Gainesville Regional Utilities General Manager Ed Bielarski made his case to the Alachua County commission Tuesday night for GRU's $750 million purchase of the biomass plant in the city, saying that the purchase will result in utility-rate reductions of 8 to 10 percent for GRU customers.
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Fifteen men, three of which are University of Florida students, were arrested in the span of five days during an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force operation.
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Damaris Guerrero-Garcia, 23, who was charged with DUI manslaughter of Karan Khullar, a 22-year-old UF computer science student, on Feb. 12. was denied a reduction of her $200,000 bond on Wednesday.
Read More »A motorcycle crash at 11:45 a.m. on SW Archer Road and Newell Drive left a rider in critical condition Monday morning.
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Gainesville Police Department announced Thursday that they are retiring their unit of horses, known as the Mounted Patrol Unit, after 20 years of serving in downtown Gainesville.
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"For every report of rape we get, there's probably two that go unreported," officer Tobias said.
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Green Dot GNV, which launched in Alachua County in 2016, is offering trainings on how bystanders to violence can get involved in such situations to stop them. The next trainings are scheduled for March 15, 28 and 29, and they're free and open to the public.
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Florida Senate Bill 1096 would immune drivers to civil liability if they injure or kill protesters who block public roadways, as long as it was unintentional.
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Two members of Gainesville's Mounted Patrol, Zeus and Merlin, retired Tuesday after more than a decade of service.
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The Gainesville Police Department has applied for a $750,000 Department of Justice grant to help pay for a $3 million body-camera program.
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