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Saving horses from slaughter

MICHAEL PHILIPS
Monday, February 10, 2020
Kristine Wake described what generally happens when a horse is the victim of an illegal slaughter. “The horse isn’t typically slaughtered on the property he was stolen from. The person perpetrating the crime will find the easiest access point, a spot that isn’t visible from the house.
Robert “Andy” Wilson and Jane Hair Meiras, Century Ambulance Service employees, were recently recognized by the Florida Ambulance Association as inaugural 2020 Florida Star of Life award recipients. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Robert “Andy” Wilson and Jane Hair Meiras, Century Ambulance Service employees, were recently recognized by the Florida Ambulance Association as inaugural 2020 Florida Star of Life award recipients. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Lake City boasts 2 Florida Star EMS workers

TONY BRITT
Monday, February 10, 2020
Emergency Medical Service workers show up at car crashes, fires, natural disasters and wherever lives are in danger. They don’t always get their due for their lifesaving heroics.
A man talks on the phone next to a damaged postal truck at an apartment complex where heavy weather passed through Thursday in Spartanburg, S.C. (SEAN RAYFORD/Associated Press)

A man talks on the phone next to a damaged postal truck at an apartment complex where heavy weather passed through Thursday in Spartanburg, S.C. (SEAN RAYFORD/Associated Press)

Storm rips the South to shreds, but Columbia County avoids the worst of it

TONY BRITT
Friday, February 7, 2020
While locally reports of downed trees and power outages were plentiful, Columbia County and surrounding areas were largely spared the brunt of a storm that stretched all the way to New England and resulted in at least five deaths across the South.

Your right to know in jeopardy?

CARL MCKINNEY
Friday, February 7, 2020
A pair of bills gaining steam in the state legislature could end up leaving the public in the dark about what their local government is up to, especially older residents in the rural areas of Florida.
A pavilion was recently added to the site that will serve as the county’s first ADA-exclusive playground. on Southwest Bishop Avenue, behind the Columbia City voting precinct building. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

A pavilion was recently added to the site that will serve as the county’s first ADA-exclusive playground. on Southwest Bishop Avenue, behind the Columbia City voting precinct building. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

ADA playground nearing finish

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Columbia County’s first playground catering to the needs of children with physical disabilities  is expected to open by early April, according to county officials.

Actor Kirk Douglas dead at 103

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
LOS ANGELES — Kirk Douglas, the intense, muscular actor with the dimpled chin who starred in “Spartacus,” “Lust for Life” and dozens of other films, helped fatally weaken the blacklist against suspected Communists and reigned for decades as a Hollywood maverick and patriarch, died Wednesday, his...
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, in Washington, D.C. (YURI GRIPAS/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, in Washington, D.C. (YURI GRIPAS/Abaca Press/TNS)

Not Guilty: Split Senate acquits Trump of impeachment

NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential  trial  in American history with votes that split the country and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House.
Yoga instructor Lisa Lizotte leads school district employees through stretches Tuesday afternoon in the Parkview Baptist Church gymnasium. Twenty-five people attended the first yoga class, offered as part of a school district wellness initiative. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Yoga instructor Lisa Lizotte leads school district employees through stretches Tuesday afternoon in the Parkview Baptist Church gymnasium. Twenty-five people attended the first yoga class, offered as part of a school district wellness initiative. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Wellness is where it’s at for teachers

TONY BRITT
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The Columbia County School District has launched a new initiative to promote physical, mental, social and financial wellness for its employees, and it’s free.

Trump: America's future 'blazing bright'

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
WASHINGTON — Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor.