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Madilyn Gemme
Up and down Tampa Bay’s shore on Saturday, people donned fake tattoos, paraded with stuffed parrots, put on quirky pirate costumes and, yes, drank a lot of alcohol.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing Feb. 3 to get input on proposed changes to manatee protection zones in Levy County. -
A springs-advocacy group is challenging newly proposed state rules, saying they will not adequately prevent water withdrawals that could harm what are designated as “Outstanding Florida Springs.”
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The Republican Party of Florida celebrated the second inauguration of President Donald Trump on Saturday, January 18. -
With less than 24 hours under his belt as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump fulfilled several of his campaign promises with a series of executive orders.
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The Alachua County Sheriff’s office is urging citizens to not click the link. -
A young firefighter working for Alachua County Fire Rescue has died at 23, drawing condolences for his family from friends and colleagues across northern Florida. His mother disclosed the cause of death as a self-inflicted gunshot.
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The University of Florida celebrates the anniversary of one of its longest-standing instruments: the centennial of the Andrew Anderson Memorial Pipe Organ -
Playground Music and Arts Festival took place at Heartwood Soundstage in Gainesville on Saturday.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the new name in an executive order earlier this week attributing inclement winter weather to a “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.” -
The State Attorney’s Office abruptly dropped a long-running criminal case Friday against a commercial truck driver it had accused of kidnapping a woman in Mississippi and sexually assaulting her during a weeklong trip across the Southeast. -
WUFT News file photoAt least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect. -
By the time the university noticed 12 days later that it had been victimized, nearly all the money had vanished. There were no reports of arrests in the case.
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A cosmetologist since 2021, Milagros Alvarez, 34, specializes in serving clients who cannot visit traditional salons or who need a judgment-free space to care for themselves. -
See photos from Gainesville's Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. -
Mickey Disgdiertt awakes at 4 a.m. each day with the same mission: Feeding feral cats near his house not far from Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park in Gainesville.
