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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.
Read More »Plans Finalized For Relocating Starke Elementary Students
Starke Elementary will re-open Sept. 3, once mold issues are solved. In the meantime students who attend the school will be relocated to nearby area schools.
Read More »Gunman Kills Two Others, Himself In Union County
The Union County Sheriff's Office in Lake Butler says a longtime employee of Pritchett Trucking Company killed himself after fatally shooting his former boss and a coworker and wounding two others.
Read More »UF Graduate Assistants To Get More Money
UF says more money is coming for several thousand graduate assistants
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