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Kyle Larson poses with the first-place trophy after winning the General Tire Winter Nationals at All-Tech Raceway on Saturday night. Larson received a prize of $15,000. (LOVIN’ DIRTY PHOTOGRAPHY )

AUTO RACING: Kyle Larson puts on a show at All-Tech Raceway, wins Winter Nationals

Kyle Larson scored the victory in the first Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event of the season on Saturday night at All-Tech Raceway. The 28-year-old California native earned his second career win in a dirt late model, taking the checkered flag…

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Monday, January 25, 2021

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Ken Wells, of Bubba’s Site Prep, uses an excavator to move dirt while prepping a site for the Westside Elementary School multi-purpose room. Construction on the project began last week and is expected to be completed by the end of summer. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Westside is building for the future

TONY BRITT

Monday, January 25, 2021

The building for the future is happening both inside and out at Westside Elementary School.

Six Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Lake City Downtown helped gather more than 200 pounds of trash from Lake DeSoto on Saturday morning with help from several local volunteers. (COURTESY)

Sprucing up Lake DeSoto

TONY BRITT

Monday, January 25, 2021

Armed with two canoes, swimming pool skimmers, a horde of gloves and initiative, Rotarians and local volunteers gave Lake DeSoto a deep cleaning.

Cops: Drunk man fled to get boss’s truck home

JAMIE WACHTER

Monday, January 25, 2021

LAKE BUTLER — A Lake Butler man had a good reason for leading authorities on a high-speed chase early Sunday morning from Fort White to his house in Union County: he was drunk and wanted to get his

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State bill offers businesses protection vs. covid lawsuits

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Monday, January 25, 2021

TALLAHASSEE — Florida businesses would be protected from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow state-issued guidelines to prevent the spread of covid-19 under a proposal approve

Senators favor collecting online taxes

News Staff

Monday, January 25, 2021

TALLAHASSEE — A proposal that could pump more than $600 million a year in tax dollars into coronavirus-damaged state and local coffers got off to a quick start Monday in the Florida Senate.

DeSantis requests feds send more covid-19 vaccines

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Monday, January 25, 2021

MIAMI — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the flow of covid-19 vaccines has been stagnant and the state needs more to meet the increasing demand from residents.