Bea Coker [email protected] In the heart of Live Oak, Ta-Trease Sapp, the Victim’s Advocate for the Live Oak Police Department, stands as a beacon of strength and resilience. With six years of…
Category: History
Local History regarding Hamilton, Lafayette and Suwannee counties.
SRWMD celebrates February as Florida Hiking Trails Month
SRWMD Contributor The Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) invites area residents and visitors to celebrate February as Florida Hiking Trails Month. Florida Hiking Trails Month encourages Floridians to take advantage of…
Growing vegetables or flowers in a new piece of land?
A walkthrough of how to access online tools for finding out your hardiness zone and site soil type. Raymond Balaguer Contributor Whether you are a backyard gardener or a commercial grower, it…
Love is in the air for Valentine’s Day!
Bea Coker [email protected] Do you know where and when the trend of Valentine’s Days started? Why do we use Cupid to depict love and what’s with the cards and candy? Well, legend…
Those who invented and inspired
Hailey Heseltine [email protected] The modern conveniences we use each day are the products of thousands of years of ingenuity; even the most basic of everyday items are the handiwork of brilliant minds…
Reggie McGrew an NFL legend from Mayo
Christian Peterson [email protected] Reginald Gerard McGrew was born in 1976, in Mayo. He spent his entire childhood in Mayo, growing up with a love of sports like most kids from the area….
Suwannee History: The establishment of Suwannee County – Part 2
Eric Musgrove Contributor Last week, we began looking at how Suwannee County was created by Legislative action. In today’s article, we will complete our discussion. Once the Florida Senate had approved a…
Lafayette County Farm Bureau honors farmers and ranchers with Food Check-out Week
Rod Land, County President/Lafayette county Farm Bureau Contributor The foundation of our well-being as a society depends upon the domestic production of food. Our farmers and ranchers provide us with an abundant,…
Suwannee History: The establishment of Suwannee County – Part 1
Eric Musgrove Contributor After the conclusion of the Second Seminole War in 1842, the area that is now Suwannee County, then part of Columbia County, experienced a great deal of growth. Without…
Enriching your flock: Improving the life of your backyard chickens
Heather Ainsley [email protected] Here in rural Jefferson County, there is much appeal to farm life and homesteading, and often the first step in the process of building a farm or homestead is…
What consumers can do to support local farmers
Metro Contributor Farming has never been a vocation for individuals looking for easy work. Farmers typically work long hours, braving the elements regardless of how unpleasant the weather may be. All that…
The Poison Squad made our food safer to eat!
Katherine Allen Contributor “If ever you should visit the Smithsonian Institute, Look out that Professor Wiley doesn’t make you a recruit. He’s got a lot of fellows there that tell him how…
How Black History Month began
Hailey Heseltine [email protected] As February begins, along with it comes the beginning of another notable time—Black History Month. Black History Month exists as a time to recognize history and culture that has…
Suwannee History: West/Day Building
Eric Musgrove Contributor As I study old photographs of local buildings, I realize that many of the structures have been altered over the years. Even where I work at the Suwannee County…
Suwannee History: Horace Filmore Dexter’s home
Eric Musgrove Contributor Over the years, Suwannee County has lost an untold number of its historic houses and buildings to fire, demolition or neglect. This is especially true for many of the…
Suwannee County History: Introduction
Eric Musgrove Contributor From 2013 until the long-running Suwannee Democrat newspaper shut down in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 epidemic, I published weekly historical articles related to Suwannee County (a…
Suwannee County MLK Day of Service happening Jan. 15
Danny Federico [email protected] Preparations are currently underway for the Suwannee County Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Committee’s annual MLK Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 15. This year’s theme is “Living the…