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One killed in motorcycle crash Monday

CARL MCKINNEY
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
A 21-year-old Lake City man was pronounced dead following a motorcycle crash on Northwest Nash Road on Monday night. Florida Highway Patrol, which investigated the incident, did not reveal the man’s name in an informal report released Tuesday.  Around 8 p.m.

Columbia Schools unveil digital tools

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The Columbia County School District has introduced two new digital tools, one which will allow parents to register new students to the school district and the second is a parent portal account that has an app which will allow parents to track the students’ attendance and grades.
As of 2 p.m. Monday, the hospital’s 107 beds were all full, including the 18 Intensive Care Unit beds, according to numbers published online by the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration

As of 2 p.m. Monday, the hospital’s 107 beds were all full, including the 18 Intensive Care Unit beds, according to numbers published online by the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration

Beds full at LCMC, but NOT with coronavirus patients

CARL MCKINNEY
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
A state healthcare agency reported that all the beds at Lake City Medical Center were full as of Monday afternoon, but the hospital says the bare numbers don’t tell the entire story.  As of 2 p.m.
The Pregnancy Care Center’s virtual fundraiser event, which airs today, will remain online for 30 days. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

The Pregnancy Care Center’s virtual fundraiser event, which airs today, will remain online for 30 days. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Pregnancy Care Center hosting virtual fundraiser

TONY BRITT
Monday, July 13, 2020
The Pregnancy Care Center’s annual fundraiser will be virtual this year due to covid-19 safety protocols.

CRC sending 4 ballot initiatives to voters

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, July 13, 2020
The ink is now dry. A package of four ballot proposals to amend the Columbia County charter is officially headed for voters in November. The county’s charter review board cleared the last real hurdle in the process Monday with a third and final public hearing on the items.
There will no prom this year in Columbia County.

There will no prom this year in Columbia County.

Prom latest casualty of covid-19

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, July 13, 2020
Prom has been canceled for both Columbia High School and Fort White High School, but graduation ceremonies are still planned. Prom was scheduled to take place on July 26 for FWHS students and July 30 for CHS.

Suwannee rail spur is shut down by sinkhole

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, July 10, 2020
LIVE OAK — Eighteen months after it was completed, the rail spur at Suwannee County’s catalyst site has been temporarily shut down. The spur, which services the industrial park northwest of Live Oak, was closed Monday following the discovery of a sinkhole near it.

Suspect sought in gun store burglary

NEWS STAFF
Friday, July 10, 2020
LIVE OAK — Authorities in Suwannee County are searching for a Lake City man following a gun store burglary last month. Lundy’s Gun Shop on U.S. Hwy. 129 south of Live Oak was burglarized June 21 with 17 guns stolen, according to the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office.