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The tax exemptions for qualifying residents are expected to be between $500 to $5,000. The changes are expected to take effect next year.
Read More »New tax exemptions offered to Florida residents who are widowed or have disability
Man accused of killing UF student in a hit-and-run expected to change plea Monday
Six days after University of Florida student Margaret “Maggie” Paxton was killed in a high-profile hit-and-run accident, Gainesville police traced the ownership of the car suspected of striking her to a man who worked at a local auto repair shop.
Read More »Florida basketball star Keyontae Johnson accused in sexual assault
Keyontae Johnson, the University of Florida basketball star forward praised for his resilience after he collapsed during a game in December 2020, is being formally accused by police of sexual assault of a drunken young woman at a pool party in an incident last month, according to interviews and court …
Read More »Military mystery: Who stole tons of valuable ammunition brass from Army’s top helicopter gun range? Feds focus on Florida man
The thief, wearing camouflage gear and gloves, crept through the woods onto the Army base in southern Alabama where most of the U.S. military’s helicopter pilots train. His objective: Collecting sandbags he had filled with used 30 mm brass shell casings from the attack helicopters flying and firing over the …
Read More »Gainesville police never called an interpreter for the questioning and arrest of a deaf man. He was found guilty this week
The case highlights failures of the local legal system to provide equal footing to people who are deaf.
Read More »Florida fines largest Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over billing glitches
Florida fined its largest Medicaid payment vendor nearly $9.1 million over software problems that delayed payments for nearly three months for tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state’s sickest and neediest children, the government’s health regulator said Wednesday. In a letter to the CEO of Sunshine State Health …
Read More »Alachua County Public Schools update school security protocols
Schools worldwide implement the I Love U Guys program, including all 50 of Alachua County traditional and charter schools.
Read More »GPD’s One Community initiative continues under new police chief
Gainesville has been scrambling for methods to tame its rampant gun violence problem since the pandemic, but unexpected administrative changes have presented challenges to proposed preventative policies. In an October 2021 city commission meeting, former Gainesville Police Chief Tony Jones unveiled the department’s One Community initiative to combat the city’s …
Read More »University of Florida student accepts plea deal in sexual assault case
A former philanthropy chairman for the Theta Chi fraternity arrested last year in a sexual assault avoided jail time and agreed to withdraw from the University of Florida under a plea deal with state prosecutors Thursday. Michael Nanosky Jr., 20, of Boca Raton, pleaded guilty to a lesser felony, aggravated …
Read More »Marion County officials are still estimating damages from tornado
Marion County officials are now estimating over $15 million in damages after an EF1 tornado ran through Dunnellon and Ocala on Saturday. The national weather service reported that the tornado had winds up to 110 mph and was 200 yards wide and tracked over 25 miles through the county in …
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