GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida removed nearly eight years’ worth of crime data online without public notification, leaving only limited details about crimes that occurred on or near campus during the past 60 days. UF reported its highest number of rapes and sexual battery cases last year. There …
Read More »Two people hospitalized following collision on West University Avenue
Gainesville Fire Rescue used the Jaws of Life and other tools to extricate the driver of a Nissan Altima from his vehicle after a two-vehicle crash on West University Avenue near Northwest 24th Street on Monday at around 6 p.m.
Read More »Gainesville Police Department says noise is the No. 1 complaint
Brooke Benson and her husband, Robert Benson, welcomed a new addition to their family four months ago, a baby boy. The 24-year-old preschool teacher expected motherhood to be hectic and unpredictable. But she never imagined that every babble her baby would make would be drowned out by the sound of …
Read More »Santa Fe College holds crisis response dog training this weekend
The Institute of Public Safety at Santa Fe College is hosting crisis response dog training. Training is presented by HOPE-Animal Assisted Crisis Response, an organization that has provided its services nationwide for free since 2001. “Once a year we do a workshop,” said HOPE-AACR Florida area coordinator Terry Biehl, “where …
Read More »Residential ordinance lawsuit brought by realtors against city of Gainesville to continue
The city's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the city of Gainesville by more than three dozen realtors has been denied.
Read More »Defendant in 2021 Swamp Car Wash murder case pleads guilty to manslaughter charge
The man accused of murdering 36-year-old Bobby Bernard Hopkins in May 2021 at a car wash in east Gainesville pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to a manslaughter charge. Eugene Javon Patrick, 24, accepted a plea deal at the Alachua County Stephan P. Mickle Criminal Courthouse after getting permission from the …
Read More »Louis Gaskin executed for 1989 killings as anti-death penalty protestors gather
The execution of Louis Gaskin was carried out by a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. Gaskin had been convicted in 1990 of killing Robert and Georgette Sturmfels in the couple’s Flagler County winter home. A group of several dozen people, mostly from the Our …
Read More »Putnam County Sheriff’s Office says cold case solved after 7 years
On Monday, a grand jury indicted Lorenzo Hudson on first-degree murder charges for the death of a pregnant woman, Shaquierra Pickney, the Putnam County sheriff said during a press conference on Tuesday. Pickney’s body was discovered in a Gethsemane Baptist Church Cemetery in East Palatka on Sept. 3, 2015, and …
Read More »Number of women with a concealed weapons license is on the rise
Gun safety experts in Gainesville and neighboring communities say they have noticed an increase in the last four months in the number of women applying for a concealed weapons license. As of the end of February, one-third of the state's 2.5 million concealed weapons license holders are women, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Read More »Florida Highway Patrol asks for the public’s help in Marion County hit-and-run investigation
Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help searching for the silver Chevrolet Suburban involved in a Marion County hit-and-run incident last week. On Wednesday night, along NE 31st Street, a bicyclist was traveling west across NE Jacksonville Road as the car was driving south down the same road. …
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