No new year’s resolution for vacant seat
JAMIE WACHTER
The new year won’t bring resolution to the Lake City Council’s vacant seat.
At least not right away.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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City, county offices closed Friday, Monday
TONY BRITT
Holidays are often a culprit that force changes to normal business hours.
With Christmas approaching, several local governmental entities have altered their traditional schedules for employees to have family time. However, in addition to normal business operation hours alterations, Gov.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Janice Medford (left) and Jaime Brock show off snowmen made out of pinecones at a vendor’s booth on Saturday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
City’s holiday event draws thousands to downtown
TONY BRITT
Thousands of people showed up at Olustee Park on Saturday for the city’s second Holiday Market.
Monday, December 20, 2021
Mike Ziegler (left), holds a wreath for the POW/MIA memorial as he is saluted by Robert Mixon, during Saturday’s local Wreaths Across America event. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Paying homage to the fallen
TONY BRITT
Local veterans paid homage to fallen soldiers across the country as well as fallen friends and comrades Saturday.
The local Wreaths Across America ceremony was held at noon in Olustee Park, where a large contingent of veterans had seats set up near the memorials in the park.
Monday, December 20, 2021
North Florida Professional Services estimates Memorial Stadium could need as much as $50,000 worth of repairs. (FILE)
Memorial needs minor repairs
TONY BRITT
Memorial Stadium has been a community fixture for decades and it appears the stadium has more years of service to offer.
But first, the stadium needs an estimated $50,000 worth of minor repairs.
Monday, December 20, 2021
Weekend shootings continue ‘crisis’
JAMIE WACHTER
Calling it a “crisis,” community activists pushed for Lake City officials to get involved with solving the city’s escalating problem with gun violence.
Monday, December 20, 2021
The Country Club at Lake City is scheduled to be auctioned off between Jan. 18-20. It has a starting bid listed at $300,000 and was originally built in 1971 and sold for $1.9 million in 2009. (COURTESY)
Country Club on auction block
NEWS STAFF
The Country Club at Lake City may soon be under new ownership.
The 18-hole, semi-private golf course has been listed for auction by Christovich & Associates. The auction is scheduled for Jan. 18-20 with a starting bid of $300,000.
Monday, December 20, 2021
Hanging out nearly turns into abduction
NEWS STAFF
It wasn’t the type of hanging out that a Lake City woman was looking for.
Inviting an acquaintance through social media over to hang out at her SE Inglewood Avenue residence over the weekend, the Lake City police say the woman instead was a victim of an attempted kidnapping.
Monday, December 20, 2021
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run
NEWS STAFF
Authorities are searching for a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident Friday evening that killed a Lake City woman.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 48-year-old woman was standing in the roadway near NE Moody Court across from the Lake City Gateway Airport just before 7 p.m.
Monday, December 20, 2021
Tammy Sarber (clockwise from left), Chris Walters, Sadie House and Amy Johnson load food into a client’s van during the Christian Service Center annual Christmas Basketball give-away Monday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Christian Service Center delivers baskets
TONY BRITT
A constant stream of vehicles came, went and parked at the southern lane of the Christian Service Center on Monday morning.
Monday, December 20, 2021