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Save Our Homes' tax gap eroding fast during recession
Palm Beach Post
During the boom, Florida's Save Our Homes tax break pitted neighbor against neighbor. It was common for identical condos in a building, ...

Dixie County bribery pretrial begins
Gainesville Sun
Three former Dixie County officials about to stand trial for bribery and lying to FBI agents were not in the courtroom on Thursday ...

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Deputy in Gilchrist County promoted to major
Gainesville Sun
Knuckles previously worked for the Florida Department of Corrections for 30 years in a variety of positions, including as the canine sergeant at Lancaster ...

'Limping Bandit' caught in SC, 20 banks robbed
Gainesville Sun
Dixie County Sheriff's Office spokesman Maj. Scott Harden said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement assisted the Sheriff's Office with an investigation ...

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Body located in Suwannee River
Gainesville Sun
A Dixie County deputy found the body of Kerry D. Boisson, 34, of Brevard County about 150 feet down river from the houseboat, according to the Sheriff's ...
Breaking News Missing man soughtChiefland Citizen

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FWC: Boat propeller killed Florida diver
CDNN
STEINHATCHEE, Florida — Three married couples and six children from Ocala were on the pontoon boat that killed a popular Dixie County teacher last week who ...
Charles Sheppard died Friday after apparently being cut by a ...Gainesville Sun

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Authorities suspect Levy inmate in other burglaries in region
Gainesville Sun
The Levy County Sheriff's Office is asking for help to determine whether a man being held at the county jail committed burglaries in their ...

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Beloved teacher hit by boat, dies
Gainesville Sun
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the accident. Anderson Principal Denee Hurst said generations of Dixie County ...
Cross City Man Dies in Scalloping Accident Near SteinhatcheeWakulla.com
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission probes snorkeler ...Tallahassee Democrat

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Attorney released from house arrest
Gainesville Sun
Despite objection by federal prosecutors, former Dixie County attorney Joseph T. "Joey" Lander has been released from house arrest and allowed to remove his ...

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Dixie County officials search for Old Town bank robber
Gainesville Sun
Numerous agencies and groups were assisting in the investigation, including the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, the Alachua County Sheriff's ...

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