Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell is asking the Alachua County School Board to pay 45 percent of the costs for the School Resource Officer Program, totaling $1.1 million. Darnell said the school board will recoup the costs from the state's Guard Program.
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Alachua County Fire Rescue joined the Alachua County Sheriff's Department's annual in-service scenario training for the first time at Santa Fe High School to improve joint response to potential mass-casualty events.
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The tragedy in Parkland, Fla., this year kicked off a national debate over how to reduce school violence: through tighter security and tougher discipline ... or more help for troubled students?
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Florida's school resource officer of the year is a man who became a hero in April at Forest High School in Ocala.
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Still dealing with damage from Hurrican Irma, residents around Lake Santa Fe are asking for a no-wake ordinance along the edge of the lake.
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Alachua County commission and Gainesville city commission discussed an incident that happened Wednesday morning with an 18-year-old driver.
Read More »Updated, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018: Tiffany Robinson on Thursday was sentenced to 12 years in state prison followed by 10 years of probation. Original story, June 14, 2018: Former UF Transportation and Parking Services employee Tiffany Robinson pleaded no contest in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Thursday morning, with a minimum …
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A judge will review a 12-hour video interrogation of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz people before deciding which parts should be publicly released.
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The men, police say, had already made off with a safe containing 24 of 63-year-old Joe Caruso's guns.
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A plane made an emergency landing on I-75 forcing multiple lane closures.
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