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Akhimie (from top left, clockwise), Goodin, Williams and Tebo.

Akhimie (from top left, clockwise), Goodin, Williams and Tebo.

Who’s next to lead the city?

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Who will be the next Lake City Manager? There are 35 applicants from all across the United States that have applied for the job through Renee S. Narloch & Associates, the headhunter the city hired to guide it through the process. Narloch sent the applications to the city late last week.

Armed Orange Park man arrested

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
A rifle-wielding Orange Park man was arrested Monday evening on a handful of charges. When Lake City police officers responded to SW Commerce Drive around 6:45 p.m. Monday, they found 44-year-old Byron Irvine in a parking lot with an assault rifle in his left hand.
The Orchard Community Church sign on ‘Christmas Card Lane’ was vandalized Sunday night. (COURTESY)

The Orchard Community Church sign on ‘Christmas Card Lane’ was vandalized Sunday night. (COURTESY)

Scrooge vandalizes ‘Christmas Card Lane’

JAMIE WACHTER
Monday, December 6, 2021
Some Scrooge was not in the Christmas spirit Sunday. Of the 42 Christmas cards set up as part of “Christmas Card Lane at Lake DeSoto” by the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, eight were vandalized Sunday night.

Internet cafes run out of luck

TONY BRITT
Monday, December 6, 2021
The luck of the draw hasn’t been with electronic and internet gaming cafes serving as local business establishments. On Monday night the establishments took another loss when Lake City officials agreed to ban the sites inside the city limits.
Members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office stand by as a pair of SWAT vehicles set up at the scene of a standoff Monday afternoon. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office stand by as a pair of SWAT vehicles set up at the scene of a standoff Monday afternoon. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Standoff resolved

TONY BRITT
Monday, December 6, 2021
A Lake City man who allegedly had stolen a car and pointed a gun at two people, held local authorities at bay for more than 90 minutes Monday in an abandoned house on the north side of Lake City before he was finally taken in to custody.
Lt. Jeff McNeill will be released from Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital in Jacksonville on Wednesday (COURTESY)

Lt. Jeff McNeill will be released from Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital in Jacksonville on Wednesday (COURTESY)

LCFD: Welcome Lt. McNeill home

NEWS STAFF
Monday, December 6, 2021
One of Lake City’s heroes will be coming home Wednesday. Lt. Jeff McNeill with the Lake City Fire Department will be released Wednesday morning from Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital in Jacksonville.