Westside Elementary School principal Rachel Stephens credited students and staff for Westside’s inclusion as a School of Excellence for the 2025-26 school year. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Westside Elementary School has been recognized as Columbia County’s only public school designated as a School of Excellence for the 2025-26 school year by the Florida Department of Education.Belmont Academy, a charter school, was also awarded the designation.“We are extremely proud,” said Rachel...
ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake City has a new head honcho when it comes to informing...
A Columbia County Sheriff’s Office vehicle was hit after, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release, a 26-year-old Lake Butler man was woken up after falling asleep at the wheel of his car. (COURTESY)
Ashleigh Pitzer, the founder of the Will Carpenter AYA Cancer Foundation, is emotional after the non-profit foundation started in her late son’s honor was named the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce Non-Profit of the Year. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
A historic Suwannee County bridge has been closed while officials examine options to repair the...
Suwannee County School District Community Relations Specialist TJ Vickers and Chief Financial Officer Marsha Brown speak about the proposed half-cent sales tax Monday at Suwannee High. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
The Branford Buccaneers are headed back to the Class Rural Final Four after sweeping Aucilla Christian for the Region 3-R title Tuesday night. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
BRANFORD — The Buccaneers sent a clear message to the remainder of the Class Rural field.
Lafayette receiver Coy Plunkett makes a leaping catch in the back of the end zone for a touchdown in front of Branford defender Colby Beard on Friday. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
Westside Elementary School principal Rachel Stephens credited students and staff for Westside’s inclusion as a School of Excellence for the 2025-26 school year. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Westside Elementary School has been recognized as Columbia County’s only public school designated as a School of Excellence for the 2025-26 school year by the Florida Department of Education.Belmont Academy, a charter school, was also awarded the designation.“We are extremely proud,” said Rachel…
Local authorities are investigating after witnesses found a corpse in the waters of a state park.According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office release, deputies responded to Ichetucknee Springs State Park at 1:15 p.m. last Wednesday following reports of a deceased person in the springs. A couple…
ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake City has a new head honcho when it comes to informing patients and their families.Amber Dillon recently was named Director of Marketing and Business Development for ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Lake City. The 36-bed medical rehabilitation hospital…
A Columbia County Sheriff’s Office vehicle was hit after, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release, a 26-year-old Lake Butler man was woken up after falling asleep at the wheel of his car. (COURTESY)
ELLISVILLE — A passed out Lake Butler man got a rude awakening at the wheel of his car Tuesday morning: a trip to the Columbia County Detention Facility after panicking and hitting a patrol car.According to a Florida Highway Patrol release, Columbia County sheriff’s deputies responded to the…
Comcast announced this month that Xfinity and Comcast Business high-speed, reliable Internet services are now available to more than 4,700 homes and businesses in Columbia County. The project, made possible through a public-private partnership with the state, will ultimately expand Comcast’s fiber…
Mila, accompanied by her owner Kathryn Collins, helps make the community safer by dropping off her unused medication during HCA Florida Lake City Hospital’s Crush the Crisis prescription drug take-back event. (COURTESY)
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital, in partnership with the Lake City Police Department, celebrated a record-breaking Crush the Crisis prescription drug take-back event on Saturday, Oct. 24, collecting 150 pounds of unused and expired prescription medications—the largest amount collected in the…
The Branford Buccaneers are headed back to the Class Rural Final Four after sweeping Aucilla Christian for the Region 3-R title Tuesday night. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
BRANFORD — The Buccaneers sent a clear message to the remainder of the Class Rural field. They are, until somebody proves otherwise, still the champions. Top-seeded Branford rallied from some early miscues in the first set before dominating in all facets for 25-16, 25-11, 25-14 sweep…
Lafayette receiver Coy Plunkett makes a leaping catch in the back of the end zone for a touchdown in front of Branford defender Colby Beard on Friday. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
It shocks me to write this but maybe the Florida High School Athletic Association isn’t so bad after all.After years of watching the FHSAA seemingly mess up every possible decision and then in the rare occasion that they backed into a smart move - like the metro-suburban split or the best-of-3…
Lafayette quarterback Trevor Byrd looks for running room against Branford on Friday. (JACK HOWDESHELL/Lake City Reporter)
The Sunshine State Athletic Association Atlantic League playoff bracket is finally complete, but it didn’t come without its issues.Late Tuesday afternoon, the SSAA announced that despite”numerous issues” with one of its independent ranking systems, it would proceed forward with the bracket it…
Columbia receiver Zion Walker stiff-arms Yulee defender Pete Kuhlman as he runs down the sideline after a catch on Friday. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)
Home field advantage through the regional playoffs is within sight for Columbia.All the Tigers need to do is beat Suwannee this Friday.Columbia (9-0) remained the No. 1 seed in Region 1-4A in the latest MaxPreps’ rankings released Sunday after wrapping up the District 3-4A title in Friday’s 42-0…
Columbia won the District 2-2A title on Tuesday. Pictured are golfers Mayson Miller (from left), Rayna Hardin, Savannah Douglas and Estella Bauer. (COURTESY)
District dominance continued for Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.Behind a medalist performance from Rayna Hardin, the Tigers rolled to their seventh straight district title at Quail Heights. Hardin shook off three straight bogeys to start the day to finish with a 6-over-77 to win the individual…
