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A semi-truck carrying a delivery of liquor burns off the side of County Road 250 near the intersection of 201st Road. (COURTESY)

A semi-truck carrying a delivery of liquor burns off the side of County Road 250 near the intersection of 201st Road. (COURTESY)

Liquor truck, van catch fire in Suwannee crash

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
DOWLING PARK — You shouldn’t cry over spilt milk, but what about burnt liquor? Nobody was injured late Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle accident in western Suwannee County that involved both vehicles catching fire.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2016, in Philadelphia. Albright has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. (AP File)

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2016, in Philadelphia. Albright has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. (AP File)

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
WASHINGTON — Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe who rose to become the first female secretary of state and a mentor to many current and former American statesmen and women, died Wednesday of cancer, her family said. She was 84.

SCOTUS nominee pushes back at GOP critics

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday, pushing back against Republican assertions that she was soft on crime and declaring she would rule as an “independent jurist” if confirmed as the first Black woman on the high court.

SCSD looks to serve up better food to students

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, March 21, 2022
LIVE OAK — Online comments about potential changes to the Suwannee County School District’s food service program has left a sour taste in Ted Roush’s mouth. Suwannee County’s superintendent released a statement Friday to “dispel the social media keyboard warriors and break-room gossipers.

LO qualifying begins Monday

NEWS STAFF
Friday, March 18, 2022
LIVE OAK — Candidates seeking office in the City of Live Oak can qualify this week. The qualifying period for the city, which has four open seats, begins at noon on Monday and runs through noon Friday.

Brannan’s wife up for judicial appointment

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, March 18, 2022
MACCLENNY — The wife of Florida’s state representative for District 10 is seeking a judicial appointment. Lorelie Brannan is one of three finalists nominated by the Eighth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the vacant Baker County judicial seat.

Absconded sex offender captured

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, March 17, 2022
ALACHUA — A sex offender that didn’t return from furlough is now headed back to jail. John Clink, a 33-year-old from Lake City, was arrested Thursday in Alachua on an escape warrant, which was signed after Clink didn’t return from a court-ordered furlough Wednesday.
Therapy horse Sweetheart dons the Cadbury bunny ears as she is a finalist in the National Cadbury bunny tryouts. (COURTESY)

Therapy horse Sweetheart dons the Cadbury bunny ears as she is a finalist in the National Cadbury bunny tryouts. (COURTESY)

Therapy horse Sweetheart in running for Cadbury bunny role

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
HIGH SPRINGS — A Columbia County horse may be jumping into a new line of work. Sweetheart, a therapy horse with Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses, is also a finalist in the national Cadbury bunny tryouts.