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‘Let it Be: The Beatles Tribute’ band will perform Friday night at the Levy Performing Arts Center on the Florida Gateway College campus. (COURTESY)

‘Let it Be: The Beatles Tribute’ band will perform Friday night at the Levy Performing Arts Center on the Florida Gateway College campus. (COURTESY)

Beatles tribute show returns to FGC

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
All you need is love. That and the return of a beloved tribute show. Florida Gateway College is set to bring back ‘Let It Be: The Beatles Tribute’ to the Levy Performing Arts Center on Friday. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 7.

Multi-family development plan approved

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Site plans for a new multi-family development and a convenience store received approvals from the Lake City Planning & Zoning Board. During the city board’s meeting Tuesday night, the site plan for a Wawa store on Duval Street (U.S.
Competing Saturday for the title of 2024 Miss CHS are Callie Hale (from left), Lyla Fulsom, Stephanie Green and Chloe Sheppard. The Miss CHS pageant is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Competing Saturday for the title of 2024 Miss CHS are Callie Hale (from left), Lyla Fulsom, Stephanie Green and Chloe Sheppard. The Miss CHS pageant is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Miss CHS set to be crowned

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
The Miss Columbia High School Pageant will take place 6 p.m. Saturday at Columbia High School in the Norman R. Choice performing Arts Center. Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. and tickets are $5. Tickets can be purchased at the door at the auditorium.
Richardson Sixth Grade Academy teacher Keisha Kimble was all smiles as she’s called up to receive a certificate from the district Friday for the statewide Excellence in Education award she received earlier in the week. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Richardson Sixth Grade Academy teacher Keisha Kimble was all smiles as she’s called up to receive a certificate from the district Friday for the statewide Excellence in Education award she received earlier in the week. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Kimble honored as excellent educator

TONY BRITT
Friday, March 1, 2024
For the past two weeks, Keisha Kimble has been caught up in a whirlwind of excitement and emotion. Last week she learned she’d won an Excellence in Education Award and on Tuesday she was at the Governor’s mansion for an award reception.
Lake City Assistant Fire Chief Dwight Boozer works with a hose at a fire. Boozer passed away Wednesday night after a battle with cancer. (FILE)

Lake City Assistant Fire Chief Dwight Boozer works with a hose at a fire. Boozer passed away Wednesday night after a battle with cancer. (FILE)

Boozer recalled for dedication to service

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, March 1, 2024
Serving as a Lake City firefighter was more than a job for Dwight Boozer, it was his life. Lake City’s assistant fire chief for nearly the past two years, Boozer had a life-long dedication to the department and to the community he loved, according to a pair of city fire chiefs.

Handgun found in car at FWHS

NEWS STAFF
Friday, March 1, 2024
FORT WHITE — A Fort White High School student is in custody after a firearm was found in his car at the school Thursday. Hunter Creamer, 18, was charged Thursday morning with possession of a weapon at school and possession of CBD/THC oil.
Dwight Boozer, who was sworn in as the Lake City assistant fire chief in May 2022, passed away Wednesday after a battle with cancer. (FILE)

Dwight Boozer, who was sworn in as the Lake City assistant fire chief in May 2022, passed away Wednesday after a battle with cancer. (FILE)

Boozer, Lake City assistant fire chief, passes after cancer battle

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Dwight Boozer, a longtime Lake City firefighter and the department’s current assistant chief, passed away Wednesday night following a battle with cancer. “Chief Boozer’s impact on this department and Lake City as a community is immeasurable,” Chief Josh Wehinger said in a press release Thursday.
Brody Crews (left) and Isabel Heeke, Fort White High School National Honor Society club officers, fill dispensers with paint for the club’s color fun run that will take place on Saturday at the school’s football stadium. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Brody Crews (left) and Isabel Heeke, Fort White High School National Honor Society club officers, fill dispensers with paint for the club’s color fun run that will take place on Saturday at the school’s football stadium. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

FWHS students organizing color fun run for hospice programs

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
FORT WHITE — A group of Fort White High School students in the National Honor Society have come up with a fun concept to raise funds for local hospice programs — a  color fun run.