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By Cheltsie Holbrook Riverbend News On Thursday, Sept. 2, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office assisted the US Marshalls Fugitive Task Force and the Florida Highway Patrol in capturing 25-year-old Hunter Dylan Jones Buck….

By Danny Federico Riverbend News The Suwannee County School Board (SCSB) held a brief public hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 5:55 p.m. in the School Board Meeting Room, located at 1740 Ohio…

By Danny Federico Riverbend News The Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) Criminal Investigations Division arrested 58-year-old Larry Marshall Worley on Wednesday, Aug. 25, for sexual battery on a disabled person, abuse of…

By Lee Trawick Riverbend News Thursday, Aug. 26, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office received a warrant for the arrest of Brittany Cooper from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office for suspected fraud. Cooper…

By Danny Federico Riverbend News The Town of Branford held a Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. in the council chambers of Branford Town Hall, located at 502…

By Lee Trawick Riverbend News On Thursday, Aug. 19, a call was received by the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) at 4 p.m. about a shooting that took place on U.S. Highway…

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…