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Lynda Granoff poses with her award after winning the 2022 Realtor of the Year honor from the Lake City Board of Realtors. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Lynda Granoff poses with her award after winning the 2022 Realtor of the Year honor from the Lake City Board of Realtors. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Granoff named top LC Realtor

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
A person who “just likes to help” is probably the key ingredient behind the success of organizations, businesses, teams and any entity that is successful.

Local agent busted for insurance fraud scheme

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
An alleged two-year insurance scam has a Lake City agent facing felony charges. According to a Department of Financial Services report, Steffanie Norris, 42, used fake addresses for clients to get lower insurance premiums through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services marketplace from Jan.
Public meetings are scheduled for late February to discuss flood risk maps for the Santa Fe Watershed, which includes the southern half of Columbia County. (COURTESY SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT)

Public meetings are scheduled for late February to discuss flood risk maps for the Santa Fe Watershed, which includes the southern half of Columbia County. (COURTESY SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT)

Meetings set on flood risk maps

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Local property owners will have a chance to voice their opinion on flood risk maps for the Santa Fe Watershed.
Gian Rivera (from left) portraying King Henry VIII, and Leondra Brown, portraying Cleopatra, rehearse scenes for the upcoming dinner-theatre production ‘Night at the Wax Museum.’ (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Gian Rivera (from left) portraying King Henry VIII, and Leondra Brown, portraying Cleopatra, rehearse scenes for the upcoming dinner-theatre production ‘Night at the Wax Museum.’ (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Mystery and a meal

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
A custom-prepared meal, along with a night of watching characters search for lost treasure, will be featured as this year’s dinner theatre event at Columbia High School. The production, “Night at the Wax Museum,” will take place Feb. 3-4.
The Rotary Club of Lake City, which is celebrating its 100th year, is drawing on its past with a Rotary Ball celebration Saturday at The Blanche Hotel. The balls began in the 1950s, as depicted in the flyer from the 1965 event. (COURTESY)

The Rotary Club of Lake City, which is celebrating its 100th year, is drawing on its past with a Rotary Ball celebration Saturday at The Blanche Hotel. The balls began in the 1950s, as depicted in the flyer from the 1965 event. (COURTESY)

Rotary Ball makes return

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
A century ago, a group of community-orientated businessmen, led by attorney Fred P. Cone, the future governor of Florida, met in the Blanche Hotel and formed the Rotary Club of Lake City.

Burglar charged for dealership break-ins

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Some unwanted servicing of vehicles at a Lake City dealership landed a man in jail months later. According to a Lake City Police Department release, 10 vehicles were burglarized at Rountree Moore Ford on the morning of Nov. 3.
Philip Mobley (left), NorthStar Family Resource Center manager, hangs clothing at the facility Monday after with help from Christen Lancaster, NorthStar Community Center Community Research Coordinator. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Philip Mobley (left), NorthStar Family Resource Center manager, hangs clothing at the facility Monday after with help from Christen Lancaster, NorthStar Community Center Community Research Coordinator. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

NorthStar in limbo: Resource Center waiting on RCC uncertainty

TONY BRITT
Monday, January 23, 2023
NorthStar Family Resource Center has continued to provide services to the community for the past few weeks, despite county and city officials discussing changes to the legal ownership of the Richardson Community Center.
Tennessee native Bree Frazier sings during the 2023 Southside Idol competition. (COURTESY)

Tennessee native Bree Frazier sings during the 2023 Southside Idol competition. (COURTESY)

Tenn. teen crowned Southside Idol

TONY BRITT
Monday, January 23, 2023
Singing in only her second vocal competition ever, after traveling for hours just to get to Lake City, teenager Bree Frazier, wowed the audience and judges on her way to becoming the 2023 Southside Idol. Frazier, a native of Chattanooga, Tenn.