Riverbend News

09/05/2026

We're still looking for sponsors for the 2026 Best of Riverbend! Help make a memorable night for your community's best of the best!

09/05/2026

Get your nominations in!

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09/04/2026

Taylor McCathern was born in 1997 in Gainesville and graduated from Suwannee High School in 2015. She is currently attending the Public Academy at North Florida College in Madison, with a projected graduation date of April 2027.

09/04/2026

The newest edition of The Front Porch is out! Pick up your copy at our office or subscribe to read more about How Seth Adams brings Hamilton County to the big screen!

09/04/2026

Print this out and bring us your picks today (or send us a picture via email or facebook), before 12pm to enter to win CASH!

Keep a lookout for next weeks giveaway!!

09/04/2026

🏈 IT’S GAME DAY! 🏈

Friday night lights are shining across the Riverbend tonight!

Good luck to ALL of our area teams taking the field!

Follow Riverbend News for local sports coverage, photos and stories — and pick up next week’s paper to see all the action from under the Friday night lights!

09/03/2026

One week after a rain-soaked loss on the road against Aucilla Christian
Academy, the Branford High School Buccaneers returned home Friday, Aug. 21, and left little doubt about how they would respond as they hosted the Eagle's View
Academy Warriors.

Stay up to date on our area sports, by reading Riverbend News weekly!

09/03/2026

Week one of Pigskin Picks is open! Cash up for grabs this week!

Play the game EACH WEEK to win CASH and awesome prizes donated by:
Trademark Homes Center- Monticello, FL
Wes Haney Chevrolet
Suwannee Valley Plumbing LLC
Candice Land- Realtor, United Country Smith & Associates
Franklin White
3 Dawgs Productions
Power Rooter plumbing and septic
Cactus Creek Boutique
Pioneer Excavating & Tractor Services, Inc.
Peach's Place
Scoops Hand Dipped Ice Cream
Mobleys Custom Cuts
Palms Medical Group
Southern Quality Propane

09/03/2026

08/31/2026

Gov. Ron DeSantis has made a public statement that FDOT is hereby TAKING DOWN Flock cameras statewide over privacy concerns in state rights-of-way

All existing permits for automated license plate readers, even installed by local law enforcement, in state highway rights-of-way — are REVOKED

FDOT is also “ceasing the issuance of all future requests for LPR systems within its jurisdictional authority"

Law enforcement agencies have 30 days from August 31, 2026, to take down the equipment, or FDOT will remove the devices directly