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Our Santa Fe River members Michael Roth, from left, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and Kristin Rubin protest outside the Suwannee River Water Management District headquarters on the morning of February 23. (FILE)

Our Santa Fe River members Michael Roth, from left, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and Kristin Rubin protest outside the Suwannee River Water Management District headquarters on the morning of February 23. (FILE)

Kayaktivists plan rally at Ginnie Springs

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, May 27, 2021
HIGH SPRINGS — Ginnie Springs is a prime Memorial Day weekend destination — drawing thousands of guests.

Child with lighter sparks mattress

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, May 27, 2021
LIVE OAK — A child with a lighter led to an early-morning house fire Thursday in western Suwannee County. Nobody was injured in the fire at a double-wide mobile home off County Road 252 that happened before 4 a.m. Thursday. “It was started by a minor that was playing with a lighter.

Pickup bursts into flames on I-10

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, May 27, 2021
LIVE OAK — Mechanical issues did more than force a truck off Interstate 10 on Wednesday afternoon. After pulling onto the shoulder near mile marker 272 on the eastbound side of I-10, the man’s 2016 Ford F250 burst into flames around 3:18 p.m. Wednesday.

DeSantis: ‘We’re working’ on budget review

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he is continuing to review parts of a record $101.5 billion budget proposal as he prepares to sign it before the July 1 start of the fiscal year.  “We’re going to be signing that budget, hopefully within the next couple weeks.

Florida firefighting helicopter crashes; no survivors found

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
LEESBURG — A firefighting helicopter carrying four people on a training exercise crashed near an airport in central Florida, killing all aboard. The helicopter crashed into a marsh near Leesburg International Airport around 4 p.m. Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a news release.

Siegmeister trial continued

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
JACKSONVILLE — The former Third Judicial Circuit state attorney’s trial for extortion and bribery has been pushed back. In a brief telephonic status conference Monday, U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard granted Jeff Siegmeister’s request for continuance.