December 16, 2022
David Fierro, Communications Coordinator for Florida Department of Law Enforcement, shared a press release from the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office.
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Family Features - The new year brings a time to reassess health habits. New Year’s goals and resolutions are often focused on weight loss or exercise. Although these are important indicators of health and happiness for many people, maintaining overall health is important, too.
Registered dietitian, author and nutrition consultant Manuel Villacorta offers these tips to start the new year with a healthy routine:
Saturday, young dancers from the Dance Shop in Live Oak showed off their new skills for family and friends at the 38th Annual Christmas On The Square event.
-SVT Photos by Tami Stevenson
Kathy Richardson, CCC, APR
Clay Electric members will be billed less for power in December thanks to a reduction in the Power Cost Adjustment on bills. Mem-bers using
Staff Reports
Mayo, Fla., – Four Florida school districts are set to receive rebates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to replace a total of 30 diesel school buses with new electric models. Taylor, Dixie, Lafayette and Sumter counties are among 400 districts across the country to benefit from the first round of funding under the EPA Clean School Bus Program.
Lisa Thompson -Photo by NFC
NFC Office of College Advancement
MADISON, FL – North Florida College is pleased to announce Lisa Thompson, Art Instructor, is a newly published illustrator of the children’s book series Imagination Checkers authored by Christy Bass.
Obit - Obituary, William Leithead
WILLIAM C. LEITHEAD
July 31, 1928 to November 28, 2022
A Memorial Service will be held for Willilam (Bill) Leithead at the Bixler Chapel at Advent Christian Village in Dowling Park on December 8 at 10 a.m.
William (Bill) Cody Leithead of Dowling Park, FL (formally Glenside, PA) passed away peacefully in his sleep at 4:40 am on Monday, November 28, 2022 at the age of 94 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Dowling Park, Florida.
Judge Paul Bryan will be retiring at the end of this year. His retirement reception will be held on December 2, 2022 at 3:30 PM December 9, 2022 at 3:00 PM
Staff Reports
Live Oak, Fla., – All branches of the Suwannee River Regional Library System will be
Suwannee County Sheriff Sam St. John holds a puppy while four year old Wyatt Green is not sure whether he wants to pet the puppy or play with their toys! -SVT Photo by Tami Stevenson
Miranda Douglas introduces one of their longest residents at the shelter, Target, to two-and-a-half year old Blaton. Target was adopted the following week after this photo was taken.
-SVT Photo by Tami Stevenson
By Tami Stevenson
For those that live in the rural parts of the county, finding abandoned dogs along the roadways is a heartbreaking and frustrating situation and it happens more frequently than many would imagine.
These dogs eagerly wait for their owners to return with every car that passes, sometimes staying in the very spot where their owners left them for days, waiting for them to return. They are scared, hungry and don’t know what to do.
By Tami Stevenson
With Florida still the number one travel destination in the nation, according to AAA, this year’s Thanksgiving gas prices are expected to be the most expensive in eight years.
