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Ocala saw a flurry of events inciting both outrage and hope on Wednesday afternoon in the wake of Friday’s shooting at Forest High School.
Read More »Multiple Events In Ocala Mark Response To Forest High School Shooting
Remembering The Forgotten Children Of Babyland
Babyland in Evergreen Cemetery is comprised of more than 200 infant graves, many of which are unnamed.
Read More »Reception For Returning Veterans ‘Far Different’ From 20 Years Ago
Public applause, generous hugs and sincere appreciation greet veterans across the country. But for Franklin Tennant and Dean Richards, times today are far different from what they experienced. Many who served in Vietnam came back to a country that had turned their backs on them, said Tennant who was with the …
Read More »Gainesville Cohousing Offers Alternative Community Lifestyle, Partners With UF Landscape Students
Gainesville Cohousing will offer residents a communal and environmentally friendly living option.
Read More »A Blood Plane: How Air Travel Solved LifeSouth’s Distribution Problems
Flying eight hours a night 363 days of the year, LifeSouth Community Blood Center’s single-engine turbo prop plane has saved lives for the last 15 years by getting critical blood supplies to patients across the Southeast faster.
Read More »Pastor Owner Expresses Conflict Over Environmentalism, Economics in Stormwater Bill
A local pastor has experienced firsthand the conflict between efforts to protect Gainesville's water systems and tight personal budgets.
Read More »County Animal Shelter Kill Rates on Downward Trend for North Central Florida Counties
Public records for county animal shelters show that in recent years, euthanasia rates for cats and dogs have, for the most part, been on a downward trend in North Central Florida.
Read More »Volunteers Collect Thousands of Pounds of Trash From Gainesville Creeks
About 150 volunteers with Current Problems Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting water resources in North Florida, recently collected 6,590 pounds of trash from creeks around Gainesville. Most of the trash likely came from flooding during Hurricane Irma, said Megan Black, executive director of Current Problems.
Read More »GPD Welcomes Two New K-9 Recruits, Ace and Ranger
Ace and Ranger are 18-month-old German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois mixes that were bred in Europe before being brought over to GPD.
Read More »UF Health And Art Students Team Up For Unique Solutions For Medical Issues
Interdisciplinary UF art class brings art and pre-health students together to work on health care solutions.
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