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Hunter Peeler, the Columbia County Republican Party chairman, signs paperwork Monday at the Republican National Convention to nominate Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate. (COURTESY)

Hunter Peeler, the Columbia County Republican Party chairman, signs paperwork Monday at the Republican National Convention to nominate Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate. (COURTESY)

GOP convention focused on unity after shooting

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
It’s been business as usual at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week.

LCPD: Man arrested after overheating dog in vehicle

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
A Lake City man is behind bars after he left a dog locked up inside a vehicle over the weekend. Officers from the Lake City Police Department responded to the Driftwood Inn on W. U.S. Highway 90 just after 8 p.m. Saturday to a dog in distress inside a vehicle.
Cassidy Kreider (from left), 18, and Ryan Kreider, 9, work on creating cyanotypes Friday at the Columbia County Public Library. The cyanotype project Friday was the last project for this year’s summer program. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Cassidy Kreider (from left), 18, and Ryan Kreider, 9, work on creating cyanotypes Friday at the Columbia County Public Library. The cyanotype project Friday was the last project for this year’s summer program. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Library’s work of art: Summer program ends with cyanotypes project

TONY BRITT
Friday, July 12, 2024
The Columbia County Public Library system completed its six-week summer program with a masterpiece. The final event Friday afternoon at the main branch library featured several youngsters creating pieces of art.

No laws broken in altering docs

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, July 12, 2024
While the local Republican Party chairman altered select party members’ oath forms, Columbia County’s supervisor of elections said no election laws were broken by those actions.
The Lake Shore Hospital has been vacant since 2020. Now the Columbia County Commission will be discussing whether or not to place a referendum on the November ballot asking voters whether they still want the Lake Shore Hospital Authority to remain a taxing authority. (FILE)

The Lake Shore Hospital has been vacant since 2020. Now the Columbia County Commission will be discussing whether or not to place a referendum on the November ballot asking voters whether they still want the Lake Shore Hospital Authority to remain a taxing authority. (FILE)

County still plans to discuss LSHA future

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, July 12, 2024
The joint meeting may be canceled, but not the Columbia County Commission’s discussion of the Lake Shore Hospital Authority. This week, LSHA canceled a joint meeting between the two boards, which was set for Monday.

Council campaign running in the red

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, July 12, 2024
A candidate for the Lake City Council is spending more money on her campaign than she has collected, according to financial reports. In the campaign finance report due last week, Tammy Harris, a candidate for the District 12 seat on the Lake City Council, indicates she has spent $3,767.
An egret enjoys a fish as a snake at Lake DeSoto earlier this week. Hundreds of fish were reported dead in the lake last weekend, which is being blamed on weather conditions. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

An egret enjoys a fish as a snake at Lake DeSoto earlier this week. Hundreds of fish were reported dead in the lake last weekend, which is being blamed on weather conditions. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Weather conditions blamed for DeSoto fish kill

TONY BRITT
Friday, July 12, 2024
More than 100 fish have been found floating in Lake DeSoto in what officials say was a fish kill caused by oxygen problems stemming from local weather conditions. Steve Brown, the City of Lake City’s public works director, confirmed the incident after the department received a call last weekend.

Group admin charged with sharing child porn

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 12, 2024
A Lake City man has been charged with distributing child pornography through a social media group. U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg announced 45-year-old William Ervin Daniels’ arrest Friday. Daniels has been charged with distributing child sex abuse material.