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With mom at the wheel, girl, 15, dies in high-speed crash

A 15-year-old Georgia girl is dead in the aftermath of a single-vehicle wreck in Suwannee County early Tuesday morning, while her mother, who was driving over 100 miles per hour, suffered no injuries, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.  Aniyah M.

New food truck regs will limit range

Food trucks may soon be able to do business on a city-owned property at the heart of downtown Lake City, but the new opportunity comes with new regulations making other areas off-limits.

Low-speed chase ends in arrest

A low-speed car chase ended with the arrest of a 56-year-old Lake City man on Tuesday afternoon. Barry K.

Huckabee is music to GOP’s ears

In early fall of last year, when Kimi Roberts, the event chairperson for Columbia County’s Republican Executive Committee, starting planning for the organization’s first event of 2020, she made a list of people who might come speak in North Florida.

More charges for man in extortion scheme

Less than a month after getting arrested over a failed blackmail scheme that invoked the Ku Klux Klan and a Mexican cartel, an O’Brien man landed behind bars again, this time for trespassing onto an ex’s property and stealing an ATV, which he claimed to have purchased as a Christmas gift for his...

CCSO: Man fired gun at woman in drunken rage

An argument between a Fort White man and his domestic partner about finances ended with his arrest Monday evening when the reportedly intoxicated man allegedly struck the woman in the face and discharged a handgun as he threatened to kill her when she was driving away from the house.

Suspect competent to stand trial in 2016 slaying

The body has long been at rest, but the dust is far from settled.

Dog deaths land 1 in jail

Two dead dogs — one partially eaten by buzzards and another wrapped in a blanket and stuffed in a garbage bag — were reportedly found lying around a foul-smelling home last week after a neighbor complained to animal control.

12-year term in scooter crash

Gilbert Lee Stanley was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday afternoon in connection with the 2017 Christmas Day death of his girlfriend following a scooter crash. A Columbia County jury took less than an hour to convict Stanley on the charges in a trial that ended Dec. 11.

3rd Circuit showdown brewing: 2 seek to replace Siegmeister

Following the unexpected resignation of Third Circuit State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister in December, the field is wide open for potential successors, and so far two candidates have entered the race to replace the top prosecutor in 2020.