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The Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus in Pasco County, which serves as a regional storm shelter, is similar to the shelter the state is eying for Suwannee County. The county is seeking additional funding toward the project in the upcoming legislative session. (COURTESY)

The Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus in Pasco County, which serves as a regional storm shelter, is similar to the shelter the state is eying for Suwannee County. The county is seeking additional funding toward the project in the upcoming legislative session. (COURTESY)

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Shelter, RTC top Suwannee’s funding requests

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Project Summit, the regional storm shelter planned for the north side of Live Oak tops the list of projects in Suwannee County seek state appropriations in the upcoming legislative session. Rep. Jason Shoaf (R-Port St. Joe) and Sen.

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New Year’s Eve party starts off big SOSMP weekend

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
LIVE OAK — It’s going to be a great New Year’s Eve at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park with the Mad Margeitt Band entertaining as the new year comes in followed by the best fireworks show in North Florida.
Palms Medical Group staff raised more than $4,000 for breast cancer awareness in support of the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer initiative. (COURTESY)

Palms Medical Group staff raised more than $4,000 for breast cancer awareness in support of the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer initiative. (COURTESY)

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Palms raises $4K for breast cancer awareness

NEWS STAFF
Friday, December 26, 2025
HIGH SPRINGS — Palms Medical Group staff collectively raised $4,259.28 in support of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer movement, an initiative by the American Cancer Society. Palms Medical’s fundraising effort took place during October, celebrated as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Judge asked to toss Jennings cardroom case

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Friday, December 26, 2025
TALLAHASSEE — State regulators want a judge to dismiss a Jacksonville cardroom operator’s lawsuit challenging the approval of a plan that could help lead to a new poker room in rural Hamilton County. The Florida Gaming Control Commission filed a motion Dec.
Kenneth Hammett, 7, tries out a new ball and glove in the aisles during last week’s Shop with a Hero event at the Live Oak Walmart. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Kenneth Hammett, 7, tries out a new ball and glove in the aisles during last week’s Shop with a Hero event at the Live Oak Walmart. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

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Shop with a Hero helps provide kids with presents

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
It wasn’t just cops on the beat for a two-night spree of holiday charity. Representatives from numerous state and local law enforcement agencies lined the front of the Live Oak Walmart for two nights last week.

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Missing Suwannee teens found, rescued

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TALLAHASSEE — A pair of missing Suwannee County teens were part of 43 children found and recovered during Operation Northern Lights. The multi-jurisdictional operation, led by the U.S. Marshals Service, rescued 43 children “critically missing” from 14 North Florida counties in December.
Taylor and Kayli McCathern hold bags of presents that God’s Hidden Angels collected for underprivileged children in Suwannee County. (COURTESY)

Taylor and Kayli McCathern hold bags of presents that God’s Hidden Angels collected for underprivileged children in Suwannee County. (COURTESY)

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God’s Hidden Angels brighten Christmas for Suwannee kids

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
More than 400 Suwannee County children will have a merry Christmas thanks to God’s Hidden Angels. The group and the First Methodist Church of Live Oak distributed Christmas presents to 460 area children, the majority of which are in the homeless program in the Suwannee County School District.

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Mississippi man dies in single-vehicle I-10 crash

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
A Mississippi man was killed when the SUV he was riding in crashed into a tree alongside Interstate 10 last week. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Miami man was headed east on Interstate 10 around 9:30 p.m. Thursday when he drove off the road near mile marker 284 just east of the U.S.
Milton Smith and Darren Webb with GSMS Developers cut the ribbon in front of one of the new houses in the Canyon Vistas subdivision in Live Oak. GSMS evelopers was joined at the ribbon cutting by Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce represenatatives as well as Suwannee County and City of Live Oak officials. (MONJA SLATER/Lake City Reporter)

Milton Smith and Darren Webb with GSMS Developers cut the ribbon in front of one of the new houses in the Canyon Vistas subdivision in Live Oak. GSMS evelopers was joined at the ribbon cutting by Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce represenatatives as well as Suwannee County and City of Live Oak officials. (MONJA SLATER/Lake City Reporter)

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GSMS Developers building out Canyon Vistas

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
New homes within walking distance of the major growth area of Live Oak were being shown off to the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce and interested residents earlier this month.