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LCHS hosting cooking fundraiser

TONY BRITT
Friday, August 8, 2025
The Lake City Humane Society is looking to raise money to provide additional services for animals by showcasing some cooking skills. The Men Who Cook fundraiser will take place 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at the American Legion Post 57, 2602 SW Main Blvd. in Lake City.

Hammer wake-up call lands woman in jail

NEWS STAFF
Friday, August 8, 2025
A Lake City woman was arrested Wednesday morning after giving a sleeping victim an unwanted wake-up call — repeated shots to the face with a hammer. Tamirria Jackson, 32, was charged with burglary of an occupied structure and attempted second degree murder.
Lindsey Langston, a Columbia County state committeewoman and reigning Miss United States, has accused U.S. Rep. Cory Mills (inset) of threatening to release nude images and sex videos of her. Mills has denied the claims. (COURTESY)

Lindsey Langston, a Columbia County state committeewoman and reigning Miss United States, has accused U.S. Rep. Cory Mills (inset) of threatening to release nude images and sex videos of her. Mills has denied the claims. (COURTESY)

Beauty queen accuses U.S. Rep. of sextortion

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
A Columbia County state committeewoman and beauty queen has accused a U.S. congressman of threatening to release nude images and sex videos of her after she ended a relationship with him.
Lake City firefighters and police officers enter the Southside Baptist Church on Tuesday for an active assailant training session. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City firefighters and police officers enter the Southside Baptist Church on Tuesday for an active assailant training session. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

LCPD, LCFD team up on active assailant training

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Bands of Lake City police officers stormed the front entrance of Southside Baptist Church several times Tuesday with aid from Lake City firefighters.

CCSO pulls jail view following scams

JAMIE WACHTER
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
The public view into who is in the Columbia County Detention Facility has gone dark. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office pulled the jail view — the online inmate viewing service — from its website Tuesday following repeated attempts from scammers to exploit inmates’ families. Sgt.

Community Day gearing up for giving, family fun

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
The final days of summer vacation for local students are taking place this week as local schools begin classes next week. As the summer comes to an end, Jake Hill Jr., a former city council member, has planned a family fun event for area residents.
Tyrone Mullins (left), an event organizer for the Community Barbers Back-to-School Bash, gives a youngster a free haircut during the event. Local barbers provided at least 100 free haircuts. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Tyrone Mullins (left), an event organizer for the Community Barbers Back-to-School Bash, gives a youngster a free haircut during the event. Local barbers provided at least 100 free haircuts. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Barbers’ bash attracts crowd

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The local back-to-school effort reached its peak last weekend when more than 1,000 people gathered in the Richardson Community Center to collect free school supplies and haircuts during the 10th annual Community Barbers giving back event.
Lake City Reporter Publisher Todd Wilson (left) and Editor Jamie Wachter hold up the first-place awards that the Reporter and sister publication Nassau County Record captured last week in the Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest. (COURTESY)

Lake City Reporter Publisher Todd Wilson (left) and Editor Jamie Wachter hold up the first-place awards that the Reporter and sister publication Nassau County Record captured last week in the Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest. (COURTESY)

Reporter captures 10 awards, places in General Excellence

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
CHARLOTTE HARBOR — The Lake City Reporter won 10 awards, including a General Excellence finalist, and was named one of the best newspapers in the state, according to the Florida Press Association.

Father charged after son shoots brother

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
A Lake City man was charged with not safely storing a firearm after one of his sons accidentally shot another in the feet last week. Around 4:41 p.m. Thursday, deputies responded to a NW Yates Loop residence when a child accidentally shot his brother.

Mother arrested after young children found alone

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
A Lake City woman was arrested Sunday evening after her four children, all 6 years old or younger, were found unattended at an apartment complex. A Lake City Police Department release said officers were called to Cedar Park Apartments on NW Bascom Norris Drive at 5:20 p.m.