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Two arrested following string of burglaries

NEWS STAFF

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

A string of burglaries at auto dealerships led to the arrest of a pair Monday. According to a Lake City Police Department release, officers responded Sunday at 9:40 p.m. to MVP Auto Sales on U.S.

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office investigators search the ground for evidence after deputies found two juveniles shot near the intersection of Southeast Lochlynn and Southeast Putnam Street Tuesday afternoon. No arrests have been made in the case. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

UPDATE: 17-year-old shot, killed

TONY BRITT

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

One of the two juveniles rushed to an area hospital Tuesday afternoon after being shot on the east side of Lake City died of his injuries Tuesday night, according to authorities. Sgt.

Construction began Monday on a 12-bed, $9 million expansion project at Lake City Medical Center. The expansion consists of filling in a wing on the third floor of the hospital. (COURTESY)

LCMC begins $9M expansion project

NEWS STAFF

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Lake City Medical Center has gone under the knife. Or saw. And hammer. A nearly $9 million expansion project began Monday at the hospital, which will include adding approximately 7,000 square feet and 12 new beds to LCMC.

Columbia County Health Department Administrator Tom Moffses checks in an individual for his second covid-19 vaccine shot Tuesday. The health department administered 1,136 vaccines Tuesday, all second doses. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Round 2 begins on covid vaccine

TONY BRITT

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

When it came time to start administering the second round of covid-19 vaccines, the Columbia County Health Department went big. The health department vaccinated 1,136 people Tuesday, the most it has done in one day so far.

Dick Vautrinot has photographed wildlife from coast to coast. His ‘Birds in Flight’ exhibition will be shown at the Gateway Art Gallery through February and March. (COURTESY)

Vautrinot soars into gallery with ‘Birds in Flight’

NEWS STAFF

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

The Gateway Art Gallery is going to the birds. Starting Friday, noted wildlife photographer Dick Vautrinot will have a one-man exhibition — “Birds in Flight” — running at the gallery through March. An opening reception will be held Friday from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Gateway Art Gallery, 168 N.

High speed chase ends in O’Brien man’s arrest

NEWS STAFF

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

After more than 20 minutes of trying to race away from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office deputies early Monday morning, an O’Brien man couldn’t outrun a spike strip. The 23-minute high speed chase southwest of Lake City ended around 3 a.m.

Sylvester Warren (right) uses a megaphone chanting 'No Justice, No peace; No racist police' during a Black Lives Matter protest where protesters we’re asking for police reform and better oversight. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

‘Enough is enough’: Protesters claim ‘injustice’ by police

TONY BRITT

Monday, February 1, 2021

“No justice, no peace; No racist police,” Sylvester Warren bellowed through a megaphone, with his chant echoed by a crowd of protesters Monday afternoon.