Lake Butler News

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 7:42 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 7:42 a.m. A Homeless Veteran's Stand Down will be held Friday in Lake City and free transportation has been arranged for vets in several rural counties.

Wayne Boyette Wayne Curtis Boyette, age 59, of Welborn, Florida, died peacefully on Monday, October 26, 2009, at the Shands University of Florida Medical Center in Gainesville after an extended illness.

Thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs are off the streets after a drug bust Tuesday.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5:13 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5:13 p.m. A motorcylist accused of leading a Gilchrist County deputy on a high-speed chase before crashing into the back of a sport utility vehicle Saturday night did not have a motorcycle license.

Published: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 2:42 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 5, 2009 at 2:42 p.m. A 55-year-old Gainesville man was seriously injured in a moped crash Monday morning when a Honda passing another vehicle on State Road 121 rear-ended the moped.

Published: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 12:35 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 12:35 p.m. The North Central Florida YMCA was not able to pay its 200 employees this week in its eight-county region, the result of a one-time retirement fund payout on top of United Way funding cuts, and declining memberships and donations.

Two Union County women are in jail, charged in what police are calling one of the worst cases of animal abuse they've seen in a long time.

Two people have been arrested and charged with 28 counts of animal abuse and cruelty, according to the Union County Sheriff's Office.

Police say he called in a fake prescription, but he didn't get what he expected when he got to the drive-thru. According to the Lake City Police Department, Monday morning, the CVS Pharmacy on Main Boulevard got a call they thought was fraudulent, so they followed up with some phone calls of their own.

CLEMSON - Clifford Spiller Jr. is a relatively ordinary guy, soft-spoken and polite - a mama's boy as a child, and now a doting father.

It's been a rough road for Governor Charlie Crist, who has been criticized for not moving quickly enough to spend federal stimulus money on road construction projects.

Summer is winding down, and school is just around the corner. Action News wants to make sure your kids are safe at the bus stop, that's why we're working with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to get some bad guys off the street.

A former Florida Department of Corrections sergeant was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for assaulting an inmate at Raiford by pouring a bottle of scalding water on his chest.

The National Transportation Safety Board delivered its annual report to Congress this week including some recommendations concerning school buses as well as examples of some serious school bus accidents.

The National Weather Service says thundestorms and scattered showers will continue to develop across northeast Florida on Tuesday.

A Jacksonville man was seriously injured in a June 22, traffic accident that took place right in front of the Union County Fire and Rescue building on S.R. 121 in Lake Butler.

A mobile home in Worthington Springs was destroyed by an early morning fire on June 23.

People gathered in Lake Butler to remember a man, and name a road in his honor. CR-231 has been dedicated as "Officer Adam Sanderson Memorial Highway." In front of The Reception and Medical Center the sign was unveiled, followed by a prayer.

An Orlando man, accused of raping a woman in Santa Rosa County will serve two life sentences.

A man already convicted on murder and manslaughter charges has now been accused of stabbing two others during a fight at a homeless camp Tuesday night.