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…
MIDDLEBURG — For five innings, Columbia had the No. 9 team in the state on the ropes. The last two innings showed just how much more room for growth the Tigers have.  Columbia jumped out to a 10-3 lead after the top of the sixth inning before giving up eight runs — including a walk-off two-run…
BASEBALL — Fort White 7, Hamilton County 1: Patrick Kennedy and Elias Byrd each had two RBIs while Carson Capallia drove in another run as the Indians (7-6) beat the Trojans (1-11) on the road in in District 6-1A despite only three hits. Aaron Parnell pitched six innings for the win, allowing one…
LIVE OAK — Ayden Phillips left Booster Field feeling pretty good about himself. Some might even say spectacular. The Live Oak native was nearly untouchable on the mound, striking out 14 batters and allowing only two hits to lead Columbia to a 5-0 shutout over Suwannee on Thursday night. It was…
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 Juan Guerra, the controller for the City of Cape Coral, has withdrawn from Lake City’s search due to accepting a different position, according to a manager search update report to the Lake City Council.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…