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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.

Covid-19 suspects will not get bond

CARL MCKINNEY
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Anyone arrested for violating the governor’s stay-at-home order shouldn’t count on getting out of jail quickly if there’s reason to suspect they’ve been infected or exposed to the novel coronavirus.
Staff members at Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation in Live Oak greet members of Orchard Community Church who gathered at the facility Wednesday night for an in-car prayer vigil. Suwannee Health is the epicenter of the covid-19 outbreak in Suwannee County, accounting for at least 28 of 54 cases there. (TRAVIS LEE/Special to the Reporter)

Staff members at Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation in Live Oak greet members of Orchard Community Church who gathered at the facility Wednesday night for an in-car prayer vigil. Suwannee Health is the epicenter of the covid-19 outbreak in Suwannee County, accounting for at least 28 of 54 cases there. (TRAVIS LEE/Special to the Reporter)

Covid-19: Suwannee reaches 54 cases; Columbia at 17

CARL MCKINNEY
Thursday, April 9, 2020
The outbreak in Suwannee County showed no signs of slowing down Thursday, when health officials announced eight new cases of covid-19, bringing the total up to 54.

Shots fired at man trying to enter car

NEWS STAFF
Thursday, April 9, 2020
A Lake City man was sitting in his car on his phone early Wednesday when a man in a ski mask tried to get in, prompting the victim to fire his handgun to send the suspect fleeing. The incident happened around 2:04 a.m. Wednesday on NW Ashley Street.