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COVID-19 has changed the way rural departments approach, evaluate and transport patients.
Read More »COVID-19 Strains Emergency Personnel Nerves And Resources In Florida’s Rural Counties
Florida Supreme Court Won’t Hear Cellphone Passcode Case
The question of whether police in Florida can legally force criminal defendants to unlock their cellphones will remain unresolved for now, after the state Supreme Court agreed not to consider the issue.
Read More »Pandemic Shuts Florida’s Courtrooms Through Mid-April, Possibly Longer
Chief Justice Charles Canady of the Florida Supreme Court issued a new order this week suspending all civil and criminal jury trials and grand jury proceedings statewide through at least April 17.
Read More »Public Mistakenly Kept From Courtrooms As COVID-19 Precautions Set In At Courthouse
It remains unclear who gave the order to only allow defendants and litigators into the courtrooms, though a sign posted on the door of each one declared it was “for public safety reasons.”
Read More »Gainesville Police Investigate Two Downtown Homicides, Make Arrest In One
Two fatal shootings that took place four days and two blocks apart this week in downtown Gainesville are under investigation.
Read More »Two-Day Boil Water Notice Created Challenges for Micanopy Residents, Business Owners
Micanopy’s administration placed the town under a precautionary boil water notice Feb. 11 due to an equipment malfunction during a scheduled water tank cleaning.
Read More »Data Reveals Drones Flying Dangerously Close In Increasingly Crowded Skies
In the last six months, 150 reports of drones flying unusually close to airports, helicopters, or planes in Florida airspace.
Read More »Judge Gives Both Sides More Time In Civil Case Filed By Former Gainesville City Auditor
The judge presiding over a civil case involving former Gainesville city auditor Carlos Holt, who claims the city violated the state Whistle-blower’s Act and leaked personal information about him and his family, is giving both sides an additional 20 days to review the case.
Read More »Expert Panel Tackles Sex Trafficking In The Gainesville Community
Florida ranks third in most human trafficking cases, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, behind only California and Texas.
Read More »Melrose Volunteer Fire Department Reconstructed Water Rescue Vessel For Lake Santa Fe Safety
The Melrose Volunteer Fire Department’s new water rescue vessel, Marine 249, can be in the water in five minutes, and the crew no longer depends on the courtesy of the lake residents to respond to emergencies.
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