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Columbia High School football head coach Demetric Jackson (left) hugs Crystal and Fisher Hair Wednesday afternoon at Tiger Stadium at a memorial service for Skipper Hair. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia High School football head coach Demetric Jackson (left) hugs Crystal and Fisher Hair Wednesday afternoon at Tiger Stadium at a memorial service for Skipper Hair. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

Legacy lives on: CHS community gathers in Hair’s honor at stadium

JORDAN KROEGER
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
If you were looking for Skipper Hair on Friday nights during the fall, you knew where he’d be — nowhere else but Tiger Stadium.

Tooling around lands Georgia man in jail

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Finding the right tools for a job can be tricky. One Georgia man may have gone a bit too far in trying to find those tools. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office arrested Matthew Austin Prillaman, 24, of Manchester, Ga.

Arrested Holiday man allegedly threatened FHP officers

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Nearly hitting a Florida Highway Patrol trooper while driving north on Interstate 75, a Holiday man later threatened the trooper as well. According to an FHP report, calls were received Monday around 4:10 p.m. about a white Dodge pickup speeding and driving recklessly on I-75 north.
The Fort White Future Farmers of America built a large Florida-shaped maze at Pinemount Plantation complete with informational signs corresponding with different regions in the state. (COURTESY)

The Fort White Future Farmers of America built a large Florida-shaped maze at Pinemount Plantation complete with informational signs corresponding with different regions in the state. (COURTESY)

A-maze-ing race

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
The Fort White FFA is offering the chance to tour Florida in about half an hour. Sort of. The Fort White FFA and Pinemount Plantation have teamed up to present a fall fun maze at the plantation, 4312 SW Pinemount Road. The maze is open Saturdays (10:30 a.m. to around 6 p.m.
James “Skipper” Hair and his family, Linzie, Gracie, Fisher and Crystal, pose for a family portrait. (COURTESY)

James “Skipper” Hair and his family, Linzie, Gracie, Fisher and Crystal, pose for a family portrait. (COURTESY)

Hair’s impact on youth, love of Christ recalled

TONY BRITT
Monday, September 27, 2021
The Columbia County community is mourning the loss of a man who invested in their youth. James “Skipper” Hair died Sunday night at North Florida Regional Medical Center from covid-19 related complications. He was 50 years old. His funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

Housing market still soaring

NEWS STAFF
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Another month, another seller’s market in north Florida real estate. According to data compiled by the Florida Realtors and released this week by the Lake City Board of Realtors, the market continued to soar in August.
Keith Williams (left), Lake City-Columbia County Humane Society board of directors president talks to Robin Tobak Ward, LCHS executive director, Friday morning while aiding with the construction of the James Montgomery Animal Wellness Center. Officials hope to open the facility in December. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Keith Williams (left), Lake City-Columbia County Humane Society board of directors president talks to Robin Tobak Ward, LCHS executive director, Friday morning while aiding with the construction of the James Montgomery Animal Wellness Center. Officials hope to open the facility in December. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Humane Society to unwrap clinic

TONY BRITT
Friday, September 24, 2021
The Lake City-Columbia County Humane Society will have a nice present waiting for them this Christmas. The Humane Society’s animal treatment facility, the James Montgomery Animal Wellness Center, plans to open in December.