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Lafayette 4-H members made stained glass windows during Camp USA. (COURTESY)

Lafayette 4-H members made stained glass windows during Camp USA. (COURTESY)

Lafayette 4-H’s Camp USA celebrates America with learning and fun

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, July 4, 2024
By SHAWN JACKSON Lafayette County 4-H Agent Independence Day celebrations at Lafayette 4-H started early this year with Camp USA. The young participants enthusiastically explored the civic responsibilities of American citizens and ways to make positive contributions to their local community.
A vacant house in Live Oak that was being remodeled suffered an accidental electrical fire early Sunday morning. Nobody was injured in the blaze. (COURTESY LIVE OAK FIRE DEPARTMENT)

A vacant house in Live Oak that was being remodeled suffered an accidental electrical fire early Sunday morning. Nobody was injured in the blaze. (COURTESY LIVE OAK FIRE DEPARTMENT)

No injuries in Live Oak house fire

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
LIVE OAK — Nobody was injured when a house being remodeled caught fire early Sunday morning. Crews from the Live Oak Fire Department responded to the fire in the 400 block of Walker Ave. SW around 5:32 a.m. Sunday, according to an LOFD release.

Farmworker housing bill vetoed

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Pointing to concerns that it could provide housing for illegal foreign workers, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vetoed an agriculture industry-backed bill that would have made it easier to build housing for farmworkers.
On Friday, the hurricane center started tracking a second tropical wave right behind the first one. (NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER)

On Friday, the hurricane center started tracking a second tropical wave right behind the first one. (NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER)

TS Beryl could form, approach Caribbean soon

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Friday, June 28, 2024
MIAMI — The Atlantic normally doesn’t get the conga-line look of tropical waves rolling off the African coast and heading west, one after the other, until the peak of the season.
Leroy Marshall, the Suwannee River Water Management District’s Resource Management/Projects Division Director, received the award this week in Salt Lake City. (COURTESY SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT)

Leroy Marshall, the Suwannee River Water Management District’s Resource Management/Projects Division Director, received the award this week in Salt Lake City. (COURTESY SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT)

SRWMD recognized for Santa Fe flood risk review outreach

NEWS STAFF
Friday, June 28, 2024
LIVE OAK — The Suwannee River Water Management District’s work during a review of the Santa Fe Flood Risk maps has garnered national attention.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election at CNN’s studios in Atlanta on Thursday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election at CNN’s studios in Atlanta on Thursday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Biden resists calls to exit race after debate

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Friday, June 28, 2024
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden beat back calls Friday from allies that he consider bowing out of his reelection bid, following up Thursday’s weak debate performance with a firmly voiced promise to defeat former President Donald Trump.

Lafayette BOCC fills open positions

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
MAYO — The Lafayette Board of County Commissioners moved to fill a couple of key spots during its Monday meeting. The board unanimously approved Trevor Lawson for an open position with the Road Department before approving Ainsley Fountain for a Library Aid position.