June 24, 2026
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The ‘Globe of Freedom,’ a welded art piece created by Columbia High welding students, won the Commissioner’s Choice award in the Statewide Welding and Fabrication Challenge to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The Columbia High welding program has cemented its place in the ‘arc’ of American history.
An area outside an apartment building is blocked off Tuesday afternoon following a fatal late-morning shooting outside an apartment building on NW Albright Place on the north side of Lake City. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
Zayden Jones learns the art of broom handling while participating in a relay race during Columbia County 4-H’s School of Life Skills for Magical Beings camp earlier this month. (COURTESY)
Columbia County Commission Chairman Tim Murphy (left) presents a proclamation declaring June 21-27 as Amateur Radio Week to Brad Swartz, the local Amateur Radio Emergency Services coordinator, at last week’s commission meeting. (COURTESY)
Eddie Dixon with Culpepper Construction provides documents to the Lafayette County School Board as he updated them on the status of state funding for a new PK-12 school for the district at Tuesday’s board meeting. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Nick Gerth, a disaster response specialist with IEM, said the transition of emergency management from under the control of the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office to the county shows a program with a ‘strong foundational base.’ (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Columbia pitcher Ryleigh Stone (left) and shortstop Alannah Lord (right) are the LCR’s Co-Softball Players of the Year. (COURTESY)
Columbia state champion Garret Shipley is the LCR’s Boys Weightlifter of the Year. (COURTESY)
Marcia Kazmierski (left) watches as Jensen Haire, 8, hits a tennis ball during the 10th annual James Montgomery Tennis Camp at Youngs Park on Thursday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
The ‘Globe of Freedom,’ a welded art piece created by Columbia High welding students, won the Commissioner’s Choice award in the Statewide Welding and Fabrication Challenge to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Columbia pitcher Ryleigh Stone (left) and shortstop Alannah Lord (right) are the LCR’s Co-Softball Players of the Year. (COURTESY)
An area outside an apartment building is blocked off Tuesday afternoon following a fatal late-morning shooting outside an apartment building on NW Albright Place on the north side of Lake City. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
Zayden Jones learns the art of broom handling while participating in a relay race during Columbia County 4-H’s School of Life Skills for Magical Beings camp earlier this month. (COURTESY)
Columbia County Commission Chairman Tim Murphy (left) presents a proclamation declaring June 21-27 as Amateur Radio Week to Brad Swartz, the local Amateur Radio Emergency Services coordinator, at last week’s commission meeting. (COURTESY)
Columbia state champion Garret Shipley is the LCR’s Boys Weightlifter of the Year. (COURTESY)
AmeriPro’s Thomas Stinson, the company’s operating supervisor in Columbia County, said adding new stations will help solve geographic issues that could help reduce response times. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Dr. Edwin Burgess, an UF/IFAS veterinarian entomologist, speaks about the New Worl screwworm during a meeting Thursday night with local residents and farmers. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
