Tolls were suspended Sunday on Florida’s Turnpike and other roads in South Florida and Central Florida, as local mandatory evacuation orders started and large portions of the state’s East Coast continued to face threats from catastrophic Hurricane Dorian. With Dorian churning westward Sunday afternoon less than a couple of hundred …
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Marion County has one of the highest rates of pedestrian and bicycle injuries and fatalities in Florida. In an effort to decrease traffic collisions, Marion County Sheriff's Office is working with FDOT and UNF to enforce safer driving.
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With the lack of police, Waldo has seen an increase in speeding along its main thoroughfare. Now the city aims to make the streets safer with FDOT's Complete Streets project.
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A community bound by burnt rubber, track resin and pure passion comes to the Gainesville Raceway’s open drag racing nights for a safe place to rev their engines. The Gainesville Raceway is best known for hosting the Amalie Motor Oil National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Gatornationals, one of the nation’s …
Read More »Tuesday's Opioid Awareness Panel, held by the Health and Wellness team, shone a light on the opioid epidemic that is scattering its roots in Gainesville; it included advice on how to identify abuse, prevent it, or how to respond once it takes hold.
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Florida voters will get a chance in November to ban commercial greyhound racing but will not vote on a measure that could have led to the expansion of charter schools, the Florida Supreme Court decided in a series of rulings on Friday.
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For the first week of practice, football teams competing in the Florida High School Athletic Association go through heat acclimatization. During this week, teams will progress from helmets to helmets and shoulder pads and go through non-contact drills and conditioning to get accustomed to the heat.
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Babyland in Evergreen Cemetery is comprised of more than 200 infant graves, many of which are unnamed.
Read More »It alleges the defendants spent millions of dollars falsely marketing opioids as long-term, safe and non-addictive drugs.
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Will it have a red-light or a traffic roundabout? That decision nearly held up the project longer.
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