Lafayette County News

A $5,000 reward has been offered in the Lafayette County shooting death of Thomas "Tommy" Horton.

Next week Lafayette County Commissioners will vote on a resolution asking the legislature to delay a requirement that counties provide a paper trail for ballots cast by disabled voters.

Dressed in a bright pink sweater, a shiny new badge on her hip, Lafayette's first female sheriff's deputy brushes back her blond hair and says it was never her goal to become Lafayette's first female deputy.

In the past year, Lafayette County dairies have suffered a crisis. And they aren't the only ones.

Live Oak Police Det. Sgt. Ron Shaw said 15-year-old Tyler Austin Carter, a suspect in Live Oak's home invasion robberies, was taken into custody Sunday by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office.

A Mayo man was arrested after cutting a hole in the metal roof of a Lafayette County convenience store and taking more than $4,900 in merchandise, according to Sheriff Brian Lamb.

The first case of the H1N1 virus has been confirmed in Lafayette County, local health officials said.

It wasn't yet dusk when the two cars smashed into each other on a rural stretch of Polk County highway Tuesday.

LIVE OAK, FL, Sept. 2, 2009 a ' Hunters and others who usually access Mallory Swamp at its east gate will have to travel a few more miles to enter the tract.

By Pamela Blackmon Administrator Lafayette County Health Department The Lafayette County Health Department has not received any laboratory confirmed reports of H1N1 virus, also called swine flu.

U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd will host a town hall meeting at Lafayette County Community Center at 1 p.m. on Aug.

If you live in Suwannee, Hamilton or Lafayette County and attended Woodstock, please contact the Suwannee Democrat for a possible feature story on the 40th anniversary of the iconic event.

Jeffrey Daniel Ray has been found guilty of murdering his infant daughter, 54-day-old Bailea Leeann Ray.

Jeffrey Daniel Ray was found guilty yesterday by a Lafayette County jury of murdering his infant daughter, 54-day-old, Bailea Leeann Ray, by shaking her to the point of causing massive brain and eye damage.

Prosecutor Craig Jacobsen gripped the air with clinched fists as he reenacted for the jury how he believes Jeffery Ray shook his infant daughter to death on March 20, 2006.

Whether an artist, poet or adventure-seeker, you're sure to be welcomed. Susie Page and her family are their own band of gypsies, traveling here from Minnesota and living in temporary housing for the past several months while fixing up the resort.

Kim Barnhill, administrator for the Madison/Jefferson County Health Department, says six children, who attended Camp Pickett Lake , have tested positive for the H1N1 Virus.

By Elliot Bronson Environmental Specialist I Suwannee/Lafayette County Health Departments Every year, more than 500 Florida residents sustain dog bite injuries severe enough to require hospitalization, and two Floridians die due to injuries from dog bites.

Jeffery Daniel Ray will go on trial July 27 in the March 2006 death of an infant.

Since the Fourth of July weekend, Lafayette, Levy, Alachua, Gilchrist, and Dixie counties have seen a new rash of burglaries, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office.