Suwannee County News

Erny Sellers, Live Oak's city attorney, was recently honored to receive the Tradition of Excellence Award by the 2,600 member General Practice Solo and Small Firm Section of the Florida Bar.

Wendell Eugene Melleppe Jr., Gene to his friends, is your average all-American young man.

A mobile meth lab was recovered and its owner arrested Monday, Sheriff Tony Cameron said.

Circuit Judge David W. Fina of Live Oak has been picked as the next chief judge of the Third Judicial Circuit.

Police say a Live Oak man stole a truck from a local business so he could visit his girlfriend in Mayo, then got caught trying to return it.

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The Suwannee County Commission voted recently to pay for surveys to determine rights-of-way for the proposed perimeter road project.

Five Live Oak residents were arrested on drug charges recently by members of the Suwannee County Drug Task Force, according to sheriff's reports.

Two men were recently sentenced to prison in unrelated cases involving the sale of cocaine.

Several large trees were uprooted near Wellborn late Thursday afternoon as a result of a severe windstorm that blew through Suwannee County.

Two schools in Suwannee County are up a grade from last year with the release of the state's annual ratings report.

The Live Oak City Council voted Tuesday to spend $100,000 on a bypass road between US 90 and US 129 in northeastern Suwannee County.

Local authorities have vowed to strictly enforce a new law that allows officers to stop motorists who aren't buckled in, even if they've committed no other infractions.

An O'Brien teen was charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of grand theft Sunday after allegedly stealing two golf carts from beneath a barn at Camp Dovewood.

Suwannee County Sheriff's Office employees will be at Wal-Mart in Live Oak Friday offering free fingerprinting for kids.

A Suwannee County man wanted for attempted armed robbery is captured in Lafayette County.

Residents in the south end of Suwannee County are concerned about the possibility of a lime rock mine that may be built near the Beachville community.

A two-year-old Suwannee County girl died at Shands UF Monday morning after falling into a pool the previous night, according to Suwannee County sheriff's reports.

Five teenagers were injured Wednesday evening when the vehicle they were traveling in hit loose sand and struck a tree at the corner of 296th and 290th Street in Suwannee County, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports.

A four-year-old Branford girl died Sunday from injuries she sustained when a television fell on her at her home in Branford Saturday, according to Chief Deputy Ron Colvin of the Suwannee County Sheriff's Office.