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Tristyn Bailey, a 13-year-old St. Johns County girl killed earlier this month, was stabbed 114 times, according to 7th Judicial Circuit State Attorney R.J. Larizza.

A university investigation into his death has dragged on since July 2019, with scant information released thus far about its findings. The university last month placed on leave Huixiang Chen’s advisor, engineering professor Tao Li.

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.

The council’s second meeting is Wednesday.

The Gainesville Police Department is working on a program to keep individuals with minor misdemeanors away from the criminal justice system and decrease court cases.

Lawmakers in Florida, where private firm SpaceX is increasingly launching missions to outer space, are considering a bill to add criminal penalties for anyone who finds a spacecraft or parts of one and tries to keep it.

Key distribution for new lockers for the downtown Gainesville homeless community begins this week. 

The Gainesville Police Advisory Council elected a new chair and vice chair Wednesday night while also expressing concerns about its power to influence policing.

The city of Gainesville launched graffiti reduction programs a decade ago that appear to have succeeded, along a rise in legal street art.