Pinetta News

Romping through their yard, Berry Jackson and her brothers attempt to escape the smothering heat of Pinetta, Fla.

With no chapter breaks, the novel stretches along like a long, humid summer night, but quickly picks up the pace when a hurricane hits the small town of Pinetta, Fla.

The Suwannee continues to rise in Branford. At 6 a.m. Wednesday the river stood at 32.69 feet.

River levels were dropping Saturday in Madison County, where floodwaters have damaged more than 100 homes.

About three inches of rain fell near Pinetta in Madison County Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

The Suwannee River may have crested Sunday at 54.99 feet at Dowling Park. The river had fallen to 54.71 feet as of 6 a.m. today.

Officials with the Florida Department of Transportation say they expect the Interstate 10 bridges over the swollen Suwannee River will remain open.

LIVE OAK, FL, April 9, 2009 12:00 Following is a summary of all the latest flood reports and crest predictions issued by the National Weather Service for stations along local rivers.

To get out of his neighborhood on Fairbanks Ferry Court, Lafayette Cromartie had to walk through a path in the woods behind his cousin's house that led to the back of a completely different neighborhood.

Rivers across the Big Bend region are receding with the exception of the Suwannee River, which will reach major flood stage sometime this weekend.

The Suwannee River Water Management reports record flooding of the Withlacoochee River at Pinetta.

Tonight's storm shouldn't affect flooded rivers too much, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Wool, but it will leave us chilly.

ISO birthmother. Baby girl born on Dec. 30, 1969 in Pensacola FL. Birthmom was from Pinetta, FL.