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Armed pair arrested near school

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Staff report Two armed individuals were arrested Wednesday morning after causing a disturbance that locked down a Columbia County elementary school. During a disturbance at a residence across SE Defender Ave.

Former CCSO officer arrested

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
A former Columbia County Sheriff’s Office detention officer is now behind bars. Clayton Pyle, 37, was arrested on a warrant in Illinois after he fled the state on administrative leave during a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation, the CCSO announced Wednesday.
Local schools will receive a total of $489,311 as a result of improved test scores and influxes of new students. (FILE)

Local schools will receive a total of $489,311 as a result of improved test scores and influxes of new students. (FILE)

Schools receiving state bonuses

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Making good grades has its rewards — even for schools. Five Columbia County schools and three more in Suwannee County are receiving additional funding from the state as an award for student academic gains and teacher excellence during the past school year.
Wade Reeves, 6, (from left) and Rhyder Brown, 5, play and touch pumpkins at the FFA pumpkin patch on Tuesday afternoon. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Wade Reeves, 6, (from left) and Rhyder Brown, 5, play and touch pumpkins at the FFA pumpkin patch on Tuesday afternoon. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

FFA pumpkin patch offering up treats through Halloween

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
It didn’t come with a trick, but the Columbia FFA is now hoping its annual pumpkin patch will be a treat.
Incoming Lake City Councilwoman Chevella Young lays out her plan for a gun buyback program at Monday’s city council meeting. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Incoming Lake City Councilwoman Chevella Young lays out her plan for a gun buyback program at Monday’s city council meeting. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

City considers gun buybacks

TONY BRITT
Monday, October 17, 2022
Gun violence incidents in the Lake City have increased drastically the past two years. City officials are now considering a gun buyback program as one alternative to curbing the problem.
A family rides one of the trains at Florida Gateway College’s Fun in the Park event on Saturday. (COURTESY)

A family rides one of the trains at Florida Gateway College’s Fun in the Park event on Saturday. (COURTESY)

Thousands attend ‘Fun in the Park’

TONY BRITT
Monday, October 17, 2022
Olustee Park was full of fun activities Saturday morning. Florida Gateway College held a ‘Fun in the Park’ event Saturday as one of its 75th anniversary celebration events and drew an estimated 1,500 people to downtown Lake City.

Report: Hospital fence needs facelift following punches

NEWS STAFF
Monday, October 17, 2022
A fence at the HCA Lake City Hospital is in need of surgery after a Lakeland man finished with it Friday night. A Columbia County sheriff’s deputy was working security at the hospital Friday when he was notified that one of the hospital’s nurses was trying to leave around 10:10 p.m.