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Fort White graduating 127 on Friday

TONY BRITT
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
FORT WHITE — For a group of seniors who began their final year in high school missing days due to hurricanes, tropical storms and school security alerts, the end of the school year is finally just days away. The Fort White High theme for the 2025 school year was: “Believe in the Tribe.
The Train Depot in Mayor’s Park is serving as the official Main Street of Fort White office and visitor’s center. (FILE)

The Train Depot in Mayor’s Park is serving as the official Main Street of Fort White office and visitor’s center. (FILE)

Fort White hosting Main Street reps

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
FORT WHITE — The Town of Fort White will unofficially host “Main Street Day” this week.
Palms Medical Group CEO Anita Rembert talks to the Lake Shore Hospital Authority board Monday about the floor plans for the Palms clinic on the Lake Shore campus. The facility would include 15 exam rooms and a pharmacy would be added in the second year it is open. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Palms Medical Group CEO Anita Rembert talks to the Lake Shore Hospital Authority board Monday about the floor plans for the Palms clinic on the Lake Shore campus. The facility would include 15 exam rooms and a pharmacy would be added in the second year it is open. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Palms clinic floor plan approved

MORGAN MCMULLEN
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Palms Medical Group is gearing up to move into the Lake Shore Hospital campus. The Lake Shore Hospital Authority unanimously approved a pair of motions at Monday’s meeting to get Palms started on the process of renovating the Physical Therapy building on its campus.

Clayton pleads guilty in forest murder case

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
One of the five people arrested for a 2023 murder in the Osceola National Forest has pleaded guilty to two charges. According to Columbia County court records, Taquilla Clayton changed her plea to guilty last week on charges of second degree murder and tampering with evidence.

Caller charged for misusing 911 with threats

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
A series of 911 calls threatening something bad could happen Thursday led to the caller being arrested for misusing the emergency system. According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office report, a series of calls came in to the Columbia County Combined Communications Center around 6:52 a.m.

Execution set in 1994 kidnapping, murder

NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA
Friday, May 9, 2025
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for Anthony Wainwright, who was convicted of kidnapping a woman in 1994 from a Winn-Dixie supermarket parking lot in Lake City and raping and murdering her in rural Hamilton County.
The historic Club House on Lake Isabella, owned by the City of Lake City and home to the Lake City Woman’s Club and Garden Club, needs a $600,000 renovation to address structural concerns. (FILE)

The historic Club House on Lake Isabella, owned by the City of Lake City and home to the Lake City Woman’s Club and Garden Club, needs a $600,000 renovation to address structural concerns. (FILE)

Club House needs $600K fix

JAMIE WACHTER
Friday, May 9, 2025
The cost to save a historic piece of Lake City will be a steep one.
Columbia County Economic Development Director Jennifer Daniels (from left) tells Van Brown and Small Business Administration representatives Tina Davis and Donnie Anderson about tanks and lines at the North Florida Mega Industrial Park wastewater plant during a tour Thursday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Economic Development Director Jennifer Daniels (from left) tells Van Brown and Small Business Administration representatives Tina Davis and Donnie Anderson about tanks and lines at the North Florida Mega Industrial Park wastewater plant during a tour Thursday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Ceremony celebrates NFMIP infrastructure

TONY BRITT
Friday, May 9, 2025
Local officials celebrated the installation of a critical piece of infrastructure at the North Florida Mega Industrial Park Thursday morning with hopes the facility will be the first ingredient to additional economic development for the area.