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FGC awarded $180k for cyber programs

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Already wanting to expand its cyber reach, Florida Gateway College is receiving real cash. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced $15.6 million in funding for cybersecurity and IT training on Wednesday with $180,000 of that going toward a cybersecurity lab at FGC.
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office vehicles are parked outside a NW Long Street residence where a deputy was injured during a drug bust Wednesday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office vehicles are parked outside a NW Long Street residence where a deputy was injured during a drug bust Wednesday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Deputy injured in drug bust

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
A Columbia County sheriff’s deputy hospitalized after an accident during a drug bust Wednesday morning was “doing well” later in the day. While members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team executed a search warrant around 9 a.m.

Pintozzi named hospital’s new CFO

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Keri Pintozzi is the new chief financial officer at HCA Florida Lake City Hospital. Pintozzi, who began her role in Lake City on June 13, comes from HCA Florida Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee, where she was the assistant CFO.
Coker

Coker

Amended report still flush with violations

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
An amended campaign financial report filed with the city Tuesday morning still shows a candidate in violation of state laws. Befaithful Coker, a candidate in the Lake City Council District 14 race, originally reported nine cash contributions in excess of the $50 that Section 106.
Mitchell (top left, clockwise) Damon and Jones

Mitchell (top left, clockwise) Damon and Jones

Three busted for overnight gunfire

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
A trio of Lake City men are behind bars after yet another incident of overnight gunfire. Ronald Franklin Jones, 43; Shavontae DeJuan Mitchell, 23; and Marvin Max Damon, 66, were arrested in the early hours Monday morning after gunfire was reported coming from a residence along NE Aberdeen Ave.
Coker & Eversole

Coker & Eversole

Campaign coffers overflow with cash

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, June 27, 2022
In the race to grab seats on the Lake City Council, a pair of candidates are riding waves of cash. Too much cash, in fact, according to campaign financial reports filed with the city.
RE/MAX agent Missy Zecher (right) poses with her Circle of Legends award during an awards ceremony in March. Zecher was recently named number 48 in the nation in transactions by Realtrends. (COURTESY)

RE/MAX agent Missy Zecher (right) poses with her Circle of Legends award during an awards ceremony in March. Zecher was recently named number 48 in the nation in transactions by Realtrends. (COURTESY)

Zecher garners national honor

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Monday, June 27, 2022
Even amid a national uptick in interest rates, one local real estate agent is still finding ways to succeed and collect more celebratory hardware.
Kenzie Dungan (left), Columbia FFA senior president and her sister, Kaylan Dungan, Columbia FFA junior president, set up a banner outside the FFA fireworks stand Friday afternoon. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Kenzie Dungan (left), Columbia FFA senior president and her sister, Kaylan Dungan, Columbia FFA junior president, set up a banner outside the FFA fireworks stand Friday afternoon. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

FFA hopes heat leads to hot sales

TONY BRITT
Friday, June 24, 2022
The sweltering heat pushed by temperatures about the 95-degree range proved to be little to no concern for local FFA students looking to raise money for their organization Friday.