An area high school student tries her hand on working with electric lines at the Clay Electric Cooperative booth at the 2022 Build My Future event. This year’s event is Wednesday at the Florida Gateway Fairgrounds. (FILE)

Build My Future event returns Wednesday

The Florida Gateway Fairgrounds will transform into an expo site Wednesday morning when local trade professionals showcase their industries to local high school students. The 2024 Build My Future event will take place Wednesday, April 3, at the…

Lake City man convicted of murder

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After two hours of deliberations Wednesday afternoon, a Columbia County jury found a Lake City man guilty of second-degree murder while armed in a May 2022 shooting death.

The Florida Gateway Fairgrounds will transform into an expo site Wednesday morning when local trade professionals showcase their industries to local high school students. The 2024 Build My Future event will take place Wednesday, April 3, at the Florida Gateway Fairgrounds. The opening ceremony…
The search for the City of Lake City’s next city manager is down to two. Juan Guerra, the controller for the City of Cape Coral, has withdrawn from Lake City’s search due to accepting a different position, according to a manager search update report to the Lake City Council. The two finalists…
Florida’s Springlands is being drained. Less than two years after the Columbia County Tourist Development Council launched its new logo and branding of “Lake City, Florida’s Springlands,” the county department is now looking to “diversify its message.” During the TDC board’s meeting Wednesday…
After two hours of deliberations Wednesday afternoon, a Columbia County jury found a Lake City man guilty of second-degree murder while armed in a May 2022 shooting death. Darrius Romeo Tucker, 22, will be sentenced at a later date following the completion of a Pre-Sentence Investigation by the…
MAYO — Two individuals and two Lafayette High Future Business Leaders of America teams are headed to nationals this summer. At the Florida FBLA State Leadership Conference on March 15-17 in Orlando, Lafayette had four named top four to earn berths to the national conference, also to be held in…
The beer won’t be the only hoppy thing in downtown Lake City this weekend. Halpatter Brewing Company is set to host its sixth annual Hippity Hop Adult Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. The event will begin with Halpatter staff handing out maps at the beer garden in the brewery at 12:45 p.m. with the…
TALLAHASSEE — A three-judge federal panel Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022, saying opponents did not prove lawmakers acted with “racially discriminatory purpose.” The decision was the…
TALLAHASSEE — Opening a new front in issues about protecting victims’ rights, the ailing mother of a recently released Florida inmate who was convicted of viciously attacking her over a decade ago has asked a federal judge to lift an order forbidding her son from contacting her. The lawsuit, filed…
When the FHSAA released the first set of playoff rankings Tuesday, Columbia baseball coach Chris Howard was admittedly surprised. Sitting there in the No. 7 seed in Region 1-5A despite a 5-7 start were his Tigers. “I’m really shocked we’re ranked,” Columbia head coach Chris Howard said. “I really…
The Lake City Big Chicken has big plans for its biggest fans. When the restaurant in the Gateway Crossing subdivision at the Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 90 interchange opens officially today at 10 a.m., the first 10 customers through the door will win a free sandwich every week for a year.…
More than $1 million in state funding fraudulently obtained by a Lake City private school went to personal use, including potentially other criminal activity, according to authorities. A sworn complaint affidavit from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office following a three-month investigation into…