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The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office posted this photo of a pair of airsoft guns used in separate incidents to its Facebook page while asking for parents to supervise playtime with the toys. (COURTESY CCSO)

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office posted this photo of a pair of airsoft guns used in separate incidents to its Facebook page while asking for parents to supervise playtime with the toys. (COURTESY CCSO)

Authorities: Don’t play with realistic toy firearms

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, July 18, 2022
For the second time in nine months, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is taking aim at juveniles armed with toy guns.

Saint Leo celebrating 25 years

NEWS STAFF
Monday, July 18, 2022
Saint Leo University’s Lake City Education Center is throwing itself a silver anniversary celebration. In honor of 25 years of serving Lake City and Columbia County, Saint Leo is inviting the public to an open house celebration Aug. 4 from 5-6:30 p.m.
Keith Spence, 10, plays Connect Four with a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office school resource officer Friday during Summer Nights. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Keith Spence, 10, plays Connect Four with a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office school resource officer Friday during Summer Nights. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Kids get a day of fun, playtime

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Friday, July 15, 2022
Even during summer vacation, area schoolchildren still got the opportunity to have fun and exercise on school grounds.

Project Wave flowing toward Suwannee County

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, July 15, 2022
After drifting away from Columbia County and the North Florida Mega Industrial Park, Project Wave may have found a new place to dock. At Tuesday’s Suwannee County Commission meeting — set for 5 p.m. at the Judicial Annex, 218 Parshley St.

Woman arrested after abandoning kids for a day

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 15, 2022
A Lake City woman faces child neglect charges after she repeatedly let her children roam unsupervised through a neighborhood for hours on end. Camekco Catrice Webb, 41, was arrested Monday by Lake City Police Department officers in connection with the charges.
Joy Riddle, a senior vice president at Meridian, shares a laugh with Joey O’Hern, the executive director of the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, while showing him one of the residential rooms in the 16-bed facility. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Joy Riddle, a senior vice president at Meridian, shares a laugh with Joey O’Hern, the executive director of the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, while showing him one of the residential rooms in the 16-bed facility. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Meridian opens transitional housing facility

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 15, 2022
Meridian Behavioral Healthcare is hoping to provide a new transition option for adults with mental health and substance abuse problems to reintegrate themselves into society.

United Way throwing community yard sale

TONY BRITT
Friday, July 15, 2022
The United Way of Suwannee Valley is giving residents an opportunity to make some cold cash during the summer heat. The agency will use its parking lot as the site of a community yard sale event, providing individuals and the agency with a chance to sell a variety of items.