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Columbia County commissioners are set to have a joint meeting with city officials regarding the fate of Richardson Community Center. (FILE)

Columbia County commissioners are set to have a joint meeting with city officials regarding the fate of Richardson Community Center. (FILE)

More talk coming on Richardson

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Columbia County staff can cease moving out of Richardson Community Center. At least for now.

City revises public records policy

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, April 6, 2023
The public will now get more bang before it has to put up a buck for records from the City of Lake City. At Wednesday’s special Lake City Council meeting, the council unanimously approved a new public records policy for the city.

Event set to ‘Round-Up’ hazardous waste

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, April 6, 2023
An annual toxic waste disposal event is returning with a new location and the same promise to safely dispose of unwanted clutter. The Columbia County Toxic Round-Up event is set to return on Saturday, April 8, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Winfield Solid Waste Facility, located at 1347 Oosterhoudt Ln.
Chris Walters (left) and Brooke Frye show off the Christian Service Center’s new tobacco-free sign hanging in front of the center. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Chris Walters (left) and Brooke Frye show off the Christian Service Center’s new tobacco-free sign hanging in front of the center. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

CSC goes tobacco-free

TONY BRITT
Thursday, April 6, 2023
For the past four decades, the Christian Service Center operated under a mission statement to work and benefit other members on the community to meet their well being and spiritual needs.
Lake City Councilwoman Chevella Young said she was not impressed by Columbia County’s recreation efforts at Richardson Community Center. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City Councilwoman Chevella Young said she was not impressed by Columbia County’s recreation efforts at Richardson Community Center. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

City counters RCC funding ask

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Columbia County won’t be receiving funding from the City of Lake City for recreation at Richardson Community Center.
Fort White Elementary fifth-grader Tucker Ayers placed second in the First Coast Spelling Bee in Jacksonville last week. (COURTESY)

Fort White Elementary fifth-grader Tucker Ayers placed second in the First Coast Spelling Bee in Jacksonville last week. (COURTESY)

Fort White’s Ayers finishes second in regional bee

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Tucker Ayers, the Fort White Elementary School student who won the Columbia County Spelling Bee, finished second in the regional competition last week.
The City of Lake City’s current district map, which must be redrawn due to the large discrepancy in the number of residents living in each district. (COURTESY)

The City of Lake City’s current district map, which must be redrawn due to the large discrepancy in the number of residents living in each district. (COURTESY)

Consultant: City ‘must redistrict’

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
The Lake City Council has no options: it must redistrict, according to the city’s consultant.

Report: Stolen car chase topped 130 mph

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
One suspect is still on the loose following Monday’s high-speed chase south of Lake City that topped 130 miles per hour. According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office report released Tuesday, an officer responded to the area of County Road 242A and U.S.

Library looks to go ‘fine-free’

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
A “fine-free future” may be coming to the Columbia County Public Library. Outreach and Youth Services Librarian Kate Duong is scheduled to present the library’s plan to eliminate overdue fines to the County Commission at its meeting Thursday at 9:30 a.m.