Hawthorne, a town of less than 1,500 residents, stretches 7.4 square miles and contains a lone elementary school and a combined middle-and-high school. About one in four of the town’s residents are impoverished, more than double the national average.
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The plan calls for the closure of several schools at the end of this school year, with the hope that new ones will be built in the future.
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Lawmakers will iron out differences between the two chambers’ budget plans before wrapping up the 2021 legislative session on April 30.
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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.
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A plan to shut down up to four Florida state prisons is drawing concern from officials in rural areas, where some rely on correctional facilities for jobs.
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Alachua County commissioners this week approved letters of support to add the University Lutheran Church and old Mt. Carmel Baptist Church to the National Register of Historic Places.
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The plea deal follows Palazzi's incarceration in 2017 while awaiting trial for the charge of second degree manslaughter.
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Young pleaded no contest to a charge of murder and was sentenced to 30 years in Emon Harper’s case.
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The school board passed the updated revitalization plan that will save Melrose with a vote of 3-2.
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The associate superintendent says the district will endorse the new plan that would keep Melrose open, but until the school board officially votes on Tuesday, parents will be apprehensive.
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