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Lottery ticket thefts land woman in jail: Report

No purchase necessary?  No, purchase necessary.  A Lake City supermarket employee was arrested Sunday for stealing several thousand dollars worth of scratch-off tickets, lottery officials say.

Suspect is jailed in November robbery

A Lake City man was arrested on a warrant Monday for his alleged involvement in a November robbery at Club Rodeo, where two suspects held up a man at gunpoint in the club’s parking lot.

Passerby sees child left in car, makes life-saving call to cops

First responders rescued a baby left unattended in a car Monday afternoon as the child’s caregiver shopped nearby. Units from the Lake City Police Department, Lake City Fire Department and Century Ambulance responded to the scene at Lake City Plaza at 1:37 p.m.

Who should run the jail? CRC to take on the issue

Should the sheriff continue to run the county jail, or should that responsibility fall on an appointed department head who reports to the county manager?

Ex-PTO chief at Summers Elementary stole $7K for car payments, say cops

The former president of the parent-teacher organization at Summers Elementary School was arrested on larceny charges Friday after he allegedly spent more than $7,000 of the group’s funds on personal expenditures, including car payments.

City, county mull joint meeting site

Columbia County and Lake City officials are thinking about getting joined at the hip.

Suspect nabbed after fleeing traffic stop, hiding near 5 Points

Authorities late Monday morning chased a runaway traffic stop suspect into a quiet neighborhood north of Lake City.  Around 11:10 a.m., a deputy pulled over a silver Chevrolet passenger car on Interstate 10. The driver, 29-year-old Breon Walker, sped away from the traffic stop and exited onto U.S.

Woman falls from pickup, is killed

Less than 10 hours after his girlfriend fell to her death from his Ford pickup, a Lake City man was jailed early Sunday for leaving the scene of the accident that claimed her life, FHP said. Ryan LeBoss, 44, of SW Randall Terrace, remains incarcerated without bail, online records show.

Three little questions carry a lot of weight

An obtuse quiz about city charter codes probably won’t be at the forefront of voters’ minds when they cast a ballot in the presidential primaries next month, but the outcome could result in future Lake City elections becoming a much more con- fusing and costly ordeal, officials say.

Deputies: LC teen jailed after texting video of assault

With a handgun in his lap and a smartphone in his hand, a Lake City man filmed himself threatening another man, then shared the footage in a group text to more than 30 other people, deputies say.