Columbia coach Brian Allen (middle) speaks alongside a T-Mobile representative (left) and Columbia offensive line coach Anthony Newton (right) while surrounded by players, staff and cheerleaders as the football program is presented with $25,000 after advancing to the final 40 in the T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights competition on Thursday. CHS is now in the running for a $250,000 prize. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
It may be Columbia’s bye week, but the Tigers won again.The CHS football team was greeted Thursday morning at the Jones Fieldhouse by cheerleaders, members of the band, Lake City Mayor Noah Walker, Columbia County Commissioners Tim Murphy and Everett Phillips and representatives from T-Mobile.In...
A rendering of Florida Gateway College’s new Building Construction Technology Center, which will be built utilizing a $3 million federal workforce grant. The funding will also help the college launch a pair of new construction trades programs. (COURTESY FLORIDA GATEWAY COLLEGE)
A new tropical storm could dump a good deal of rain down upon Columbia County and surrounding areas.
The Atlas stones event is one of the classic events in Strongman Champions League which will be part of Saturday’s event in downtown Lake City. (COURTESY STRONGMAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE)
Suwannee County Fire Chief Dan Miller said while the agreement calls for the county to be operating out of the Branford station by Jan. 1, he hopes to be in a month earlier. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Fort White's Marvion Wallace takes the opening kickoff back 75 yards for a touchdown in the Indians' 42-26 loss to Madison County on Thursday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
MADISON — Madison County is still good enough to pull away from teams.
Suwannee quarterback Haigen Johnson tries to scramble away from Baker County defensive end Joshua Chick on Friday night. Chick sacked Johnson on the play. (PAUL BUCHANAN/Lake City Reporter)
LIVE OAK — Baker County left no doubt Thursday night on which team was tougher.
Columbia coach Trudy Andrews reacts on the bench as Baker County's match point attack lands just inside the line and beyond the reach of CHS DS Laila Culpepper (11) and setter Brynn Lester(1) on Thursday. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
Columbia coach Brian Allen (middle) speaks alongside a T-Mobile representative (left) and Columbia offensive line coach Anthony Newton (right) while surrounded by players, staff and cheerleaders as the football program is presented with $25,000 after advancing to the final 40 in the T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights competition on Thursday. CHS is now in the running for a $250,000 prize. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
It may be Columbia’s bye week, but the Tigers won again.The CHS football team was greeted Thursday morning at the Jones Fieldhouse by cheerleaders, members of the band, Lake City Mayor Noah Walker, Columbia County Commissioners Tim Murphy and Everett Phillips and representatives from T-Mobile.In…
Fort White's Marvion Wallace takes the opening kickoff back 75 yards for a touchdown in the Indians' 42-26 loss to Madison County on Thursday. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
MADISON — Madison County is still good enough to pull away from teams. But a rematch with Fort White in the postseason would be must-watch drama now.The Class 1A No. 5 Cowboys created explosive plays all night, while the Indians’ comeback bid fell short in a 42-26 loss at Boot Hill…
Suwannee quarterback Haigen Johnson tries to scramble away from Baker County defensive end Joshua Chick on Friday night. Chick sacked Johnson on the play. (PAUL BUCHANAN/Lake City Reporter)
LIVE OAK — Baker County left no doubt Thursday night on which team was tougher.In a District 2-3A matchup that Suwannee coach Kyler Hall said would come down to toughness at Langford Stadium, the Wildcats manhandled the Bulldogs from the start in a 42-0 rout in the rain. It was Suwannee’s…
Columbia coach Trudy Andrews reacts on the bench as Baker County's match point attack lands just inside the line and beyond the reach of CHS DS Laila Culpepper (11) and setter Brynn Lester(1) on Thursday. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
Columbia battled all the way back.But the Tigers ultimately came up just short of a win on Senior Night.Columbia overcame a two-set deficit, rallying to force a fifth-set tiebreaker before falling to Baker County 25-16, 25-20, 19-25, 19-25, 15-13 on Thursday. It took seven kills apiece from Payton…
Branford's Adrianna Malaguti (5) celebrates her service ace with Calyssa Dicks (20) during Tuesday's win over Lafayette. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
The Branford, Fort White, Suwannee and Lafayette volleyball teams were both victorious Thursday night while Cooper Kerby had a stellar day on the golf course for the Lafayette boys.Here are the scores and stats from Oct. 8.VOLLEYBALL— Branford 3, Oak Hall 2: The Class Rural No. 2 Buccaneers…
A rendering of Florida Gateway College’s new Building Construction Technology Center, which will be built utilizing a $3 million federal workforce grant. The funding will also help the college launch a pair of new construction trades programs. (COURTESY FLORIDA GATEWAY COLLEGE)
Florida Gateway College plans to construct a new Building Construction Technology Center and launch a construction trades program to create more jobs for its students, utilizing a $3 million federal grant to launch the program.More than 150 people from various parts of the community gathered…
A new tropical storm could dump a good deal of rain down upon Columbia County and surrounding areas. But Emergency Management Director Shayne Morgan is urging caution and attention to updates ahead of a wet weekend.Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the gulf on Wednesday. Morgan said the storm is…
The Atlas stones event is one of the classic events in Strongman Champions League which will be part of Saturday’s event in downtown Lake City. (COURTESY STRONGMAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE)
The “strongest league in the world” is descending on Lake City and Columbia County.The Strongman Champions League will be hosting just its second event in the United States on Saturday in downtown Lake City. Olustee Park will open for the strongman competition and related events at 11 a.m. Saturday…
The Little Caesars at the Interstate 75 and State Road 47 interchange has been demolished this week to make through for a new drive-through location for the pizza chain. (COURTESY)
As the Cornerstone Crossing at 47 site continues to develop, an older establishment is being demolished to make way for a new restaurant.The Little Caesars restaurant that has been adjacent to the Cornerstone Crossing property for more than two decades has been torn down. A new Little Caesars store…
Lake City firefighters enter the burning building simulation at Florida Gateway College’s Public Safety Training Campus in Olustee. The firefighters were conducting one of their two training sesions at Olustee on Tuesday. (COURTESY LAKE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT)
OLUSTEE — Running into a flaming gauntlet that allows a firefighter to learn how to pull residents or fallen firefighters from a burning building is a unique and intense training, but necessary.More than two dozen Lake City firefighters were face-to-face with flames during a day-long training…
Suwannee County Fire Chief Dan Miller said while the agreement calls for the county to be operating out of the Branford station by Jan. 1, he hopes to be in a month earlier. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Suwannee County is officially on board with expanding its fire protection services into the Town of Branford.One month after the Branford Town Council voted to accept a proposal from the county to provide a full paid service within the town to replace its volunteer department, the Suwannee County…
