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A person was killed Monday morning when a single-wide mobile home caught fire north of Lake City. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

A person was killed Monday morning when a single-wide mobile home caught fire north of Lake City. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

One killed in fatal fire

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
A structure fire claimed a life Monday morning when flames swept through a mobile home in the Five Points area. The fire occurred at 129 NW Deer Run, a mobile home park north of Lake City.
Lake Shore Hospital Authority Board Chairman Stephen Douglas said the deal with Meridian Healthcare has everything he wants to see. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Lake Shore Hospital Authority Board Chairman Stephen Douglas said the deal with Meridian Healthcare has everything he wants to see. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Lake Shore hospital approved for Meridian

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
A flurry of moves, motions and deals swept through the latest Lake Shore Hospital Authority meeting. After the dust had settled, however, only one property was finally dealt with, though it was the biggest piece of the pie.
Brad Dicks talks about his beginnings in real estate by helping his father, Lenvil, mark roads in a subdivision nearly 50 years ago. Dicks was named the Lake City Board of Realtors’ Realtor of the Year on Monday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Brad Dicks talks about his beginnings in real estate by helping his father, Lenvil, mark roads in a subdivision nearly 50 years ago. Dicks was named the Lake City Board of Realtors’ Realtor of the Year on Monday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Dicks named top Realtor after early career launch

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Brad Dicks’ path to becoming Realtor of the Year started a long time ago. In fact, by Dicks’ estimation, his start in real estate came around 47 years ago. When his school day ended, Dicks’ entrance into the family business began. His father, Lenvil, would pick him up and they’d go to work.
Toby White, wanted for murder in Santa Rosa County, was apprehended Saturday in southeastern Suwannee County following a two-day search in both Columbia and Suwannee counties. White fled from a traffic stop Friday near Fort White in a stolen truck. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)

Toby White, wanted for murder in Santa Rosa County, was apprehended Saturday in southeastern Suwannee County following a two-day search in both Columbia and Suwannee counties. White fled from a traffic stop Friday near Fort White in a stolen truck. (COURTESY SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)

Murder suspect captured after manhunt

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
FORT WHITE — A Santa Rosa County murder suspect was apprehended Saturday in southeastern Suwannee County following a two-day, multi-county search. Toby White, a 31-year-old Milton man, was captured Saturday afternoon around 1:30 p.m.

Lake City man sentenced to 20 years for child porn

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
A Lake City man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography on a social media site. William Ervin Daniels, 45, was sentenced Friday by Chief U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard after he pleaded guilty in September 2024.
Terrell Arline, a real estate and land use attorney, told the Lake Shore Hospital Authority board that he believes the LSHA is correct that its properties still hold a legal nonconforming use. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Terrell Arline, a real estate and land use attorney, told the Lake Shore Hospital Authority board that he believes the LSHA is correct that its properties still hold a legal nonconforming use. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

LSHA seeks meeting with city

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
While the City of Lake City and the Lake Shore Hospital Authority continue to share confusion regarding Land Development Regulations affecting parts of the LSHA campus, the Authority has moved forward with steps to potentially resolve that conflict.
Bryon Wuczynski (left), an Osiris 9 representative, shows a list of recent projects to April Thomas with the Florida Department of Transportation. Osiris 9 helped develop the concept for the U.S. Highway 41 and Interstate 75 interchange project that will be starting soon in Ellisville. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Bryon Wuczynski (left), an Osiris 9 representative, shows a list of recent projects to April Thomas with the Florida Department of Transportation. Osiris 9 helped develop the concept for the U.S. Highway 41 and Interstate 75 interchange project that will be starting soon in Ellisville. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Water projects, funding sources meet at symposium

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Local government officials were able to get valuable insight on how to seek funding, partners, vendors and guidance for their water resource management projects during a local conference Tuesday.
Laura Hunter-Null, a 30-year arts educator, presents some of the artwork and the lessons used in the free art program for students in grades 1-3 to the adult members of the Gateway Art Gallery. (COURTESY GATEWAY ART GALLERY)

Laura Hunter-Null, a 30-year arts educator, presents some of the artwork and the lessons used in the free art program for students in grades 1-3 to the adult members of the Gateway Art Gallery. (COURTESY GATEWAY ART GALLERY)

Gallery offers free art, education class for children

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
What’s more fun for kids than creating art? What if they could also boost their reading and writing skills while doing so? That’s just the project at the Gateway Art Gallery, and it’s open to students in grades 1-3, whether they attend public school or are home-schooled.
Lynn Branscome, TownePlace Suites general manager, adjusts icons on the visitors to Lake City map in the hotel’s lobby. The hotel opened just a few weeks ago at the U.S. Highway 90 and Interstate 75 interchange. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Lynn Branscome, TownePlace Suites general manager, adjusts icons on the visitors to Lake City map in the hotel’s lobby. The hotel opened just a few weeks ago at the U.S. Highway 90 and Interstate 75 interchange. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

TownePlace making its mark

TONY BRITT
Friday, January 24, 2025
Visitors to Lake City now have a new hotel to accommodate their extended stay needs with the recent opening of the TownPlace Suites by Marriott. TownPlace Suites by Marriott, 178 NW Commerce Drive, opened Jan. 9 and the owner and staff are working toward a March 18 ribbon cutting ceremony.