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Gainesville elementary schools to have more security starting tomorrow
By Forrest Smith on January 2nd, 2013 | Last updated: January 14, 2013 at 11:13 am
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and Gainesville Police Department will be greeting students, parents and teachers when public schools resume tomorrow. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Connecticut last month, local law enforcement will have officers [...]
Law enforcement at elementary schools starting Thursday
By Forrest Smith on January 2nd, 2013 | Last updated: January 2, 2013 at 9:04 am
When Alachua county public school resumes tomorrow, there will be something new at elementary schools. The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and the Gainesville Police Department will have a deputy or officer in each elementary school. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Forrest Smith [...]
Possible smoky driving conditions
By Forrest Smith on January 2nd, 2013 | Last updated: January 14, 2013 at 11:13 am
With many people heading back to work today after the New Year’s holiday, the Florida Highway Patrol has at least two smoky locations it wants to warn you about. In Suwannee county, a 25 acre controlled burn has left some [...]
Gilchrist sobriety checkpoint
By Forrest Smith on December 28th, 2012 | Last updated: January 14, 2013 at 11:16 am
From Florida Highway Patrol Public Information Office: The Florida Highway Patrol will be conducting a Comprehensive Roadside Sobriety Checkpoint in the Gilchrist County area on Friday, December 28, 2012 starting at 7:00 p.m. This checkpoint will be conducted on SR 26, approximately [...]
Consumer confidence steady
By Forrest Smith on December 28th, 2012 | Last updated: January 14, 2013 at 11:16 am
From University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence remained unchanged in December, according to a monthly University of Florida survey. December’s figure was 74, the same as the revised November reading. Overall confidence reached a post-recession peak in [...]
Food banks restocking
By Forrest Smith on December 28th, 2012 | Last updated: January 14, 2013 at 11:18 am
Many food banks in North Florida found their shelves emptied as they helped out people over Christmas. Now, as Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Forrest Smith reports, they are working to restock shelves, as well as bank accounts.
Gainesville bank robbery
By Forrest Smith on December 12th, 2012 | Last updated: December 12, 2012 at 7:45 am
The Gainesville Police Department is continuing to look for a man who robbed a bank Tuesday and is still at large. Police officers say a man wearing camouflage pants walked into the Capital City Bank at 1417 North Main Street [...]
Killer executed
By Forrest Smith on December 12th, 2012 | Last updated: December 12, 2012 at 4:11 am
After he spent nearly 25 years on death row, the State of Florida has executed a former police officer who murdered nine people in 1986. Investigtors at the time said it was during a three month crime spree, and that [...]
Man struck by train, in critical condition
By Forrest Smith on December 10th, 2012 | Last updated: December 11, 2012 at 1:54 pm
The Florida Highway Patrol reports that a 25-year old Marion County man is in critical condition after a train hit his car Sunday.
Deputies investigate death in northern Gainesville
By Forrest Smith on December 4th, 2012 | Last updated: December 4, 2012 at 4:16 pm
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person responsible for shooting a man in northern Gainesville.
