A3 + PLUS >> Man tries to frame landlord, say cops, Story below WRESTLING CHS HOOPS CHS sends More than just five to state a football town See Page 5A See Page 5A TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY ROBOTICS CORONAVIRUS Schools Today Jacksonville, on high alert for sickness 2 cases now reported in the Sunshine State. By CARL MCKINNEY
[email protected] After Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday announced Florida has two “pre- sumptive positive” cases of coronavirus, Columbia County’s superintendent of schools said the School District is keeping careful track of the situation and consulting with local health officials. The two cases in Florida so far are in Manatee and Hillsborough counties. TRAVIS MEDEIROS/Special to the Reporter “We are continuing to monitor the virus with the Columbia County Health Department,” Columbia County Superintendent Lex Carswell told the Lake City tomorrow the world Reporter. “There are no reported cases in Columbia County. We encourage Worlds, rather, as local kids everyone to take every precaution to stay safe and qualify for int’l competition. healthy.” DeSantis issued an By CARL MCKINNEY executive order directing
[email protected] state Surgeon General Scott Rivkees to declare a The lesser awards were all handed public health emergency as out, leaving only the first-place tro- TOP: Robotics Florida tries to control the phy up for grabs. No way a group of action Saturday spread of the contagious fourth and fifth graders were going in Jacksonville. disease, known as COVID- to take the top spot in a robotics com- The Columbia City 19.