A3 + PLUS >> May 35 matters, Opinion/4A BASEBALL LOCAL CHS to host City axes storm all-star games fee regulations See Page 5A Story below TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM QUEST y g DIAGNOSTICS Heav dama e to interstate Medical lab breach leaks data of 11.9M National blood-testing center has Columbia County branch. From staff reports Quest Diagnostics, a national medical laboratory with a branch in Lake City, said Monday that the pri- vate information of nearly 12 million patients had been Social hacked. Security American numbers, Medical Collection financial Agency, a billing information collections ser- vice provider, told among data Quest an “unautho- stolen. rized user” gained access to AMCA’s system containing personal informa- tion AMCA received from companies including from Quest, according to a press release. AMCA provides billing collections services to Optum360, which in turn is a Quest contractor. Quest and Optum360 are working with forensic experts to investigate the breach, the release said. AMCA first notified Quest and Optum360 on May 14 of potential unau- BREACH continued on 2A COURTESY FDOT/FHP The shoulder of Interstate 75 bears the scars of a large piece of industrial equipment that fell off a semi passing beneath Woman faces on I-10 and tore holes in the roadway. The culprit (inset) may have been a wind turbine assembly, according to FHP. 2nd charge of Cargo comes dislodged child neglect By CARL MCKINNEY from semi, rips roadway [email protected] From staff reports the truck, the release said, The subject of an ongoing DUI and A piece of industrial equip- “then rolled down Interstate child neglect case has landed in trou- ment nearly the size of a 10, causing major damage to ble with the law again. small car came off the flat- the roadway and overpass.” Kristina Bowermaster, 43, of Fort bed semi that was No one was hurt. White, faces a charge of child neglect hauling it and tum- The nature of after Columbia bled down the road- Industrial the equipment the County deputies say way after the driver machinery truck was carrying she passed out in a swerved to avoid tears holes in is not clear but it non-running car with another motorist on Interstate 75 it may have been her 1-year-old still I-10 Monday, caus- overpass. part of a wind tur- inside Sunday after- ing “major damage” bine assembly, said noon. to the I-75 overpass, Lt. Patrick Riordin, Around 5 p.m. Bowermaster FHP said. FHP Troop B public affairs Sunday, deputies Treavor Vindaner Hines, officer. responded to a Mauldin Avenue resi- 48, Midway, was headed west “Once it came off the trailer, dence after receiving notification from on I-10 when another vehicle it started rolling like a large OnStar that a child was heard making cut in front of him, Hines told boulder down the emergency noises in the vehicle, according to the troopers. lane,” Riordan told the Lake report. When he swerved left to City Reporter. COURTESY FDOT Bowermaster was passed out in the avoid a collision, the machin- The damage to I-75 is seen from below after a piece of indus- DAMAGE continued on 3A trial equipment came off a trailer and bounced down I-10. ery he was hauling fell off CHILD continued on 2A Stormwater fees officially off the books after City Council vote By CARL MCKINNEY dead already. axed the fee after staff discovered the resolution enabling the fee. [email protected] The council on Monday voted to it would be difficult to collect the Councilman Jake Hill asked whether rescind an ordinance enabling a util- money, but it remained on the books the money already collected could Lake City’s stormwater fee is offi- ity fee for stormwater infrastructure — causing some unease in the be used toward stormwater projects, cially off the books, and a provision projects, passed in 2017 but never business community that it would but Helfenberger clarified that the automatically giving City Council implemented due to logistical hur- return, city officials have said. fee was never in effect. members raises in proportion with dles. There was little discussion from general employees was stricken as City Manager Joe Helfenberger the council on formally rescinding well — though both were effectively CITY continued on 2A Moses Vol. 145, No. 58 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 3A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A MARLENE KENNEY SUBSCRIBE TO Sports . 5A THE REPORTER: 96 69 The art of cooking, 4A Voice: 755-5445 Advice & Comics . 7A Fax: 752-9400 Chance of showers 2A TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2019 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER QUICK HITS Council nixes storm fee regs Scripture of the Day “My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.” — Proverbs 3:1-2(KJV) Thought for Today Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. — Dale Carnegie, 1888- 1955, U.S. author and lecturer Winning Lottery Numbers Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 4-3-9 Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 4-6-6-0 Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 11-14-19-29-31 See an error? 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In all other counties where home delivery U.S. Postal Service No. 310-880. is available, next day re-delivery or POSTMASTER: Send address changes service related credits will be issued. believes that includes finan- Quest has not been able to suspended sending collec- to Lake City Reporter, P.O. Box 1709, BREACH cial data, Social Security verify the accuracy of the tion requests to AMCA. Lake City, FL 32056. Circulation............. 755-5445 ([email protected]) Continued From 1A numbers and medical infor- information received from Quest will be working with Publisher Todd Wilson ... 754-0418 ([email protected]) mation but not laboratory AMCA, the release said. Optum360 to ensure that Home delivery rates (Tuesday–Friday and Sunday) thorized activity on AMCA’s test results. “Quest is taking this mat- Quest patients are appro- NEWS 4 Weeks . $10.70 web payment page. 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