Abram Webb (from left) as Kristoff, Ainzli Kenney as Anna, Chatlynn Childs as Bulda, and Emery Webb as Pabbie rehearse a scene for the upcoming Practically Perfect Performing Arts production of ‘Frozen Jr.’ (COURTESY)

Abram Webb (from left) as Kristoff, Ainzli Kenney as Anna, Chatlynn Childs as Bulda, and Emery Webb as Pabbie rehearse a scene for the upcoming Practically Perfect Performing Arts production of ‘Frozen Jr.’ (COURTESY)

Cool show for summer

Local children are hoping to bring a bit of winter to the dog days of summer. Practically Perfect Performing Arts is set to present its latest musical production with ‘Frozen Jr.
AmeriPro’s Thomas Stinson, the company’s operating supervisor in Columbia County, said adding new stations will help solve geographic issues that could help reduce response times. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

AmeriPro’s Thomas Stinson, the company’s operating supervisor in Columbia County, said adding new stations will help solve geographic issues that could help reduce response times. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

County seeks plan on adding ambulances

Emergency medical service response in Columbia County has improved in the past week.
Dr. Edwin Burgess, an UF/IFAS veterinarian entomologist, speaks about the New Worl screwworm during a meeting Thursday night with local residents and farmers. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Dr. Edwin Burgess, an UF/IFAS veterinarian entomologist, speaks about the New Worl screwworm during a meeting Thursday night with local residents and farmers. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Local farmers learn about screwworm threat

The newest and latest threat to Florida’s livestock, the cattle industry and essentially all...
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)

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)

New Lafayette school funding delayed a year

MAYO — State funding that the Lafayette County School District was expecting to receive from the...
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)

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)

Flooded Heritage Square project still not completed

Recent rains, and a not completed project, have turned the Heritage Square parking improvements...
Marcia Kazmierski (left) watches as Jensen Haire, 8, hits a tennis ball during the 10th annual James Montgomery Tennis Camp at Youngs Park on Thursday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Marcia Kazmierski (left) watches as Jensen Haire, 8, hits a tennis ball during the 10th annual James Montgomery Tennis Camp at Youngs Park on Thursday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

YOUTH TENNIS: James Montgomery Tennis Camp wraps up 10th year

From the basic mechanics of forehands and backhands to advanced tennis techniques such as serves...
Abram Webb (from left) as Kristoff, Ainzli Kenney as Anna, Chatlynn Childs as Bulda, and Emery Webb as Pabbie rehearse a scene for the upcoming Practically Perfect Performing Arts production of ‘Frozen Jr.’ (COURTESY)

Abram Webb (from left) as Kristoff, Ainzli Kenney as Anna, Chatlynn Childs as Bulda, and Emery Webb as Pabbie rehearse a scene for the upcoming Practically Perfect Performing Arts production of ‘Frozen Jr.’ (COURTESY)

Local children are hoping to bring a bit of winter to the dog days of summer. Practically Perfect Performing Arts is set to present its latest musical production with ‘Frozen Jr.’ The musical follows the plot of the classic Disney animated movie starring sisters Anna and Elsa as they try to…
Columbia state champion Garret Shipley is the LCR’s Boys Weightlifter of the Year. (COURTESY)

Columbia state champion Garret Shipley is the LCR’s Boys Weightlifter of the Year. (COURTESY)

For three years, Garret Shipley had a singular goal of winning a state title.By the time his senior season ended, he achieved that and plenty more.Shipley capped a historic career at Columbia by winning the Class 2A state title in traditional in the 219 class while helping the Tigers claim their…
AmeriPro’s Thomas Stinson, the company’s operating supervisor in Columbia County, said adding new stations will help solve geographic issues that could help reduce response times. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

AmeriPro’s Thomas Stinson, the company’s operating supervisor in Columbia County, said adding new stations will help solve geographic issues that could help reduce response times. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Emergency medical service response in Columbia County has improved in the past week.The Columbia County Commission, though, is still interested in helping provide better service in the outlying rural areas of the county and want to see a detailed plan, including staffing cost, of doing that at its…
Dr. Edwin Burgess, an UF/IFAS veterinarian entomologist, speaks about the New Worl screwworm during a meeting Thursday night with local residents and farmers. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Dr. Edwin Burgess, an UF/IFAS veterinarian entomologist, speaks about the New Worl screwworm during a meeting Thursday night with local residents and farmers. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

The newest and latest threat to Florida’s livestock, the cattle industry and essentially all warm-blooded animals in the state, the New World screwworm, was the topic of discussion for more than 80 local residents and state agriculture officials Thursday night.In a meeting that lasted nearly three…
Columbia County property owners won’t face a new tax to fund emergency medical services next year.There also won’t be a new line on tax notices dedicated to funding the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office either.The Columbia County Commission didn’t take action on implementing either proposed…
Punching a dog and throwing it into a trailer led to the arrest of a Lake City man on Tuesday.According to a release from the Lake City Police Department, officers responded to the area near 322 S. Marion Avenue on Tuesday after multiple calls to 911 about a man abusing a dog.Multiple witnesses…
Columbia County Commissioner Rocky Ford said he wants to see a plan for converting dirt roads into paved ones during a workshop Thursday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County Commissioner Rocky Ford said he wants to see a plan for converting dirt roads into paved ones during a workshop Thursday. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

The Columbia County Commission may consider changing its policy for land acquisition toward paving dirt roads in the future.But the board, currently, isn’t interested in the use of eminent domain to obtain properties to help toward that same goal.Near the end of a 90-minute workshop Thursday about…
Marcia Kazmierski (left) watches as Jensen Haire, 8, hits a tennis ball during the 10th annual James Montgomery Tennis Camp at Youngs Park on Thursday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

Marcia Kazmierski (left) watches as Jensen Haire, 8, hits a tennis ball during the 10th annual James Montgomery Tennis Camp at Youngs Park on Thursday. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

From the basic mechanics of forehands and backhands to advanced tennis techniques such as serves and volleys, dozens of local youngsters learned tennis basics in a camp that took place this month.The James Montgomery Summer Tennis Camp has been taking place for the past few weeks at the tennis…
The Lake City Police Department is searching for a man wanted for a shooting Sunday.According to an LCPD release, a man was shot in the leg Sunday at 11:15 p.m. in the rear parking lot of Gleason Plaza shopping center at 209 NW Hutton Drive. The release said the man had applied a makeshift…
Lafayette state medalist Henry Stewart is the LCR's Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. (COURTESY)

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)

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?’”…
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