Nearly 50 years ago, Jimmy Norris was killed in Florida. Rosemary Norris-Southward was not quite 14 years old when she watched her brother walk out of their home for the last time. Forty-six years later, she said she feels closer to James “Jimmy” Norris than she has in decades.
Read More »Legal Dispute Leaves Florida Supreme Court Without Black Justice For First Time In Nearly Four Decades
The legal dispute that prevented Gov. Ron DeSantis from appointing the first Jamaican-born, Black woman to the Florida Supreme Court has left the court without a Black justice for the first time in at least 37 years.
Read More »Gainesville’s Self-Driving Vehicles Are On Public Roads Again
The self-driving advanced technology currently operates with a limited capacity from the Downtown Parking Garage along Southwest Second Avenue to the 12th Street roundabout.
Read More »Police Departments Adapt To New COVID-19 Precautions
Local police departments are using new technologies to stay safe from the coronavirus.
Read More »Thirteen Alachua County Smoke Shops Violated County Tobacco Age Restriction
Thirteen Alachua County smoke shops are in violation of selling tobacco products to people younger than 21 and will go to court on Nov. 19.
Read More »Justices Look Again At High-Stakes Marijuana Case
The Florida Supreme Court heard a second round of arguments in a challenge to a state law aimed at implementing a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
Read More »Gainesville Will Build A New Road Paralleling I-75 In The Coming Years, But First It Needs The Land
A new road that will extend Southwest 62nd Boulevard to Clark Butler Boulevard is currently scheduled to begin in the winter of 2021 and be completed in early 2023.
Read More »2020 Human Trafficking Summit Highlights Florida’s Ongoing Battle
Florida leaders virtually discussed their plans to combat human trafficking at the 2020 Human Trafficking Summit. This year, there were more than 2,000 registered participants from every Florida county and 38 states.
Read More »Putnam County Fire Department Accepts $2.3 Million Grant
Putnam County was awarded a grant by The Federal Emergency Management Agency that will pay for the salaries and benefits of 12 firefighters over the next three years.
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court Turns Down Irma Nursing Home Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up an appeal by a Broward County nursing home whose license was revoked after residents died following Hurricane Irma.
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