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Toys for Tots coordinator Inga Dwyer packs up supplies ahead of the organization’s move out of Lake Shore Hospital property. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Toys for Tots coordinator Inga Dwyer packs up supplies ahead of the organization’s move out of Lake Shore Hospital property. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Toys for Tots needs gift: Org. in need of new home after short stay at LSHA

TONY BRITT
Friday, March 24, 2023
Toys for Tots is looking for its own gift to unwrap — a new location to set up shop. The local program thought it had found a new home in a Lake Shore Hospital Authority building, but that destination was “for emergency fit only.
Columbia County Commissioner Ron Williams said Project Beehive was the best option for the county. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Commissioner Ron Williams said Project Beehive was the best option for the county. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

County looks to entice NFMIP rail service

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, March 24, 2023
The Columbia County Commission is looking to Project Beehive to help make the North Florida Mega Industrial Park abuzz with activity. The commission unanimously approved an economic incentive agreement with Beehive to make the company the county’s shortline rail partner.

CCSO launching Citizen’s Police Academy

TONY BRITT
Friday, March 24, 2023
A new program will provide local residents the opportunity to see, discuss and in some instances, simulate the duties of Columbia County Sheriff’s Office deputies. The inaugural Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Law Enforcement Academy, a nine-week program will take place from May 30-Aug.

Pitchfork attacker arrested

NEWS STAFF
Friday, March 24, 2023
Lake City’s pitchfork assailant is off the streets. Ryan Paul McCartney, a 36-year-old from Lake City, was arrested late Thursday night by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant for attempted murder after he threw a pitchfork at a victim Monday morning.
Commissioner Robby Hollingsworth said the city needed to help fund recreation at Richardson Community Center if the county takes the facility. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Commissioner Robby Hollingsworth said the city needed to help fund recreation at Richardson Community Center if the county takes the facility. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

County will take Richardson, if city pays

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Richardson Community Center will soon be Columbia County property. Maybe. The Columbia County Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted Thursday to accept the deed to the facility on the north side of Lake City from the City of Lake City.
The Lake City Fire Department’s Fire Station #2 gets some roofing done back in January. LCFD Chief Josh Wehinger said officials have already done two walk-throughs at the station ahead of its opening. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

The Lake City Fire Department’s Fire Station #2 gets some roofing done back in January. LCFD Chief Josh Wehinger said officials have already done two walk-throughs at the station ahead of its opening. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

New fire station ‘very close’

TONY BRITT
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The opening of Lake City’s newest fire station is expected to take place within the next month. “We’re very close,” said Lake City Fire Chief Josh Wehinger. “The generator is supposed to be sent possibly the first of next week, we’re waiting on a transfer switch.

Juvenile killed in shooting

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, March 23, 2023
A male juvenile was shot and killed at a Lake City apartment complex Wednesday evening. According to a Lake City Police Department release, officers responded to an apartment at Aspen Townhomes on NW Wayne Place at 6:13 p.m. where they found a male juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound.
The gravesite of Pvt. Theophilus Week sits at Price Creek Cemetery. (COURTESY)

The gravesite of Pvt. Theophilus Week sits at Price Creek Cemetery. (COURTESY)

Revolutionary War vet to be honored

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, March 23, 2023
A Revolutionary War veteran will be honored this weekend. The Lake City Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is holding a grave-marking ceremony for Pvt. Theophilus Weeks at Price Creek Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.