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District 1 is comprised of historically black neighborhoods like Porters and Pleasant Street, along with much of East Gainesville.
Read More »Gainesville Commissioner Simmons Hosts State Of The District Discussion For District 1
Gainesville City Commission Passes Immigration Enforcement Policy Resolution, But There Is Not Much More It Can Do
GPD’s current policy on foreign nationals says officers don’t have the authority to enforce federal immigration law violations.
Read More »Marion County Mother Found Dead In Georgia
A Marion County man is charged with second-degree murder after his wife and four children were found dead in Georgia.
Read More »UF Students To Hold Protest Calling For Emergency Blue Lights On Fraternity Row
There are no emergency blue lights on fraternity row, located on the southwest end of campus near Lake Alice.
Read More »UF Student Arrested In Connection To Gainesville Walmart Shooting
Gainesville Police arrested Khalil Reed, 24, a fourth-year University of Florida student studying family, youth and community sciences, in connection to a shooting and drug sale Sunday evening in the Walmart parking lot in Butler Plaza in Gainesville.
Read More »Multiple People Stabbed In Tallahassee, Suspect In Custody
The Latest on stabbings at a business in Tallahassee, Florida: 1:05 p.m. Authorities in Florida’s capital city say a man suspected of stabbing five people at a construction supplies business was an employee who had been asked to leave work because of an incident with co-workers. Interim Tallahassee Police Chief …
Read More »Gainesville Fire Rescue Assists In Dorian Relief Efforts In Bahamas
A City of Gainesville Fire Rescue team departed early Saturday morning to provide additional aid for the Bahamas. The Gainesville Fire Rescue search and rescue team is working closely with local police and emergency management authorities on Abaco Island in the Bahamas. The North Florida American Red Cross is contributing …
Read More »How To Help Hurricane Dorian Recovery In Bahamas
Neighborhoods have been destroyed and families forever impacted after Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas for almost 30 hours as a Category 5 hurricane. Emergency relief and long-term assistance are needed.
Read More »Hurricane Dorian Leaves Terrible Damage And Stranded Residents As Rescuers Scramble To Help
Dorian is the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the Bahamas as category 5 storm, leaving at least five people dead and hundreds of homes destroyed.
Read More »Health Facilities Evacuated As Dorian Looms
Florida officials said Monday that 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities and seven hospitals on the state’s East Coast had been evacuated in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew told reporters that only four of the long-term care facilities were evacuated because they …
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