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The rail crossing at U.S. Highway 129 (Ohio Avenue) in Live Oak will undergo improvements next month. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

The rail crossing at U.S. Highway 129 (Ohio Avenue) in Live Oak will undergo improvements next month. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Rail crossing work to close U.S. 129

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, August 27, 2020
LIVE OAK — Traffic will detour around downtown Live Oak for two weeks, starting next month.

Cops: Man repeatedly sold drugs to informant

CARL MCKINNEY
Thursday, August 27, 2020
LIVE OAK — Third crime’s the charm, just not for the perp, deputies say.  A Live Oak man sold cocaine to an informant not once, not twice, but three times in the span of a couple of weeks, resulting in his arrest, according to a Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office report.
There have now been 56 deaths in Suwannee County associated with covid-19, including 40 from long-term care facilities.

There have now been 56 deaths in Suwannee County associated with covid-19, including 40 from long-term care facilities.

Three deaths added to Suwannee’s covid-19 toll

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Three more deaths were added to the toll the covid-19 pandemic has wreaked on Suwannee County. The Suwannee County Health Department announced Tuesday the deaths of an 82-year-old woman, an 82-year-old man and a 95-year-old woman, who had previously been diagnosed with the disease.
The Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Suwannee County was auctioned off for $61 million in bankruptcy court. (SUWANNEE DEMOCRAT)

The Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Suwannee County was auctioned off for $61 million in bankruptcy court. (SUWANNEE DEMOCRAT)

Klausner fetches $61M at auction

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, August 24, 2020
LIVE OAK — Say goodbye to Klausner and hello to Binder Beteiligungs AG. Binderholz was the winning bidder during Friday’s virtual auction of the Klausner Lumber One sawmill in Suwannee County in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Binderholz’s winning bid was $61 million.

Report: Cases popping up on campuses

NEWS STAFF
Monday, August 24, 2020
TALLAHASSEE — More than 700 coronavirus cases have been linked to K-12 schools and higher-education institutions over the course of two weeks as students and employees began returning to campuses across the state, according to a Florida Department of Health report released Monday.