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Deputies from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office responded to Fort White High School, and Columbia High School, on Tuesday afternoon after a threat was received against a ‘high school.’ (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Deputies from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office responded to Fort White High School, and Columbia High School, on Tuesday afternoon after a threat was received against a ‘high school.’ (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

CCSO receives threat against ‘high school’

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Threats made against a “high school” received by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office led to extra patrols but no immediate concerns Tuesday afternoon. Sgt. Steven Khachigan, a CCSO spokesman, said the agency’s District 2 office in Fort White received a call around 3:30 p.m.

CCSO deputies help save abducted child

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, April 20, 2024
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office helped save am abducted 7-year-old child from Brevard County on Saturday. During a home invasion in Melborne on Saturday, a Columbia County Sheriff's Office release states a woman was beaten and her 7-year-old son was abducted.
Florida Gateway College President Larry Barrett (left) and David Richardson, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, signed an articulation agreement Thursday that guarantees FGC graduates with admission into 17 degree programs at UF’s liberal arts college. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Florida Gateway College President Larry Barrett (left) and David Richardson, the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, signed an articulation agreement Thursday that guarantees FGC graduates with admission into 17 degree programs at UF’s liberal arts college. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Agreement with UF guarantees FGC grads admission into 17 degree programs

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, April 19, 2024
The path from Florida Gateway College to the University of Florida just got easier for some students.
Paving crews from C.A. Boone Construction in Lake City apply smooth asphalt strips to a roadbed in the new Forest Cove subdivision on Wednesday. The new development on Branford Highway just south of Lake City features 14 one-acre lots in a rural setting and is being developed by local contractor Rob Stewart. (COURTESY)

Paving crews from C.A. Boone Construction in Lake City apply smooth asphalt strips to a roadbed in the new Forest Cove subdivision on Wednesday. The new development on Branford Highway just south of Lake City features 14 one-acre lots in a rural setting and is being developed by local contractor Rob Stewart. (COURTESY)

Breakthrough development nearing completion

TODD WILSON
Friday, April 19, 2024
A new 14-lot subdivision on Branford Highway outside Lake City is nearing completion and should be ready for site-built construction to begin in June.
Columbia County Tourism Executive Director Konnie Patke spoke to Rotary Club of Lake City Thursday. Patke, who has been on the job for three months, explained her vision for county tourism as being more than just promoting the springs and rivers of Columbia County. (TODD WILSON/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Tourism Executive Director Konnie Patke spoke to Rotary Club of Lake City Thursday. Patke, who has been on the job for three months, explained her vision for county tourism as being more than just promoting the springs and rivers of Columbia County. (TODD WILSON/Lake City Reporter)

Patke shares expanded tourism view with Rotary

TODD WILSON
Friday, April 19, 2024
More than just springs tourism. That’s what Konnie Patke has noticed about Lake City and Columbia County, Florida, during her first 90 days at her position as the county’s executive director of tourism.
Columbia County Commissioner Rocky Ford has served as the chairman of an advisory committee for the utility authority. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Commissioner Rocky Ford has served as the chairman of an advisory committee for the utility authority. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Regional utility authority approved

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, April 19, 2024
The North Florida Water Utilities Authority is officially official.

Lake City man killed in single vehicle crash

NEWS STAFF
Friday, April 19, 2024
A Lake City man was killed Thursday afternoon in a single vehicle crash. According to a Florida Highway Patrol release, a 60-year-old man was traveling north on Turner Avenue when his car left the roadway near NW Park Drive at 1:31 p.m. Thursday and struck a tree head-on.
Columbia County Commission Chairman Ron Williams said Thursday night he wanted an answer from the Town of Fort White within 30 days on its intentions with utilities moving forward. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Commission Chairman Ron Williams said Thursday night he wanted an answer from the Town of Fort White within 30 days on its intentions with utilities moving forward. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

County to Fort White: Are you in or out on utilities?

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Friday, April 19, 2024
The rocky relationship between the Town of Fort White and Columbia County hit another bump during Thursday’s County Commission meeting.