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Competing for the Southside Idol title Saturday are Amberlyn Faulstich (from left), Jayden Burch, Elizabeth Gould, Allyson Matheny, Willie Mae Wallker, D’Khari Jernigan, Jaleiah Burch, Laelah Scippio, Arianna Flores and Cailiana Mobley. (COURTESY)

Competing for the Southside Idol title Saturday are Amberlyn Faulstich (from left), Jayden Burch, Elizabeth Gould, Allyson Matheny, Willie Mae Wallker, D’Khari Jernigan, Jaleiah Burch, Laelah Scippio, Arianna Flores and Cailiana Mobley. (COURTESY)

10 vie for Southside Idol crown

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The sounds of 80s music, as well as gospel, rock and roll, country western and even hip hop, will fill the air this weekend during a singing competition. The 13th annual Southside Idol will take place 6 p.m. Saturday at the Florida Gateway College Levy Performing Arts Center.
Lake Shore Hospital Authority Executive Director Dale Williams points out Block 111 on the Lake Shore Hospital campus during Monday’s meeting. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Lake Shore Hospital Authority Executive Director Dale Williams points out Block 111 on the Lake Shore Hospital campus during Monday’s meeting. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

LSHA, Meridian deal still pending

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Deeding over the hospital on the Lake Shore campus will take at least a little longer as the Lake Shore Hospital Authority attempts to deal with one last piece of property holding up the transfer.
Columbia County School District administrators, Columbia County School Board members and Columbia High School representatives look on as CHS track coach Lawrence Davis cuts the ribbon Monday to officially open the resurfaced track at Tiger Stadium. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County School District administrators, Columbia County School Board members and Columbia High School representatives look on as CHS track coach Lawrence Davis cuts the ribbon Monday to officially open the resurfaced track at Tiger Stadium. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia High opens ‘best track in the state’

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Monday afternoon’s cool, breezy winds and overcast skies could do little to extinguish the jubilant feelings of local school board members, district administrators, track supporters and one zealous track coach who had a new nine-lane rubberized track under his feet.
One person was sent to the hospital after a mobile home on NW Ridgewood Avenue caught fire Monday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

One person was sent to the hospital after a mobile home on NW Ridgewood Avenue caught fire Monday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Mobile home fire sends one to hospital

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Lake City firefighters pulled a man from a burning mobile home Monday morning on NW Ridgewood Avenue. According to reports, the fire occurred around 11 a.m.

One injured in house fire

NEWS STAFF
Monday, January 8, 2024
One person was flown to an area hospital after a house fire late Monday morning. According to a Lake City Police Department release, firefighters from the Lake City Fire Department entered the residence on NW Ridgewood Avenue around 11 a.m. and found one person inside.
The Circle K on NW Centurion Court at the Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 90 interchange is looking to expand by adding truck parking and high speed diesel fueling stations, pending a hearing in front of the City of Lake City Planning and Zoning Board. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

The Circle K on NW Centurion Court at the Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 90 interchange is looking to expand by adding truck parking and high speed diesel fueling stations, pending a hearing in front of the City of Lake City Planning and Zoning Board. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Truck stop debate revving up

TONY BRITT
Friday, January 5, 2024
The fate of a proposed gas station expansion at the Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 90 interchange will be determined by a city board this week.
Pamela Green, the pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church, waves from the church’s entry in last year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. (FILE)

Pamela Green, the pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church, waves from the church’s entry in last year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. (FILE)

Annual MLK parade scheduled

TONY BRITT
Friday, January 5, 2024
The North Florida Leadership Council plans to pay homage to the life, accomplishments and achievements of the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. next week with the annual parade in his honor. The annual MLK Day Parade will take place Monday, Jan.
The Lake Shore Hospital Authority board will meet Monday with the hopes of coming to ‘some conclusion’ on the Lakeshore Hospital building. (FILE)

The Lake Shore Hospital Authority board will meet Monday with the hopes of coming to ‘some conclusion’ on the Lakeshore Hospital building. (FILE)

LSHA looking for ‘conclusion’ on hospital

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, January 5, 2024
Lake Shore Hospital Authority Executive Director Dale Williams is hoping to start off 2024 with some closure. When the LSHA Board meets Monday at 5:15 p.m.
County Manager David Kraus told the Columbia County Commission on Thursday that a consolidated dispatch center is likely several months away. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

County Manager David Kraus told the Columbia County Commission on Thursday that a consolidated dispatch center is likely several months away. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Consolidated dispatch still months away

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, January 5, 2024
A combined Columbia County dispatch center is still progressing, although it is still months away from reality.