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Dunn, Lawson look to save HAECO

CARL MCKINNEY
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Both of the US congressmen representing Columbia County are seeking federal relief dollars for the aircraft maintenance firm HAECO, a major employer in the region bracing for layoffs as a result of the pandemic.
Trump supporters Cayden Taylor, Jarrod Taylor, Heather Spahalski and Paisley the dog participate in a river rally for the president Sunday. Boat rallies are a new fad dubbed the “Trumptilla.” (JEN STRICKLAND WILLIAMSON/Special to the Reporter)

Trump supporters Cayden Taylor, Jarrod Taylor, Heather Spahalski and Paisley the dog participate in a river rally for the president Sunday. Boat rallies are a new fad dubbed the “Trumptilla.” (JEN STRICKLAND WILLIAMSON/Special to the Reporter)

‘Trumptilla’ celebrates president

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, June 1, 2020
Trump supporters took to the river Sunday afternoon in a show of support for the president. Hundreds of people showed up to a pro-Trump boat rally, journeying along the Santa Fe and Suwannee Rivers to Fanning Springs, said Jennifer Strickland Williamson, one of the organizers.
LCPD Assistant Chief Gerald Butler shows Spiderman, aka Todd Franklin, how to work the bullhorn the department lent him for a protest. (ROBERT BRIDGES/Lake City Reporter)

LCPD Assistant Chief Gerald Butler shows Spiderman, aka Todd Franklin, how to work the bullhorn the department lent him for a protest. (ROBERT BRIDGES/Lake City Reporter)

Spidey seeks social justice in Lake City

ROBERT BRIDGES
Monday, June 1, 2020
More than 100 people gathered outside City Hall Monday to hear Spiderman plead for racial justice in Lake City and America. The crowd was big enough for Spiderman, aka Todd Franklin, a 22-year-old recent Atlanta transplant, to need a bullhorn to be heard.

Man drowns in Live Oak

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, June 1, 2020
LIVE OAK — With the help of a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office dive team, Suwannee County deputies have recovered the body of a man believed to have drowned Sunday at Little River Springs on the Suwannee River.  The man, whose identity was unavailable as of press time, was 28 years old.