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Connie Jones smiles next to a sign honoring her 40 years working at Lake City Medical Center. (COURTESY)

Connie Jones smiles next to a sign honoring her 40 years working at Lake City Medical Center. (COURTESY)

Jones celebrates 40 years at Lake City Medical Center

NEWS STAFF
Friday, November 12, 2021
For 40 years, Connie Jones has been dedicated to serving the community by providing high quality care to patients at Lake City Medical Center. To celebrate her career as a nurse, the hospital gathered colleagues to recognize the commitment and dedication to patients throughout her years of service.

‘Confused’ man busted for child porn

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Sending a video involving child pornography through social media two months ago landed a “confused” Lake City man in jail this week. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office arrested Rodolfo Perez Baez, 23, on Tuesday following an investigation into the two-minute long video.
The Lake City Reporter’s 2022 Community Information Guide is available now. (Lake City Reporter)

The Lake City Reporter’s 2022 Community Information Guide is available now. (Lake City Reporter)

Reporter’s 2022 Guide is available now

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, November 11, 2021
The Lake City Reporter’s annual Community Information Guide is now available. The magazine hit the streets and land on countertops across Columbia County throughout the past week, the 20th year the Reporter has produced the annual Guide.
Liam Ambrose (from left), 10, U.S. Army veteran Harrison Ambrose and Bailee Ambrose, 7, stand as the Columbia High School band plays the National Anthem during Thursday’s Veterans Day parade in Lake City. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Liam Ambrose (from left), 10, U.S. Army veteran Harrison Ambrose and Bailee Ambrose, 7, stand as the Columbia High School band plays the National Anthem during Thursday’s Veterans Day parade in Lake City. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

‘A veteran is a hero’

JAMIE WACHTER
Thursday, November 11, 2021
LIVE OAK — Veterans carry many different titles. Don Hale, Suwannee County commissioner for District 1, said those titles include father and mother, brother and sister, son and daughter, aunt and uncle, friend, companion.
Brian Sellers, a Marine Corps vet and director of emergency services at LCMC, was wounded in Iraq. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Brian Sellers, a Marine Corps vet and director of emergency services at LCMC, was wounded in Iraq. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City veteran humbled by helping

JAMIE WACHTER
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Not sure where he was, all Brian Sellers knew was he couldn’t talk and he couldn’t move. Wounded two days prior when a rocket blast in Ramadi, Iraq, sent scrap metal into his neck, shoulder, side and leg on the left side of his body on Oct.
FDOT's pilot project is designed to keep pedestrians safe at crosswalks with the help of QR codes. (COURTESY)

FDOT's pilot project is designed to keep pedestrians safe at crosswalks with the help of QR codes. (COURTESY)

Safety measure added for street-crossing in Lake City

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
A new Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) pilot project will increase awareness of safety devices utilized to make pedestrians safer when crossing the busy roads.