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Symposium encourages police awareness of local gang activity

By Rachel Genovese on March 18th, 2013 | Last updated: March 19, 2013 at 10:45 am

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office and other organizations have partnered up to educate officers on how to best identify, document and deal with gang members from the dozen gangs in the Alachua County area.

Florida | Tagged Alachua County, Alachua County Sheriff's Office, Florida Gang Investigators Association, gang activity, gang violence, gangs, Greg Guzman, Norm Miller | Leave a comment

Floodwaters cause Suwannee and Santa Fe River levels to rise

By Rachel Genovese on March 11th, 2013 | Last updated: March 11, 2013 at 4:53 pm

Floodwaters have caused the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to activate all five idle-speed, no-wake zones on the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers. The FWC wants boaters to stay off of the Suwannee-Santa Fe River system if they can, but Parker said she hopes that boaters who continue to use it proceed with caution.

Environment | Tagged Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, idle-speed zone, Karen Parker, no-wake zone, Santa Fe River, Suwannee River | Leave a comment

Gainesville Correctional Institution to become homeless assistance center

By Rachel Genovese on February 25th, 2013 | Last updated: February 25, 2013 at 3:55 pm

Members of the County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry are traveling to Atlanta to visit the Gateway Center, a homeless assistance center housed in a former jail, to see what improvements should be made in Gainesville.