Dixie County News

Published: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. Investigators in Dixie County are searching for the man who robbed an Old Town bank Monday afternoon, the first bank robbery in the county in about seven years.

Published: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:25 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:25 a.m. A pursuit by a Cross City officer after a failed traffic stop ended when the motorcyclist the officer was following lost control of his vehicle early Wednesday, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

Arrests are made in the Lafayette County burglary ring we told you about last week.

Published: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 11:52 p.m. Investigators say four Dixie County men are part of a burglary ring that could be responsible for more than 50 residential break-ins in North Florida.

A North Central Florida burglary ring is out of operation and four men face criminal charges.

Published: Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 12:11 a.m. As news came that trials for the Levy and Dixie County officials arrested last fall have been delayed again, a federal court judge has also lifted some pretrial restrictions placed on two of the defendants.

Anna Schubarth and Tamariary Gordon, both of Columbia County, were named to the All-Florida Academic Team and Schubarth was named to the All-USA Academic Team and a 2009 Coca-Cola national finalist.

She would then rob them, take their vehicles and ditch the cars later. One of the vehicles was found in Suwannee County.

Florida residents who have lost jobs or businesses as a result of the recent weather-related disaster may be entitled to Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits .

Two men were arrested and charged with aggravated abuse and neglect of the elderly after deputies found the mother of the two men on the floor and covered in sores and bruises.

Fourth graders at Lafayette Elementary School have done it again. The students scored a 4.3 out of 6 on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

Florida school districts will have access to federal stimulus money for the next two years.

Published: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 8:52 p.m. Dixie County officers have arrested three men and a teenager for a rash of business burglaries dating back to January.

The citizens of Fowler's Bluff are happy to be watching the waters of the Suwannee River recede after recent flooding.

Crime and community news from around the region. Published: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 10:52 p.m. Trenton woman dies in Dixie County accident A Trenton woman died early Friday when she was thrown from her car on a Dixie County road, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

The writing is on the wall for students in North Central Florida: they are pretty much equal to their peers across the state when it comes to the writing portion of this year's FCAT exams.

Published: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 27, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. POLICE BEAT Woman charged in car-wreck case Troopers have arrested a McAlpin woman in connection with a single-vehicle crash in Suwannee County in which a teenager was thrown from a pickup truck and then not taken for medical treatment for several ...

Published: Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. Officers in Dixie County are searching for another suspect in a home invasion robbery that left one person injured late last week.

Published: Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 11:22 p.m. The trials of seven former public officials in Dixie and Levy counties have been postponed until June, while trials of two former Cross City officials have been postponed until August.

Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. Two Dixie County brothers who were recently released back into society were arrested again hours apart over the weekend for separate crimes.