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Trey Hosford (from left) Columbia High School principal, stands with Doug Peeler, Scott Stewart, Tray Tolliver and Jill Hunter, after Stewart donated a table he made to the school on Thursday afternoon. (COURTESY)

Trey Hosford (from left) Columbia High School principal, stands with Doug Peeler, Scott Stewart, Tray Tolliver and Jill Hunter, after Stewart donated a table he made to the school on Thursday afternoon. (COURTESY)

Tabling discussions: Stewart donates handmade table to Columbia High

TONY BRITT
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Columbia High School teachers have a new addition to their teachers’ lounge thanks to a generous local businessman who has a knack for making tables and finds fun in his hobby.
Columbia County Commissioner Robby Hollingsworth was the lone dissension in Thursday’s vote on moving forward with wastewater treatment plant. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Commissioner Robby Hollingsworth was the lone dissension in Thursday’s vote on moving forward with wastewater treatment plant. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Second NFMIP sewer option flushed away

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Columbia County is moving forward as planned with a wastewater treatment plant at the North Florida Mega Industrial Park.

Alliance standing up to violence

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Tired of hearing gunshots ringing out across Lake City, a group of concerned pastors and supporters are looking for change. The Gateway Ministerial Alliance is looking to stop the gun violence by hosting a “Stand Up for Our Community” gathering and conversation Sunday.

Lake City man arrested for gun in waistband

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Greeting a law enforcement officer at the door with a gun in his waistband landed a Lake City man behind bars. According to a Lake City Police Department release, officers answered a call around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at a business on N. Marion Ave.
Leah Marlene, a top-3 finalist on American Idol last spring, will be the headlining performer Saturday at FGC’s 75th Anniversary Art and Music Festival. (COURTESY)

Leah Marlene, a top-3 finalist on American Idol last spring, will be the headlining performer Saturday at FGC’s 75th Anniversary Art and Music Festival. (COURTESY)

FGC tunes in music festival

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
A national singing sensation is bringing her talents to Florida Gateway College for the school’s anniversary bash.
Columbia County Supervisor of Elections Tomi Brown told the School Board members that redistricting would come with significant costs, but the separate maps cause mass confusion for voters. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Supervisor of Elections Tomi Brown told the School Board members that redistricting would come with significant costs, but the separate maps cause mass confusion for voters. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Redistricting fails school board test

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
New districts for Columbia County School Board members won’t be happening in the immediate future. The time crunch, potential costs and differing opinions associated with redistricting led to the board deciding to forgo redistricting for now.

$56.5M sought for local projects

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
When the Legislative Session begins next week in Tallahassee, local lawmakers are hoping it leads to dough coming back to their district. Out of the more than 2,300 appropriations project requests filed in the Florida House of Representatives, Rep. Chuck Brannan (R-Macclenny) and Rep.

Arming teachers pulled from agenda

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Discussions about the possibility of arming teachers in Columbia County will wait for another day. The conversation about starting the Guardian Program was pulled from the Columbia County School Board agenda early Tuesday afternoon, hours before the school board meeting.