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Young resigns as city’s growth director

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The Lake City Growth Management Department will be looking for a new administrator after its director submitted his resignation. David Young, the head of the Growth Management Department, officially submitted his resignation from the position on Friday in a letter to City Manager Don Rosenthal.
Alexa DeMarco (standing left) and Tracy Lock (standing right) help Cyrilla Matthews, 4, and Atlas Matthews, 5, during the workshop. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Alexa DeMarco (standing left) and Tracy Lock (standing right) help Cyrilla Matthews, 4, and Atlas Matthews, 5, during the workshop. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Library helps students become Gene-iuses

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Whether a person has freckles or can bend their tongue like a taco, not to mention the color of their hair or eyes are all components of the genes they inherited from their parents.
Lake City Councilman Ricky Jernigan apologized Monday for offending Florida Gateway College staff over previous comments regarding its enrollment. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City Councilman Ricky Jernigan apologized Monday for offending Florida Gateway College staff over previous comments regarding its enrollment. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Jernigan apologizes for offending FGC staff

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Following comments made at the Lake City Council’s March 10 meeting regarding his alma mater, Councilman Ricky Jernigan offered apologies to Florida Gateway College on Monday.

Two seriously injured in I-75 motorhome crash

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
A pair of South Florida women were seriously injured when their motorhome collided with a semi truck Sunday on Interstate 75. The Florida Highway Patrol said the motorhome was traveling south on I-75 around noon Sunday when it moved from the left lane to the middle lane in southern Columbia County.
Amy Guerry (middle) is joined by members of the Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home family as they stand in front of the newly-named Ted L. Guerry, Sr. Anatomy & Physiology Building on the Florida Gateway College campus. (COURTESY FLORIDA GATEWAY COLLEGE)

Amy Guerry (middle) is joined by members of the Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home family as they stand in front of the newly-named Ted L. Guerry, Sr. Anatomy & Physiology Building on the Florida Gateway College campus. (COURTESY FLORIDA GATEWAY COLLEGE)

Guerry honored at FGC

NEWS STAFF
Friday, March 14, 2025
As Amy Guerry sees it, there were two celebrations Wednesday when Florida Gateway College’s anatomy and physiology building became the Ted L. Guerry, Sr. Anatomy & Physiology Building.
Kate Duong (from left), Columbia County Public Library assistant director, and Andrea Sirard, Columbia County Youth Services librarian, work on creating an edible spinal column made of cereal and candy. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Kate Duong (from left), Columbia County Public Library assistant director, and Andrea Sirard, Columbia County Youth Services librarian, work on creating an edible spinal column made of cereal and candy. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Library offering scientific S.T.E.A.M. Break

TONY BRITT
Friday, March 14, 2025
The Columbia County Public Library is offering a S.T.E.A.M Break for local students while they are on spring break.