White Springs News

Hikers will now have better access to two tracts in the White Springs area owned by the Suwannee River Water Management District .

A Hamilton County woman will serve five years in prison for her role in the brutal years-long confinement of a family member.

Submitted by rocker419 on Fri, 06/19/2009 - 15:28. Larry Mangum is doing another one of his songwriter's circles this Saturday evening at the European Street Cafe on Beach Blvd.

MUSIC: The amazing youngsters of the SAIL Americana Bluegrass Ensemble celebrate the release of a new CD with cake and performances by special guests The Tallahassee Fiddlers, Isabella & Tommy and an alumni jam Sunday night at the American Legion Hall at Lake Ella.

Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. Ron Smith grew up in the 1960s during the modern folk era, when in order to be cool, you had to play folk music.

Thanks to funding assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development program, the town of White Springs has added three new police cruisers and a new brush fire truck to its stable of emergency response vehicles.

Five teenagers were injured Wednesday evening when the vehicle they were traveling in hit loose sand and struck a tree at the corner of 296th and 290th Street in Suwannee County, according to Florida Highway Patrol reports.

John D. "Danny" Hales Jr., was recognized by the Florida Library Association with its highest honor recently, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the association's annual conference in Orlando.

The Suwannee River League of Cities recently announced Myra Valentine, city of Madison, as the SRLC Municipal Official of the Year.

Published: Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 12:23 p.m. More than 100 performers including national recording artists, renowned Florida artists and award-winning musical stylists will bring sounds of the state alive at the 57th annual Florida Folk Festival this weekend.

The Florida Folk Festival is simply that, a gathering of all kinds of Florida folks.

When Quincy native Billy Dean was starting his career in country music during the '80s, he used to play in some of the more, shall we say, colorful bars around Tallahassee.

The Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs will host the 57th Annual Florida Folk Festival during Memorial Day weekend.

A 22-year-old White Springs man who lived rent-free in a local home for a month was arrested Tuesday for cheating, Live Oak Police Det.

One of Florida's largest Memorial Day celebrations, Palatka's Blue Crab Festival, serves up live entertainment, arts and crafts, antiques, family activities, and a seafood cook-off --chowder or gumbo, anyone?--on May 22-25. The event, now in its 21st year, kicks off on Friday with entertainment and a peek at what's ahead for the weekend; then the ...

Upon receiving information recently of a marijuana manufacturing operation, White Springs Police Lieutenant Tracy Capalla quickly assembled a team of White Springs Police and the Hamilton County Drug Task Force members.

Canada is Florida's number-one international economic partner, number-one source of in-bound tourism and number-one partner in terms of total origin trade.

The Suwannee River crested Sunday at 54.99 feet at Dowling Park and had fallen to 54.66 feet as of 11 a.m. today.

Submitted by rocker419 on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 09:40. Today in Florida history April 10th... 2009 Record floods were recorded on this day in several Florida rivers.

Published: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. Easter holiday weekend travel plans could be altered for some drivers due to flooding.