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Feds warn state over school board money

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Monday, October 25, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday warned top Florida education officials to “reconsider your threatened actions” after the state said it would try to thwart attempts to use federal money to cover salaries of county school-board members who approved student mask...

Judge set to decide on school mask rule

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Saturday, October 23, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — An administrative law judge will have up to two weeks to issue a decision after a hearing ended Friday in a challenge by six school boards to a state Department of Health rule designed to prevent student mask requirements.

Teen shot during illegal hunt

TONY BRITT
Thursday, October 21, 2021
FORT WHITE — A 19-year-old Lake City woman was shot in the hand Wednesday morning in an illegal hunting accident. Kylie B. Shumaker was taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to her hand as a result of the incident, in which she and three companions attempted to illegally shoot a deer.
Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center filed for bankruptcy last week along with its parent company, Gulf Coast Health Care. (SUWANNEE DEMOCRAT FILE)

Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center filed for bankruptcy last week along with its parent company, Gulf Coast Health Care. (SUWANNEE DEMOCRAT FILE)

Suwannee Health files for bankruptcy

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
LIVE OAK — A Live Oak long-term care facility, and its parent company, have filed for bankruptcy protection.
The FDA gave the go-ahead for mixing covid vaccines on Wednesday, backing Moderna, J&J boosters.

The FDA gave the go-ahead for mixing covid vaccines on Wednesday, backing Moderna, J&J boosters.

FDA OKs mixing covid vaccines; backs Moderna, J&J boosters

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
WASHINGTON — U.S.regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending covid-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they received initially.

Live Oak council raises stakes on arcades

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
LIVE OAK — Operating internet cafes or electronic sweepstakes may soon get more expensive in the City of Live Oak. The Live Oak City Council unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance at its Oct. 12 meeting implementing guidelines over the gaming establishments.
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Couple on the run arrested on felony warrants

NEWS STAFF
Monday, October 18, 2021
LIVE OAK — A Suwannee County couple tried a number of things to avoid capture Saturday on felony warrants: speeding away in a vehicle, fleeing on foot and even trying to swim across the Suwannee River.
In this Dec. 16, 2000 file photo, President-elect Bush smiles as he introduces retired Gen. Colin Powell (left) as his nominee to be secretary of state during a ceremony in Crawford, Texas. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from covid-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)

In this Dec. 16, 2000 file photo, President-elect Bush smiles as he introduces retired Gen. Colin Powell (left) as his nominee to be secretary of state during a ceremony in Crawford, Texas. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from covid-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dies from covid complications

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, October 18, 2021
WASHIINGTON — Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84.