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Deputies with the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office were honored Monday as a recipient of the Missing Children’s Task Force/Team of the Year Award for their work alongside the Tampa Police Department to save a child’s life in May 2024. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)

Yoseph Robinson, an 18-year-old, was arrested Friday for his role in a series of armed vehicle burglaries in Pierce County, Georgia. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)

Live Oak Council President Pro Tem Tommie Jefferson pleaded Monday to add funding to pave Spruce Street in the upcoming budget. It was not added prior to the tentative approval. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Lafayette County 4-H member Emilee Elizabeth Jackson holds a pan of fresh peanuts just picked. (COURTESY LAFAYETTE COUNTY 4-H)

Katherine Allen told the Live Oak City Council about events that are being planned in the city for Florida Cities Week, which include a tour of City Hall, coffee and doughnuts with Mayor Frank Davis and City Manager Larry Sessions and a scavenger hunt of historic buildings in the city. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

President Donald Trump (right) points at Rep. Chuck Brannan (middle) and thanked him Thursday for sponsoring the bill to name a portion of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County after him. Also visiting the West Wing on Thursday from the Florida House of Representatives were Lawrence McClure (from left), House Speaker Daniel Perez, James Buchanan and Tyler Sirois. (COURTESY CHUCK BRANNAN)

Kiersten Parson (center), then the Columbia High JROTC Battalion Commander, leads the cadets on the annual 9/11 Memorial March at the school last year during Patriot Day.

Matthew Ori, a senior consultant with Raftelis, talks to the North Florida Water Utilities Authority board on Wednesday about the status of the rate study being performed by the group. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)