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Warren charged with perjury for false report

NEWS STAFF
Friday, April 25, 2025
An inaccurate complaint against a Lake City police officer has landed an outspoken resident in jail. Sylvester Warren, 44, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for perjury due to making false claims in a citizens complaint to the Lake City Police Department last month.
The Lake City Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying a shooting suspect from the Easter celebration at Annie Mattox Park. (COURTESY)

The Lake City Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying a shooting suspect from the Easter celebration at Annie Mattox Park. (COURTESY)

LCPD seeking assistance in shooting investigation

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Lake City Police Department is seeking public assistance in trying to identify a shooting suspect from the Easter celebration at Annie Mattox Park. According to the LCPD, shots were fired from several people in the crowd during the event around 8:06 p.m. Sunday.
Allie Brush (from left), Jupiter Skinner, Hailey Hudson, Mya Merriex, Raelee Mengle-Fink, Amy Piercey and Victoria Diaz participate in a dance number while practicing for the upcoming Columbia High School theater department production of Mean Girls. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Allie Brush (from left), Jupiter Skinner, Hailey Hudson, Mya Merriex, Raelee Mengle-Fink, Amy Piercey and Victoria Diaz participate in a dance number while practicing for the upcoming Columbia High School theater department production of Mean Girls. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

CHS staging three performances of ‘Mean Girls’

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The tough times of high school angst ranging from bad relationships, fake friends, being bullied and immaturity will play themselves out on stage this weekend in a comedic musical performance by Columbia High School students.

Post 57 hosting Family Day

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
American Legion Post 57 is hosting a community event this weekend allowing local residents to learn about the inner-workings of the organization and its members. The American Legion Post 57 Family Day will take place from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday at Post 57, 2602 SW Main Blvd. in Lake City.

United Way throwing Corks & Forks fundraiser

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The United Way of Suwannee Valley will update the community on this year’s fundraising campaign as well as welcome new officials during its annual spring celebration in a few weeks. The Corks & Forks United Way’s annual celebration will take place Tuesday, May 8, at the Florida Gateway Fairgrounds.
A conceptual plan for the development on 11th Street SW in Live Oak shows a hotel and gas station along the street with four apartment buildings behind it. (COURTESY)

A conceptual plan for the development on 11th Street SW in Live Oak shows a hotel and gas station along the street with four apartment buildings behind it. (COURTESY)

Four-story hotel, apartments planned across from Coliseum

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
LIVE OAK — The developers of a mixed-use development on the west side of Live Oak are taking their plan directly to city residents. A neighborhood meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at the Suwannee County Coliseum, 1302 11th Street SW, from 5-7 p.m.

Hatley to head HCA Lake City nurses

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Krista Hatley is the new chief nursing officer at HCA Lake Hospital and HCA Suwannee Emergency in Live Oak. Hatley, a veteran of HCA Healthcare, was named to the positions Monday.
The Corporal Gary L. Edwards Memorial Gymnasium at the Douglass Center in Live Oak will be getting air conditioning and new classrooms added on as part of a state grant. The site will also include a community center thanks to a different grant. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

The Corporal Gary L. Edwards Memorial Gymnasium at the Douglass Center in Live Oak will be getting air conditioning and new classrooms added on as part of a state grant. The site will also include a community center thanks to a different grant. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Community center projects moving forward in Suwannee County

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
LIVE OAK — State funding will bring two new and two revamped community centers to Suwannee County in the next 18-20 months. Suwannee County Parks and Recreation have gone out to bid on finding design build firms to handle the grant-funded projects, three located in Live Oak and one in Branford.
Lake City Mayor Noah Walker said he’d like to see the city take other avenues like annexation to raise revenue instead of increasing the millage rate. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City Mayor Noah Walker said he’d like to see the city take other avenues like annexation to raise revenue instead of increasing the millage rate. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Council opposes tax hike

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Most on the Lake City Council aren’t in favor of new fees or taxes in the upcoming budget cycle. At least, not until they have more data to make a final decision.