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AAR Corporation will help the City of Lake City with $1.5 million toward a near-$6 million grant application for hangar repairs at the Florida Gateway Airport. (FILE)

Benjamin Ragland, portraying a Minute Man from the Revolutionary War era, made a presentation recently at the Gateway Art Gallery on Lady Columbia, America’s first national mascot. (COURTESY)

De’ Mari Jackson (third from left), grabs the steering wheel on the antique fire truck as the Lake City Department during a  visit Thursday. Jackson, who has Kleefstra Syndrome, visited the LCFD on Kleestra Syndrome Awareness Day. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Ecowaste Solutions commercial dumpsters sit in Ellisville waiting to be swapped in for existing Waste Pro cans for customers around the county. Ecowaste takes over as the solid waste collection contractor on Oct. 1. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Commissioner Robby Hollingsworth agreed for the county to provide animal control services to the City of Lake City although he didn’t ‘want to put any more on them.’ (FILE)

Assistant County Manager Kevin Kirby told the County Commission on Thursday that the county was ‘real close’ in reaching agreements with Mayo Road property owners for right-of-way acquisition. (FILE)

Bryan Avila, a candidate for lieutenant governor, told a group at Florida Gateway College on Tuesday that there are ‘two visions that are on the ballot,’ this November. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)