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Suwannee County Commissioner Travis Land said Tuesday that he was concerned with not seeking bids on a project as large as the $865,00 engineering and design of an elevated water tower. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Suwannee County Commissioner Travis Land said Tuesday that he was concerned with not seeking bids on a project as large as the $865,00 engineering and design of an elevated water tower. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Suwannee County seeks bids on water tower design at Catalyst Site

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
The start of a big project at Suwannee County’s Catalyst Site will wait for a round of bids.
COURTESY Suwannee Springcrest Elementary students in the 21st Century After-School Learning Program put on a play during the past school year. The district wasn’t selected by the state to receive funding for the program this upcoming school year. (COURTESY)

COURTESY Suwannee Springcrest Elementary students in the 21st Century After-School Learning Program put on a play during the past school year. The district wasn’t selected by the state to receive funding for the program this upcoming school year. (COURTESY)

Suwannee not selected for 21st Century after-school program

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Suwannee County’s 21st Century After-School Learning Program won’t be offered this year.
Live Oak Police Chief Keith Davis said while he was ‘99% sure’ the suspicious device found Tuesday in a backyard in Live Oak was a training round, officers called the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad due to ‘that 1% chance.’ The Bomb Squad responded and secured the device. (COURTESY LIVE OAK POLICE DEPARTMENT)

Live Oak Police Chief Keith Davis said while he was ‘99% sure’ the suspicious device found Tuesday in a backyard in Live Oak was a training round, officers called the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad due to ‘that 1% chance.’ The Bomb Squad responded and secured the device. (COURTESY LIVE OAK POLICE DEPARTMENT)

Training round draws bomb squad

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Some backyard cleanup uncovered more than one Live Oak family was hoping for Tuesday.Cleaning out bushes in their backyard uncovered an old training round that eventually ended with the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responding to Live Oak to handle the suspicious device.
Leila Williams (far left) talks about the Union Burial Ground Cemetery where Hankerson family members were buried. Williams helped organize the tour for Hankerson family descendants through Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties last Saturday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Leila Williams (far left) talks about the Union Burial Ground Cemetery where Hankerson family members were buried. Williams helped organize the tour for Hankerson family descendants through Columbia, Hamilton and Suwannee counties last Saturday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Hankerson reunion, tour connects descendants to tri-county area

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
A chartered bus from Georgia traversed the back roads, dirt roads and often forgotten paths of people from decades ago across North Florida.
Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency Director Nicholas Frigiola said the district has generated $1 million in revenue for the first time. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency Director Nicholas Frigiola said the district has generated $1 million in revenue for the first time. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Live Oak CRA cracks $1M in revenue

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
It’s a milestone year for the Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency.