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Expires May 1, 2020) PRINT AND DIGITAL SPORTS SPORTS What are the options Ex-Tiger Williams for getting restarted? shooting for NFL See Page 8A See Page 8A THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM COPS SAY TAXING TIMES Covid-19 Carjack suspect’s Count bat no hits 16 match for gun here, 47 By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] in LO A baseball bat-wielding assailant threatened to Suwannee adds 14 cases carjack a vehicle after the Wednesday, all unrelated driver and to nursing home cluster. passengers refused By CARL MCKINNEY to give [email protected] him a ride Tuesday Suwannee County added 14 night, but Photos by TODD WILSON/Lake City Reporter new covid-19 cases on Wednesday, one of the Columbia County Tax Collector’s Office customer service representatives Miranda Lee, left, and bringing the total up to 47. Platt victims Annette LeMay assist customers in the drive-through lanes at the courthouse annex office scared Wednesday afternoon. The tax collector’s office has been closed to foot traffic since March 26, Meanwhile, Columbia County him off by bluffing with an but continues to assist customers with limited transactions in the drive-through. reported 16 cases, up from 15 the unloaded firearm, accord- day prior. ing to the Live Oak Police The latest confirmed Suwannee Department. County cases include a 22-year- Derek James Platt, 33, old woman, a 56-year-old woman, was arrested after Live Oak a 56-year-old woman, a 20-year- police officers responded old woman, an 18-year-old woman, to a firearm-related distur- a 28-year-old woman, a 67-year- bance reported at South DRIVING BUSINESS old man, a 66-year-old woman, Oak Square around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. Tax collector’s office a 59-year-old man, a 73-year-old Four victims were still helping residents woman, a 26-year-old man, a standing around a white despite obstacles. 54-year-old woman and a 45-year- Chevrolet Malibu when old woman. law enforcement arrived at Nine of the new cases are related the scene, according to an By TODD WILSON to a prior case, health officials said, LOPD report. [email protected] but it is not clear if they are linked to a cluster of 28 cases at Suwannee BAT continued on 3A It may be a less-than-ideal set- ting, but the service being pro- Health and Rehabilitation Center. vided by the Columbia County The Columbia County cases Tax Collector’s Office staff involve patients as young as 1 to Man jailed during the past two weeks has as old as 70. Seven are men, while been essential and embraced by nine are women. for driving the public. In Suwannee County, the young- Traffic through the drive- est is 5-years-old while the oldest is through lanes at the courthouse 84. Eleven are men, 36 are women. with young annex office has been steady, Meanwhile, Lafayette County despite office staff limited to the The waiting area of the Columbia County Tax Collector’s office children types of transactions available to sits vacant at 2 p.m. Wednesday, while a few clerks process saw its first confirmed case customers. paperwork transactions at their work stations. Wednesday, a 47-year-old woman. By CARL MCKINNEY “None of us have ever seen The case is connected to an exist- [email protected] anything like this, but we’re all pandemic, all county buildings Brannon said title work is not ing positive case, health officials doing the very best we can,” have been closed to foot traffic something normally completed say. A “weird friendship” said Columbia County Tax since March 26. The tax collec- in the drive through lanes, but it A total of 325 tests were report- tor’s office completely closed its is necessary during these times. between a 21-year-old man Collector Ronnie Brannon. “I ed for Columbia County as of Fort White office and maintains What is not being conducted and multiple underage chil- like people and I would rather Wednesday, with 295 testing neg- have people coming into the drive-through hours in Lake in any form are driver’s license dren was on full display City from 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., tests or renewals that require ative. when the office to do their business, but One test was inconclusive, while we can’t right now, so we’re Monday through Friday. paperwork verification or new adult was 13 are pending. helping them as best we can in Limited business services in photographs. found driv- our two drive-through lanes.” Lake City includes renewing car “We can’t give the eye tests For Suwannee County, the num- ing around In the wake of precautionary and truck licenses, accepting or take any photos because that bers were: 234 tests, with 187 neg- with three measures for the coronavirus payment for property taxes and atives and no inconclusive or pend- minors in completing title work. BRANNON continued on 2A ing tests. the vehi- cle, accord- Jenkins ing to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Florida Department of Health launches covid-19 survey Office deputy. Trace Alan Jenkins, 21, of Staff report to gather information to help the preparedness and prevention mea- the curve by anonymously answer- Southwest Gerald Conner The Florida Department of DOH track and slow the spread of sures,” said Gov. Ron DeSantis. ing questions that range from age Drive in Lake City, faces Health launched a community the virus. “This will serve as another crucial and residency, to recent travel, to a possible criminal charge action survey on Tuesday called “In addition to helping our instrument in helping to reinforce potential covid-19 contact. It is not after CCSO conducted a StrongerThanC-19, designed to state better identify and predict Florida’s ongoing efforts to fight a symptom checker designed to traffic stop early Friday help Florida in the fight against coronavirus trends in Florida, the spread of covid-19 across the dispense medical advice. morning. the spread of covid-19. the StrongerThanC-19 communi- state.” The survey is free to use Around 12:30 a.m. Friday, The StrongerThanC-19 com- ty action survey will also guide Residents are encouraged to do and can be accessed by visiting DRIVING continued on 2A munity action survey is designed users through the next ‘STEPS’ of their part in helping Florida flatten StrongerThanC19.com. Vol. 145, No. 280 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 3A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A SUBSCRIBE TO Advice & Comics . 5A THE REPORTER: 89 59 Classified . 6A Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 A few showers, 2A Sports . 8A 2A THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020 NEWS LAKE CITY REPORTER But Brannon’s office stays at it QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day A taxing time in Lake City “I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.” April 15 without penalty. them delivering our prod- documents. He said truck — Psalm 4:8 (KJV) BRANNON Beginning April 16, a 3 ucts, so we have to keep drivers approaching their Continued From 1A percent penalty will be them licensed. We’re here renewal date have called assessed to the balance to do this.” ahead from other parts of Thought for Today has to be done inside the owed. CDL licenses are pro- the state and renewed their “No matter what the cessed by appointment only CDL license during the office,” Brannon said. The boisterous sea of liberty is never without He said people whose deadline, people will always and these can be scheduled past two weeks while trav- hold onto their money and with the Lake City office eling through Lake City. a wave. — Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, third driver’s license is about to U.S. president (1801-1809) expire should go online wait until the last second by calling (386) 758-1077 “We’ve had them come and the state has an option to pay their taxes, so there or 758-1080 during normal in from as far away as to apply for a grace peri- will be a long line of cars in business hours. Brannon Broward County,” Brannon od. They also can call the drive-through line on said his office has pro- said. “They were driving a Winning Lottery Numbers that last day, you can count cessed 22 CDL license truck and they were up this the tax collector’s office Pick 3: (Tuesday p.m.) 3-0-5 and a clerk can talk them on it,” Brannon said. “I applications of some type way, so they renewed on don’t recommend waiting since the lockdown began their way through.” Pick 4: (Tuesday p.m.) 6-2-6-8 through Fantasy 5: (Tuesday) 4-5-12-25-33 the process until the last minute, but and most of these have There are 20 full-time of an exten- people always do.” been renewals. employees who work at the sion of up One very important CDL applicants are tax collector’s office, plus to 60 days. transaction that is still allowed into the office for Brannon, who is an elect- See an error? Brannon occurring face-to-face is testing and are approached ed constitutional officer. The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news said his the testing and processing with the proper social He said while the office is items.

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