Regional

The Big Engine Band out of Jacksonville will play Saturday night at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. (COURTESY AN IMAGE IN TIME PHOTOGRAPHY)

The historic old Live Oak City Hall building at the intersection of Ohio Avenue North and Duval Street in Live Oak could soon get a new name. The Live Oak City Council is interested in naming the building after former Councilman John Yulee, who was instrumental in saving the 1908 building from demolition during his 16 years of service. The building now is home to the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

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)