Lafayette County News

Illinois man charged with robbing bank An Illinois man is behind bars in North Florida after officers arrested him for robbing a Lafayette County bank and using a teller's car as the getaway vehicle Tuesday.

A suspect in the robbery of a Mayo bank this morning is in custody. The man, whose name has not been released, told a teller at Lafayette State Bank that he had a gun, according to deputy Randy Henderson of the Lafayette County Sheriffs Office.

After hovering around the 7 percent mark for three straight months, Franklin County's unemployment rate shot up by seven-tenths of 1 percent in October, as the workforce shrank and more people lost their jobs.

On Tuesday, 24 November 2009 the Lafayette State Bank in Mayo, Florida was robbed by Jacob P. Launius of Murphysboro, Illinois.

Perry Police Department says the person suspected of robbing the Lafayette State Bank in Mayo was caught in Perry Tuesday afternoon.

Unemployment in Suwannee County hit 10 percent in October, according to figures released this morning by the state.

Walton County had the largest unemployment jump in Florida in October, according to statewide jobless figures released Friday.

After nearly five months of investigation, Abel Tellechea, 42, and Alberto Rodriguez, 42, have been arrested by the Lafayette County Sheriffs Office and charged with cultivation of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A Mayo man was brutally beaten by three Live Oak teenagers in his home Friday morning, according to a press release from the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office.

Having been away from Gulf County a good bit recently, I have not been in close touch with County Commissioner and School Board deliberations on developing spending and taxing plans for the coming year.

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.