, June 17, 2022
TRENTON — A rollover crash Thursday evening in Levy County claimed the life of a Live Oak man. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 45-year-old Live Oak man was headed north on County Road 339 toward Trenton when his SUV veered off road near NE 150th Street around 5:55 p.m.