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After a year of shutdowns and isolation, people are looking for ways to be entertained again.
Read More »Gainesville Comedy Shows Offers COVID-Safe Laughs
Multiyear Effort To Turn Gainesville Into A ‘Smart City’ To Progress With Smart Bench Pilot Project
The city expects to debut them in July.
Read More »Gainesville Community Members Rally As Student Financial Aid Bill Progresses To Florida Senate Floor
SB 86 is now placed on calendar for its third and final procedural reading, where the full state Senate will vote on the bill before it reaches the House. Dates for those final readings have yet to be announced.
Read More »Gainesville Police Department Offers $10K Rewards For Any Information On Unsolved Homicides
City of Gainesville is offering a $50,000 reward for information on those responsible for the death of Baird. The press release adds that there is a $10,000 reward for new information on the 27 unsolved deaths listed on GPD's webpage.
Read More »An Accident Took A Boy’s Ability To Walk. A Community In Ocala Wants To Give It Back.
Jacen Mancil never got to take his first steps as a toddler, but that could soon change due to the efforts of a small community in Ocala.
Read More »Advocates: Gainesville’s New Median Ordinance Likely To Affect City’s Homeless Most
For many people struggling with homelessness or income instability, panhandling on a street median is a way of life, but a new Gainesville ordinance is changing this.
Read More »Live Entertainment Venues In Gainesville, Ocala Seeking Grants To Make It Through The Pandemic
About one year ago, Gainesville native Brandon Telg, 31, co-founded MusicGNV to support the music scene, particularly artists, in the city. MusicGNV has announced that it is launching a quarterly recording grant process, with the first cycle’s applications due Wednesday.
Read More »Florida Legislation That Would Mandate A Moment Of Silence In Public Schools Advances In Senate
Florida is currently one of 18 states that allow school districts the option of implementing a moment of silence at the beginning of the day.
Read More »‘What They Would Have Been’: Asian Students React To Anti-Asian Racism
In interviews over the past two weeks, students in the community described how they felt about the recent events.
Read More »Gainesville Police Advisory Council Discusses Use Of Police Body Cameras
The Gainesville Police Advisory Council discussed Wednesday the process of internal and external GPD investigations as well as when officers should turn on their body cameras. Advisory council member Keyon Young’s voice boomed into City Hall via Zoom as he demanded that Gainesville Police Department officers’ body cameras be on …
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