Mayo News

A suspect in the robbery of a Mayo bank this morning is in custody. The man, whose name has not been released, told a teller at Lafayette State Bank that he had a gun, according to deputy Randy Henderson of the Lafayette County Sheriffs Office.

On Tuesday, 24 November 2009 the Lafayette State Bank in Mayo, Florida was robbed by Jacob P. Launius of Murphysboro, Illinois.

Perry Police Department says the person suspected of robbing the Lafayette State Bank in Mayo was caught in Perry Tuesday afternoon.

After nearly five months of investigation, Abel Tellechea, 42, and Alberto Rodriguez, 42, have been arrested by the Lafayette County Sheriffs Office and charged with cultivation of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A Mayo man was brutally beaten by three Live Oak teenagers in his home Friday morning, according to a press release from the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office.

State Representative Debbie Boyd commented on the large number of people present for the 2009 Legislative delegation hearing, although officials from both the Lafayette School Board and Mayo Town Hall were missing from the crowd.

Dressed in a bright pink sweater, a shiny new badge on her hip, Lafayette's first female sheriff's deputy brushes back her blond hair and says it was never her goal to become Lafayette's first female deputy.

But recent changes at Mayo's three primary branches, including its 396-acre Jacksonville campus, have fueled criticism that Mayo's low costs are the result of cherry-picking a wealthier, less-diverse crop of patients.

New York, NY -- Bulova Technologies Group, Inc. ; Cryo-Cell International, Inc. ; AccessKey IP, Inc., ; Cytomedix, Inc.

In the past year, Lafayette County dairies have suffered a crisis. And they aren't the only ones.

The annual Pioneer Days festival kicks off Friday in Mayo with David Fountain Karaoke at 5 p.m. in Veterans Memorial Park.

Live Oak Police Det. Sgt. Ron Shaw said 15-year-old Tyler Austin Carter, a suspect in Live Oak's home invasion robberies, was taken into custody Sunday by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office.

Bulova Technologies Group, Inc. announced today that its wholly-owned Bulova Technologies Ordnance Systems, LLC headquartered in Mayo, Florida, received a U.S. Army production contract from Headquarters Army Sustainment Command at Rock Island, Illinois.

The Suwannee River Water Management District will begin harvesting timber in the Steinhatchee Springs WMA in an area south and east of the Warbler Loop Road and west of CR 357.

The Suwannee River Water Management District adopted its final budget and work plan at its second public hearing on Sept.

A Mayo man was arrested after cutting a hole in the metal roof of a Lafayette County convenience store and taking more than $4,900 in merchandise, according to Sheriff Brian Lamb.

A Mayo, Florida man is killed in a weekend car crash. It happened Sunday morning just before 8:30 on State Road 51 in Suwannee County.

Retired engineering executive Carl Meece, 62, of O'Brien, has been appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to serve on the governing board of the Suwannee River Water Management District, according to a press release from the governor's office.

Monroe Mayor Jaime Mayo, the Monroe City Council and Monroe Fire Chief Jimmy Bryant will honor Ronnie Joe Clark, the man who helped three children escape a house fire at 6418 Mosswood Drive Tuesday night, with the Fire Chief's Citizen Recognition Award Thursday afternoon.

Contrary to a headline in the July 16 edition of the Mayo Free Press, Lafayette County Sheriff Brian Lamb did not describe a series of alleged burglaries as "copycat" crimes, in reference to a previous series of burglaries in the region.