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By Lee Trawick Riverbend News The term “hero” is often overused; rarely does someone embody the definition of the word “hero.” Not everyone was Lt. Lonny Hempstead.  On Tuesday, Aug. 10, the…

By Danny Federico Riverbend News Residents of the tri-county area are continuing to experience flooding and damage from the substantial rainfall received at the beginning of August. County Road 534 in Lafayette…

By Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office Contributor Ethan Burkett (25, Live Oak, Fla.), Coty Michael Wiltgen (31, Live Oak, Fla.) and William Story Shackelford (24, Valdosta, Ga.) have pled guilty to…

By Susan K. Lamb Riverbend News Suwannee County Commissioners are struggling with a solid waste problem and taxpayers will soon have to pay more assessment money to try and correct it. This problem…

By Emerald G. Parsons Riverbend News On Sunday, Aug. 1, at approximately 6:25 p.m., the Lafayette County Fire Department (LCFD) was dispatched to 5247 CR 53, near Day, for a structure fire. Upon…

By Susan K. Lamb Riverbend News The Suwannee County Commission met on Wednesday, July 28, at Live Oak City Hall for a nearly five-hour workshop on next year’s tax assessments for county fire…

By Danny Federico Riverbend News Two residents of Palm Bay, Fla., were transported to Lake City Medical Center following a two vehicle collision in Branford on Wednesday, July 21, at approximately 9:57…

By Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesContributorLast week, on Saturday, July 17, investigators with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS); Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE), assisted by…

By Susan Lamb Riverbend News The Tuesday, July 13, Live Oak City Council meeting was filled with unexpected events, including the resignation of the city’s public works director and a council member…

By Lee Trawick Riverbend News  On Tuesday, July 6, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting to discuss the progress of the county’s many projects. Once the meeting was opened,…

By Susan K. Lamb Riverbend News Several questions were brought forward at the Tuesday, July 6, Suwannee County Commission meeting by Live Oak resident Lynda Owens. Owens spoke regarding the closure of…

By Danny Federico Riverbend News Suwannee County Fire Rescue (SCFR) and the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) responded to an accident involving a vehicle inside a local bar on Wednesday, July 7….

As of 12:30pm on Monday July 5, the Lafayette County Board of County Commissioners declared a Local State of Emergency in response to Tropical Storm Elsa.  As a result the Lafayette County…

Hamilton County has implemented a local state of emergency ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa. The road department is on standby and will provide sandbags but does not have the manpower to fill…

In anticipation of the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa, and out of an abundance of caution Suwannee County will be opening three shelters throughout the county today, Tuesday, July 6 at 5…

By Danny Federico Riverbend News A Mayo teen is dead following a vehicle rollover in Suwannee County on Monday, July 5, which took place on 72nd Trace NE, near the intersection of Scott…

By Sydney Holder Riverbend News Taylor Sapp, a 23-year-old Lake City Police Officer and lifelong resident of Suwannee County, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in May 2021. Her story has brought the communities…