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Search teams recover second Suwannee River body
By Mike Llerena on March 19th, 2013 | Last updated: March 20, 2013 at 11:29 am
Police found a second body in the Suwannee River on Tuesday during an investigation to find two missing men who attempted to rescue an 8-year-old who had fallen into the water.
Mar. 19, 2013: Morning News in 90
By Rachel Jones on March 19th, 2013 | Last updated: March 20, 2013 at 12:34 pm
A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida: Gainesville city elections today, body of missing Gilchrist County man found, evidence of planned attack found in UCF dorm, Hillary Clinton announces support of same-sex marriage, residents of Colombia protest poor living conditions.
Mar. 14, 2013: Morning News in 90
By Colleen Wright on March 14th, 2013 | Last updated: March 14, 2013 at 12:26 pm
A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida: ongoing search for missing residents, Carroll resignation, house party arrest, Down Syndrome dolls, Pope Francis I.
Search for 2 men who jumped in Suwannee River to save boy continues
By Elizabeth Beisel on March 12th, 2013 | Last updated: March 18, 2013 at 11:49 am
The Glichrist County Sheriff’s Office continued to search for two men who are believed to have drowned in the Suwannee River Monday after trying to save a young boy from the water.
In the News: teacher’s racist comment, Colorado’s civil unions, no new pope today, two Florida men missing
By Leila Milgrim on March 12th, 2013 | Last updated: March 15, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Broward high school teacher suspended for ‘little chocolate boy’ comment – Leslie Rainer has been given her punishment more than a year after the Blanche Ely High School teacher was accused of calling a student a “little chocolate boy.” School [...]
Floodwaters cause Suwannee and Santa Fe River levels to rise
By Rachel Genovese on March 11th, 2013 | Last updated: March 11, 2013 at 4:53 pm
Floodwaters have caused the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to activate all five idle-speed, no-wake zones on the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers. The FWC wants boaters to stay off of the Suwannee-Santa Fe River system if they can, but Parker said she hopes that boaters who continue to use it proceed with caution.
No wake zone on Suwannee River
By Denise Toledo on July 5th, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 3:46 pm
Water levels in north Florida rivers are still rising as rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby drains into rivers and tributaries. WUFT-FM’s Denise Toledo has details on the latest river impacted–a stretch of the Suwannee River. She talked with Florida Fish [...]
Adena protest flotilla planned to bring attention to health of Silver River
By Front Page Edition on June 30th, 2012 | Last updated: September 20, 2012 at 1:52 pm
By Donna Green-Townsend – WUFT-FM While river flooding is causing problems for homeowners and putting a damper on recreational businesses and parks near the Santa Fe, Ichetucknee and Suwannee River areas, there is a river event in Marion County area that is [...]
Beware of “jumping sturgeon” in the Suwannee River this Memorial weekend
By Front Page Edition on May 25th, 2012 | Last updated: September 27, 2012 at 2:43 pm
By Donna Green-Townsend – WUFT-FM Memorial Day weekend is usually one of the busiest times on Florida’s waterways, lakes, rivers and the ocean. According to statistics compiled by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Office of Boating and Waterways, [...]
Despite rain, water levels remain low
By admin on July 11th, 2011 | Last updated: September 10, 2012 at 10:20 am
Water levels in North-Central Florida are still low despite rainfall this past weekend…and Suwannee River Water Management officials say it may take a tropical system to pull water levels back up to normal. District Senior Engineer Megan Wetherington urges residents [...]
