Suwannee County News

A two-year investigation stretching across state lines into Georgia has led to eight arrests and yielded more than 800 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $32,000, Suwannee County Sheriff Tony Cameron said Wednesday.

State Sen. Charlie Dean Tuesday asked the Florida Senate to hold three public hearings on water policy in District 3, which includes Suwannee County.

A multi-agency law enforcement operation shut down a North Florida/South Georgia drug trafficking operation Monday following a lengthy investigation, say authorities.

COLUMBIA COUNTY Bailey and Colorado streets and Center Drive Possible daytime lane closures for new sidewalk work between Martin Luther King Drive and Niblack Elementary School.

Suwannee Countians, it's time to speak your mind! How? By calling the Suwannee Democrat Rant and Rave hotline.

A Tallahassee company wants to relocate here, bringing with it as many as 400 jobs over a three-year period, according to Dennis Cason, president of the Suwannee County Economic Alliance.

Much of Branford is out of compliance with the state fire code, Suwannee County Fire Marshal Paul Haas told the town council at a meeting last week.

Eleven people whose last known addresses were in Suwannee County have appeared on the Internal Revenue Service list for unclaimed, failed delivery tax refund checks, according to recent IRS documents.

SUWANNEE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LIVE OAK CITY HALL 101 SOUTHEAST WHITE AVENUE LIVE OAK, FLORIDA 32064 TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 17, 2009, 4:00 P.M. Invocation - Rev.

"Mom, I'm going to help you get a cell phone in Lake City when I get off work. See you tonight, I love you." Those were the last words Ruby Votano heard from her son Joshua Franklin Votano, 28, around 6:15 a.m. on June 30, 2008.

Donald Robert Davis Jr., 30 , was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter by a Suwannee County jury Thursday in the 2008 death of 28-year-old Joshua Votano of Lake City.

A building once used as a slaughterhouse and icehouse nearly burned to the ground Wednesday night in downtown Wellborn.

Four people were arrested Saturday and charged with trafficking methamphetamine at a home in Branford, according to Suwannee County Sheriff Tony Cameron.

Suwannee Countians, it's time to speak your mind! How? By calling the Suwannee Democrat Rant and Rave hotline.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:33 p.m. A fire in planted pines near Interstate 10 in Suwannee County consumed 35 acres before being contained Friday, according to the Florida Division of Forestry.

A Lake City man who raced across Hamilton and Suwannee counties in a stolen tow truck was arrested east of Live Oak early Saturday, sheriff's records show.

An all-terrain vehicle accident Sunday left a Live Oak man with head and back injuries, reports show.

Erin Smart, 10, smiles nervously with mother Vanessa Smart at her side before nurse Jessica Hadden administers her H1N1 flu shot Monday at Suwannee Intermediate School.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:06 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 11:06 a.m. A Columbia County man was arrested for carjacking a wrecker that was towing his disabled vehicle and giving him a ride.

A Live Oak man was arrested Tuesday for threatening a friend with a meat cleaver, according to a sheriff's press release.