Lee Trawick Reporter2@riverbendnews.org On Monday, Dec. 12, Branford Elementary School (BES) held its highly anticipated annual Florida 4-H Public Speaking Contest between the fourth and fifth grade classes. As the curtains were…
Suwannee County Fire Rescue welcomes new member
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) play an important role in our community by helping to save lives and property. They need to be prepared for any type of emergency that…
Hamilton high school collects donations for Toys for Tots
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org The Toys for Tots program started in 1947 and has been running consistently every year since. In 1947, Marine Corps Reserve Major Bill Hendricks was told by his wife,…
Santa settles down at the Suwannee Historical Commission
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org Early in the month of December, the Suwannee County Historical Commission and Museum received a special donation from Marilyn Clark Daughtry. Daughtry donated a statue of Santa Clause riding…
Suwannee Valley Unsolved to host cold case event
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Monday, Jan. 9, the Suwannee River Regional Library, in conjunction with Suwannee Valley Unsolved, will host Cold Cases of the Suwannee Valley for the second time. The event…
Living God’s Way: Comfort, indignation and joy
The Bible generates some strong emotions in the Psalmist. In Psalm 119 (verses 49-56), the seventh stanza, this poet expresses three emotions about God’s word; one is comfort, another is indignation and…
Wellborn man arrested for child molestation
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, an 11-year-old girl reported to the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) she had been molested when she was five or six years of age…
One dead in Hamilton County shooting
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Thursday, Dec. 29, around 11 a.m., the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) responded to an apparent shooting at Mama’s Burgers in Jasper. According to Hamilton County Sheriff J….
SRE welcomes new School Resource Officer
Grace McAlister reporter1@riverbendnews.org A School Resource Officer is a specially trained, state-certified law enforcement officer who is assigned to schools during the academic year. The School Resource Officer Program creates a relationship…
Preen Acres provides a no-kill haven for homeless cats
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org Preen Acres Cat Sanctuary is a no-kill, lifetime cat sanctuary for abandoned and homeless cats in Suwannee County and the surrounding North Florida area. The non-profit provides a safe…
Breakfast with Santa takes place in White Springs
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org The Stephen Foster Folk Cultural Center hosted Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 10:30 a.m. Nicole Williams organized and coordinated the event to spread joy to White…
Corinth Baptist Church receives Walk-4-Life award
Grace McAlister reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Saturday, Oct. 8, the Pregnancy Care Center hosted its annual 5k Run/Walk 4 Life. This event allowed people of all ages to actively demonstrate their support for the…
Winners of Alpha Gamma Gamma Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi essay contest announced
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org The Alpha Gamma Gamma chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity holds an essay contest every year. This year, contestants were required to write a 700 to 750 word…
SVEC announces Christmas card contest winners
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org Each year, Suwannee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) holds a Christmas card contest. Students from the elementary schools in the Suwannee Valley are invited to design their own Christmas card…
State’s $3 million Lawsuit Against Klausner placed on hold
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Thursday, Dec. 8, Klausner Holding USA filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, pausing a lawsuit the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) filed against the company. In October of…
Driver’s license and vehicle inspection checkpoints
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Contributor The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting driver license and vehicle inspection checkpoints during the weeks of Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 until Friday, March 31, 2023,…
Branford Town Clerk Donna Hardin announces retirement
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Tuesday, Dec. 13, Branford Town Clerk Donna Hardin was presented with a plaque recognizing her retirement after 17 and a half years of service to the Branford community….