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The Florida Highway Patrol says final funeral arrangements are still being made for Master Sergeant William Bishop. Bishop was killed in the line of duty Saturday night while working an accident on I-75 southbound at mile marker 403 in northern Alachua County.
Read More »State Buys Gilchrist’s Blue Springs Park For $5.25 Million
The Florida Cabinet on Wednesday morning approved purchasing the 407-acre Blue Springs Park property along the Santa Fe River for $5.25 million.
Read More »Four Dead In Williston Plane Crash
Four people were killed Sunday afternoon when a single engine plane crashed at the Williston Airport. The identities of the four were not immediately known, nor was the cause of the crash.
Read More »Christmas Day Shooting Leaves Lake City Man Dead
The Lake City Police Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating a Christmas Day shooting in Lake City that left a man dead. On December 25, 2016 at 5:30 a.m., the LCPD responded to a report of a man shot in the front seat of a vehicle …
Read More »Alachua County Deputy Arrested After Downtown Incident
An Alachua County Sheriff's Deputy is on administrative leave after being arrested early Friday morning.
Read More »Ethics Commission Finds Probable Cause In six allegations against former Gainesville Mayor Ed Braddy.
The complaints against Braddy stemmed from his relationship with former Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge #67 President Jeff McAdams..
Read More »The Point Podcast: Kent Fuchs’ 2016 State of the University Address
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Read More »The Point Podcast Episode 3: Supporting Tony Jones
The people of Gainesville packed city hall in support of Gainesville Police Chief Tony Jones after an anonymous letter questioning his leadership was sent to city officials. Listen to their testimonies with WUFT’s Forrest Smith narrating. Subscribe to The Point, our free newsletter rounding up the most important regional and …
Read More »Lake City Police Officer Killed In Fire
A Lake City police officer was killed, and a second officer injured, in a house fire early Thursday morning.
Read More »Why A Former Marion County Doughnut Shop Housed Synthetic Marijuana
A lab with hundreds of crates of supplies was being used near Dunnellon to make K2.
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