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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida's ban on using college and university campuses for early voting sites is unconstitutional.
Read More »Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Campus Ban On Early Voting
Forest High’s Jim Long Named Florida School Resource Officer Of The Year
Florida's school resource officer of the year is a man who became a hero in April at Forest High School in Ocala.
Read More »Gainesville City Commissioners To Discuss Options For Honoring Tom Petty
Gainesville city commissioners, meeting as the city general policy committee, today will discuss ways the city can honor the late Tom Petty.
Read More »Gainesville City Commissioner David Arreola ‘Forgot To Pay The Fine’ For Late Report
Gainesville city commissioner David Arreola has paid an election fine more than one year after he was notified the fine was due.
Read More »Governor Scott Calls Death of FHP Trooper a Terrible Loss
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..
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