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LO man dead after single-vehicle wreck

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
LIVE OAK — A Suwannee County man is dead after an early morning crash along County Road 250. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 60-year-old Live Oak man was driving alone eastbound on CR-250 near the intersection of 167th Road around 12:15 a.m. Wednesday.

Back-to-School Bash, Meet the Teacher dates set

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
LIVE OAK – There won’t be one large Back-to-School Bash for Suwannee County students. Rather, there will be smaller school supply giveaways scheduled for Meet the Teacher events at each school within the Suwannee County School District on Monday and Tuesday.

SCSO: Drunk man threatened to ‘shoot’ officer

NEWS STAFF
Monday, August 1, 2022
LIVE OAK — After threatening to shoot a Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office sergeant, authorities say a Live Oak man proceeded to fire two rounds while they were still in the vicinity. According to an SCSO report, a disturbance between neighbors around 9:30 p.m.
President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House Monday as he announces that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan. (JIM WATSON/Associated Press)

President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House Monday as he announces that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan. (JIM WATSON/Associated Press)

U.S. drone strike kills al-Qaida leader

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, August 1, 2022
WASHINGTON — A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who took over as al-Qaida leader after Osama bin Laden’s death in a U.S. raid.
President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to speak about the economy during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex on July 28, Washington. (SUSAN WALSH/Associated Press)

President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to speak about the economy during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex on July 28, Washington. (SUSAN WALSH/Associated Press)

Biden tests positive for covid-19, returns to isolation

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Saturday, July 30, 2022
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. White House physician Dr.
A train hit a trailer full of corn near the Pilgrim’s Pride Feed Mill in Live Oak on Friday, spilling the load onto the ground and railroad tracks. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE)

A train hit a trailer full of corn near the Pilgrim’s Pride Feed Mill in Live Oak on Friday, spilling the load onto the ground and railroad tracks. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE)

Trailer ‘corn’ apart

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 29, 2022
LIVE OAK — Corny jokes aside, a Lake Butler truck driver can count himself lucky it was just the grain that suffered the worst fate. Just before 1 p.m.

Withlacoochee receives all clear

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 29, 2022
JASPER — All is clear once again on the Withlacoochee River. According to the Florida Department of Health, all samples taken on the river this week meet the state’s water quality standards for fecal indicators.
John Mailander, an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist known for his fiddle playing, has been added to the Suwannee Roots Revival as an artist-at-large. (COURTESY)

John Mailander, an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist known for his fiddle playing, has been added to the Suwannee Roots Revival as an artist-at-large. (COURTESY)

Roots Revival lineup sprouts more artists

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, July 28, 2022
LIVE OAK — More artists are digging in to the Suwannee Roots Revival. Additional acts have been added to the lineup for the sixth annual Roots Revival, set for Oct. 13-16 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park.