ATLANTA – Andrew Adams, the plaintiff in a landmark civil rights case from Florida, was in the courtroom Tuesday while a full panel of federal appeals judges considered weighty issues of gender and identity about him at the center of the nation’s culture wars. The case challenged a decision by …
Read More »A man serving life sentence in a 1991 Gainesville murder is now charged in a second slaying
Police last week filed a sworn complaint against a Florida prisoner in the three-decades-old cold case stabbing death of a prominent East Gainesville man. The murder charge stems from a confession made to Gainesville Police and State Attorneys Office investigators.
Read More »Alachua County’s Teen Court is seeking more volunteers
After a long Tuesday of work, LaShay Johnson, 35, makes her way to the courthouse, where she volunteers as a judge with Alachua County’s Teen Court. She is a community partner with the nonprofit organization, Alachua County Health Promotion & Wellness Coalition, to help provide resources to teens. For six …
Read More »Emergency services in north central Florida slammed after record high responses
Alachua County emergency medical personnel responded to a record number of incidents in 2021, over 2,000 more than its next highest count in 2018. Sumter County Fire Rescue witnessed a similar trend. And in Marion County, Ocala Health, which includes five freestanding emergency rooms and two hospitals, is now searching …
Read More »Levy County to begin infrastructure project to convert dirt roads
Levy County is beginning an experimental project that will help convert two of its existing dirt roads to be more cement-like so they can be more stable and manageable. Dirt roads are commonly used in the county, but they can be costly and negatively impact vehicles. However, creating traditional roads on these dirt paths would …
Read More »Rainbow Family members and Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods pray for resolution in murder case
Rainbow Family members and Marion County sheriff's deputies on Tuesday bowed heads in prayer at a vigil for Larry “Frank” Dugger.
Read More »The opioid epidemic continues to plague north central Florida communities
Since 2018, the Ocala Police Department has responded to over 1,000 overdose incidents, which have resulted in the deaths of 139 Ocala residents.
Read More »Gainesville police are looking for volunteers to help limit violent crime
The Gainesville Police Department is looking for volunteers to join its Violent Crime Workgroup, it announced Thursday in a news release.
Read More »Fire investigators work to determine what caused the fire at Alachua County Feed & Seed store
The feed business has been on its grounds since 1985, and the Rogers family bought the business in 2005.
Read More »Prosecutors charge prominent real estate brokers with racketeering, stealing trade secrets
State prosecutors on Tuesday formally charged two prominent real estate brokers with felony criminal charges of racketeering, fraud and stealing trade secrets as part of a long-running investigation into a business dispute with their former employer. The men, Daniel James Drotos, 34, and Michael Steven Ryals, 65, were the same …
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