Lafayette state medalist Henry Stewart is the LCR's Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. (COURTESY)
MAYO — A year ago, Henry Stewart hoped to head to the Class 1A state track meet.Those dreams, though, were dashed when the Lafayette sophomore was injured in practice just ahead of the district meet. Instead of competing for the chance to head to state, Stewart’s season was over.That heartbreak…
Suwannee state champion Ryleigh Hermanson is the LCR's Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. (COURTESY)
LIVE OAK — It still hasn’t completely sunk in for Suwannee’s Ryleigh Hermanson.Even five weeks after capturing the Class 2A state title in the 1600m, it still doesn’t always compute that Hermanson is a state champion.“It’s still kind of weird when people congratulate me and I’m like, ‘For what?’”…
Donna Kite (left) is aided by FPL employee Chi Lui as she gets a bag of hurricane meals while at the Lifestyle Enrichment Center on Wednesday afternoon. FPL provided bags for 153 seniors during the session. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Just a few days into the 2026 hurricane season, more than 100 local senior citizens were given hurricane meals by Florida Power and Light as area residents prepare for the upcoming storm season.Four FPL employees teamed with a few Life Style Enrichment Center staff members to provide the hurricane…
A Branford man was nabbed by local authorities last week after traveling to Columbia County to meet with a child for sex.According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office release, 28-year-old Justin Hutchings was arrested Friday after communicating over social media with a trained detective who was…
A Citrus County man was arrested last week in Columbia County following a week-long undercover sting operation targeting child sex predators.According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office release, 36-year-old Joshua Head was arrested June 9 for using a computer to seduce, lure and solicit children…
While it may not be a full ‘Night at the Museum,’ a few hours of fun are scheduled to take place this weekend when the local historical museum holds its annual summer bash for local children.The Lake City-Columbia County Historical Museum’s third annual Summer Blast will take place 10 a.m.-2 p.m.…
Eddie Dixon with Culpepper Construction provides documents to the Lafayette County School Board as he updated them on the status of state funding for a new PK-12 school for the district at Tuesday’s board meeting. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
MAYO — State funding that the Lafayette County School District was expecting to receive from the state for construction of a new county school won’t be coming this school year. The Lafayette County School District will have to wait an additional year for its state funding to begin constructing a…
Nick Gerth, a disaster response specialist with IEM, said the transition of emergency management from under the control of the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office to the county shows a program with a ‘strong foundational base.’ (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)
Suwannee County’s emergency management department will be in a better place than it was previously.Sharon Hingson, the county’s new emergency management director, made that point when asked by County Commission Chairman Franklin White on the current status of the department, which transitioned from…
Water sits on top of the parking improvements at the Heritage Square redevelopment area on Tuesday after recent rains. The flooding is due to the project not yet being finished, according to city staff. (COURTESY)
Recent rains, and a not completed project, have turned the Heritage Square parking improvements into a small pond.Nicholas Frigiola, the Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency director, said Wednesday that the puddling is just the result of the project not yet being completed.“It’s a shame that…
Suwannee County voters can meet their local candidates on Monday thanks to the Suwannee County Voters League.The Voters League — a non-partisan organization dedicated to increasing public engagement in the political process through community forums, voter registration drives, and Get Out the Vote…
