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NEWS STAFF
Suwannee County has its third confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, putting it in the same position as Columbia County as of Monday.
According to state department of health data released Monday, a 64-year-old woman was diagnosed with the virus in Suwannee County.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Suwannee records 2nd case of coronavirus
NEWS STAFF
Suwannee County now has its second confirmed case of coronavirus.
According to state department of health data released today, the patient is a 47-year-old man.
The first case, reported Friday, was a 51-year-old woman.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Cagney Tanner, pastor at Abundant Life, stands in the church’s Little Kids building Friday morning. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
Deputies say vandal, now in jail, caused up to $100K in damage at Abundant Life Church
TONY BRITT
The man deputies say ransacked, vandalized and burglarized a local church Thursday told them he’d been sent home from work early that day because he caused a disturbance on the job.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Florida law enforcement officials are locking up fewer people and in some cases releasing non-violent offenders, a strategy designed to stem the spread of the coronavirus through the state’s criminal-justice system.
CCSO: Don’t think anything goes due to virus
NEWS STAFF
Florida law enforcement officials are locking up fewer people and in some cases releasing non-violent offenders, a strategy designed to stem the spread of the coronavirus through the state’s criminal-justice system.
The new approach is showing up across the state, including here in Columbia County.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Home sales haven’t missed a beat
CARL MCKINNEY
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to stoke fear on a global level, but the local housing market is holding firm, according to local real estate industry professionals, who say they’re busy as ever thanks to an exodus from urban areas hit hard by the crisis and a steady stream of existing Lake City...
Friday, March 27, 2020
FGC makes virtual return on Monday
JORDAN KROEGER
The spring semester resumes Monday for FGC students, just not in the classroom. Following a two-week extended spring break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the college is moving to online learning for at least the next two weeks.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Suwannee River Jam postponed till fall
NEWS STAFF
The 2020 Suwannee River Jam has been postponed until Sept. 30-Oct. 3, “due to the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 virus,” organizers said Friday.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Suwannee has 1st case of COVID-19
NEWS STAFF
Suwannee County has its first confirmed case of COVID-19.
According to state department of health data released today, the patient is a 51-year-old woman.
It is not clear if the case is travel-related.
Friday, March 27, 2020
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office accepts five K9 emergency first aid kits from Century Ambulance, the county’s EMS provider. Sheriff Mark Hunter, second-left, held a photo op with Century’s operations manager for the area, Steve Stith, pictured in the white uniform, along with K9 Drago, K9 Rek and their human counterparts. (COURTESY)
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office receives a batch of “K9 Emergency kits"
CARL MCKINNEY
Brave, loyal and tough — law enforcement canines will charge right at a potentially dangerous subject without hesitation if the situation deems it necessary.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Coronavirus: Waffle House closing is a surefire sign of crisis, yet Lake City's two are still open
CARL MCKINNEY
It’s a surefire sign of crisis.
Even after every other major restaurant chain shuts their doors in the face of a disaster, the yellow-trimmed breakfast-all-day eatery is reliably one of the last places still serving food.
Thursday, March 26, 2020