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Local physician Peter Giebeig, who practices family medicine, performs administrative work at a computer station in his practice. Giebeig says the pandemic has cut business in half due to patients being more cautious about where they go in public. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)

Local physician Peter Giebeig, who practices family medicine, performs administrative work at a computer station in his practice. Giebeig says the pandemic has cut business in half due to patients being more cautious about where they go in public. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)

Even doctors aren’t immune to slowdown caused by covid-19

CARL MCKINNEY
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Family doctors are used to treating pain, now they’re feeling it.  When the governor enacted a statewide stay-at-home order at the start of April, Peter Giebeig of Giebeig Family Medicine started getting a flood of requests to cancel appointments that same week.
Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell

Congress, White House reach deal on covid-19 aid

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
WASHINGTON — Congress and President Donald Trump reached agreement Tuesday on a nearly $500 billion coronavirus relief bill that would replenish a small business rescue program and provide new funds for hospitals and a virus testing program.
AP PHOTO In this 2004 photo, Tiffany Carr, executive director of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, is seen with Gov. Jeb Bush, background right. (AP FILE PHOTO)

AP PHOTO In this 2004 photo, Tiffany Carr, executive director of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, is seen with Gov. Jeb Bush, background right. (AP FILE PHOTO)

Money sought from former Carr group

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
TALLAHASSEE — A court-appointed receiver is asking a judge to force a foundation behind an embattled domestic-violence agency to turn over more than $1.5 million to support victims’ services throughout the state.
The victim is a 78-year-old woman, one of 89 people infected at Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center in Live Oak, state records show.

The victim is a 78-year-old woman, one of 89 people infected at Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center in Live Oak, state records show.

9th death recorded in Suwannee

NEWS STAFF
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
A ninth person has died of covid-19 in Suwannee County, the department of health there announced Tuesday. The victim is a 78-year-old woman, one of 89 people infected at Suwannee Health and Rehabilitation Center in Live Oak, state records show.
CHS senior Delaney Williams is seen hitting the books at home on Monday. (COURTESY)

CHS senior Delaney Williams is seen hitting the books at home on Monday. (COURTESY)

‘Senioritis’ in reverse: They'd rather be in class

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, April 20, 2020
When your world has revolved around school for as long as you can remember, it’s a strange thing to suddenly find yourself home all the time. For Delaney Williams, an 18-year-old senior at Columbia High School, everything in her life has been leading up to college.
The deaths of a 74-year-old man and 62-year-old woman, both previously diagnosed with the virus, brought the total there up to eight, the Florida Department of Health in Suwannee County announced on Monday.

The deaths of a 74-year-old man and 62-year-old woman, both previously diagnosed with the virus, brought the total there up to eight, the Florida Department of Health in Suwannee County announced on Monday.

Covid-19: Two more dead in Live Oak, total now at 8

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, April 20, 2020
The covid-19 death toll in Suwannee County continued to climb Monday, with two more becoming casualties of the pandemic.
The drive-thru locations will only administer tests to people who meet certain criteria.

The drive-thru locations will only administer tests to people who meet certain criteria.

Covid-19: Drive-through testing to start

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, April 20, 2020
Drive-thru covid-19 testing is being offered on a limited basis in Columbia County, health officials say, but it’s not available to everyone.

Gainesville man dies on I-75

CARL MCKINNEY
Monday, April 20, 2020
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking on Interstate 75 in Gainesville on Saturday night, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. A second vehicle, driven by a Lake City man, caught some of the debris but the driver was not injured, troopers say.  Around 8:30 p.m.