Danny FedericoRiverbend News On Friday, Oct. 29, Branford High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter received the 2021 National Premier Chapter: Growing Leaders award at the 94th National FFA Convention and…
Lady Buccaneers fall to Bell Bulldogs
Lee TrawickRiverbend News The Branford High School Lady Buccaneers varsity volleyball team hosted the Bell Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday, Nov. 2, in the Class 1A volleyball championship playoffs. The two teams are…
Teacher Spotlight: Traci Green
Lee TrawickRiverbend News Traci Green is the 3D Art teacher at Suwannee High School. She was born and raised in Arcadia, Fla. and she graduated from DeSoto High School. From there, she…
Pineview thanks veterans in upcoming parade
Grace McAlisterRiverbend News Suwannee Pineview Elementary is holding their Veteran’s Day parade on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Veterans are invited to walk in Pineview’s parade alongside elementary students as they carry flags and…
Suwannee Lady Bulldogs golf team advances to Regionals
Lee TrawickRiverbend News On Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Suwannee High School Lady Bulldogs varsity golf team competed in the Class 2A District 2 Championship at Lake City Country Club. While the Lady…
The Lady Buccaneers crowned golf District Champions
Lee TrawickRiverbend News On Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Branford High School Lady Buccaneers varsity golf team hosted the Class 1A District 3 women’s golf tournament at Quail Heights in Lake City. While…
Richard Alexander Funkhouser
Richard Alexander Funkhouser, 76, quietly passed away on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, at his home in O’Brien, after an extended illness. He was born to Robert and Louise Funkhouser on July 25,…
James Wesley Strayer
James Wesley Strayer, 92, of Lake City, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, at the North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville. Strayer was born in Maumee, Ohio, the third of…
Margaret Ducksworth
Margaret Ducksworth, 81, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, at Doctor’s Memorial Hospital in Perry, Fla., after complications from Alzheimer’s. Ducksworth was born on April 26, 1940, in Mayo, to George…
Stella Buchanan
Stella Faye Buchanan, 72, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 in Mayo, surrounded by her family. Buchanan was born on Aug. 15, 1949, in Madison, Fla., to Rev. Jack Lamb and…
Kathy Sikes
Kathy M. Sikes, 66, of O’Brien, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. The Ocoee, Fla., native moved to O’Brien in 1997, was of Baptist faith and worked at SAWTEK, INC in…
Lafayette 4-H hosts small animal livestock show
Shawn Jackson, Lafayette County 4-H AgentContributor Lafayette County 4-H recently hosted its first ever Goat and Chick-Chain Livestock Show. The event was held on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Lafayette County Ag…
Elleon B. Dorsett
Elleon B. Dorsett, lovingly known as “Sue” and “SuSu,” age 83, of Branford, died on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Lake City, Fla. Dorsett was born in Greenfield, Mass., on April 24,…