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Teen killed in head-on crash

NEWS STAFF
Monday, December 20, 2021
McALPIN — A Suwannee County teen was killed in a head-on collision late Friday night. A 19-year-old Wellborn man was driving east on County Road 252 just before midnight Friday night when his car crossed the center line near 99th Lane.

State, local jobless rates dip

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Friday, December 17, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Unemployment continues to slowly improve in Florida as the state gets closer to regaining the number of jobs lost when the covid-19 pandemic caused business closures and layoffs last year.
Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

CDC recommends Pfizer and Moderna covid-19 shots over J&J’s

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

Festival of Lessons and Carols presented in Live Oak

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, December 16, 2021
LIVE OAK — Featuring a choir of voices from across North Florida, a Festival of Lessons and Carols will be presented this weekend. The festival will be performed Sunday at 6 p.m. at Covenant First Presbyterian Church, 421 White Ave. in Live Oak.
The Lanier family children look over some of the toys they selected during Monday’s ‘Shop with a Cop’ event. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

The Lanier family children look over some of the toys they selected during Monday’s ‘Shop with a Cop’ event. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Annual ‘Shop with a Cop’ event helps families, kids in need

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
LIVE OAK — A little over a dozen families received some early holiday cheer on Monday. The annual Shop with a Cop event at the Live Oak Walmart at 6868 U.S.

Water on tap for mega site

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
LIVE OAK — Let if flow, let it flow, let it flow. The Suwannee River Water Management District’s governing board unanimously approved a water use permit request by Columbia County for the North Florida Mega Industrial Park during its meeting Tuesday morning.