Gun safety experts in Gainesville and neighboring communities say they have noticed an increase in the last four months in the number of women applying for a concealed weapons license. As of the end of February, one-third of the state's 2.5 million concealed weapons license holders are women, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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Authorities say two small planes have collided while flying near a Florida airpark.
Read More »Clay County School Board Approves Its Own School Police Department
Clay County schools will have its own police department starting in October 2019.
Read More »Woman Poses As Fellow Inmate To Get Out Of Clay County Jail
Investigators are looking into how a Florida woman managed to get out of jail using another inmate's name and release papers in Clay County.
Read More »Police: Middleburg Man Shoots At Guests As They Leave His Mudding Party
George R. King, 64, was hosting a party with trucks mudding in his backyard Sunday when several fights broke out between the more than 50 people attending.
Read More »Body Found in Bradford County Retention Pond, Yet to be Identified
Officials believe a body found in a Keystone Heights retention pool Monday could be 51-year-old Katherine Jarosz, who went missing on Feb. 28.
Read More »Clay County Schools Reassessing Suicide Prevention Resources
Following three student suicides this year, Clay County School District is launching an outreach initiative to help students, parents and school personnel identify at-risk students and link them with resources.
Read More »Clay County Warns Residents About Jury Duty Phone Scam
The scam involves innocent residents receiving phone calls saying they have missed jury duty and are being fined large sums of money.
Read More »Palatka Tree Service Owner Turns Himself In For Teen’s August Death
Johnathan H. Wilkes turned himself in to the Clay County Sheriff's Office Monday afternoon for charges stemming from his involvement in a teen's wrongful death.
Read More »Clay County Sheriff’s Office seeking TV thief
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for a man who stole televisions from a Wal Mart store in October. Similar crimes have occured at other Walmarts and Clay County Sheriffs Officials say there may be a connection. Officials say the man initally stole two televisions from the Brannanfield …
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