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Running for office? Get sigs online

CARL MCKINNEY
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
If the ongoing pandemic has disrupted anybody’s plans to run for one of the local seats up for grabs in the August primary, there’s now a way to qualify for the ballot without having to risk exposure by knocking on doors for petition signatures.
A 77-year-old woman and two 74-year-old men diagnosed with covid-19 have died, a press release stated Tuesday.

A 77-year-old woman and two 74-year-old men diagnosed with covid-19 have died, a press release stated Tuesday.

First 3 coronavirus deaths reported in Suwannee

CARL MCKINNEY
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first three deaths in Suwannee County related to covid-19.  A 77-year-old woman and two 74-year-old men died due to the illness, according to a press release from the Florida Department of Health in Suwannee County.

Covid-19: CCFR reports its first case

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, April 13, 2020
Due to an editing error, certain facts in the following story were incorrect in the print version of today’s Lake City Reporter. A corrected version follows. A firefighter with Columbia County Fire Rescue is among the latest confirmed coronavirus cases in the area.

1 dead, 2 critical in Live Oak crash

JORDAN KROEGER
Monday, April 13, 2020
A two-vehicle accident in Suwannee County left one dead and two critically hurt on County Road 136 Sunday night, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Jacob Grant, 32, Live Oak, died in the wreck, FHP said in a news release.
Suwannee County had 59 confirmed cases of covid-19 as of Friday evening.

Suwannee County had 59 confirmed cases of covid-19 as of Friday evening.

Covid-19: Live Oak cases traced to a single worker

ROBERT BRIDGES
Friday, April 10, 2020
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that the outbreak of coronavirus at Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center in Live Oak was sparked by a single infected employee. A Florida Department of Health strike team was on-site Friday investigating, DeSantis said at a Jacksonville press conference.
The Lake City Police Department responds to an aborted attempt at armed robbery off U.S. Highway 90. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene, where a man tried to rob North florida Auto Exchange by flashing a gun at an employee inside, but quickly took off when the worker pulled out a gun of his own. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)

The Lake City Police Department responds to an aborted attempt at armed robbery off U.S. Highway 90. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene, where a man tried to rob North florida Auto Exchange by flashing a gun at an employee inside, but quickly took off when the worker pulled out a gun of his own. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)

Would-be armed robber thwarted, didn’t count on worker also being armed

JORDAN KROEGER
Friday, April 10, 2020
The door was locked, so he instead tried to rob a North Florida Auto Exchange by flashing his gun at an employee inside. Instead, he took off fleeing when the employee whipped out his own firearm in defense. The Lake City Police Department responded to the possible robbery around 4:35 p.m.
Herbert Darby

Herbert Darby

Herbert Darby dies at age 101

CARL MCKINNEY
Friday, April 10, 2020
In the 1960s, when the Blanche Hotel was selling off furnishings in anticipation of closing shop, an old shoe-shine box caught someone’s eye.