For $25, North Central Florida families can bring their prized vehicles for up to a 145-mile-per-hour adrenaline rush. About 50 drivers participate in the races at a time.
Read More »Suwannee River Water Management District Gets $5.4 million For Springs Protection Funding
Florida's Department of Environmental Protection approved the District’s funding request on Wednesday for the improvement projects.
Read More »Florida’s Alcohol Sale Laws Remain A Widely-Varying Patchwork
Only three Florida counties remain dry for liquor sales, including Lafayette County, which struggles to retain business. Suwannee County went wet in 2011, though some of its towns did not follow.
Read More »Lake City Man Killed, Son Is Charged
Police in Lake City suspect a local man in the shooting death of his own father.
Read More »A North Floridian’s Quest To Monitor The Cops With Cameras, The Constitution And YouTube
Jeff Gray is a truck driver living in St. Augustine whose hobby has amassed more than 1.4 million YouTube views. He has a simple approach: show up in a public place with a camera and a thorough knowledge of what law enforcement can and cannot ask him to do.
Read More »Not All County Animal Shelters In Florida Are Following A New Law
A new Florida law requires county agencies to make available to the public a record of how many animals are being taken in, adopted out or euthanized. More than two weeks after the statute took effect, some counties are unable or unwilling to comply. Among those that are, records show a marked decrease in euthanasia.
Read More »Celebrating all that’s Florida: performer Tom Shed previews Florida Folk Festival
A fiddle competition, banjo contest, and plenty of quintessential Florida food can be found at the 61st Florida Folk Festival this Memorial Day weekend.
Read More »Two charged with election fraud in Lake City council race
Linda Ivery and Betty Jefferson, Eugene Jefferson's wife, have been released on their own recognizance after they turned themselves in on election fraud charges from the District 10 Lake City council election.
Read More »Florida-based convenience store chain raises $1 million for children’s hospital
S and S Food Stores and its employees presented a check worth $1,028,164.97 to the Children's Miracle Network and Shands at UF Tuesday.
Read More »Armed robber flees home when women chant ‘Jesus’
A Lake City man broke into a home hosting a jewelry party, but fled the scene when the homeowner told him to get out in the name of Jesus.
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