Sadie Darnell Archives

The Point: Your 2022 news year in review

December 30, 2022 The Point

Take a walk back through all of the Florida storylines we covered for you this year.

Funding Disagreement Leads To Slimmer Aerial Support For Gainesville-Area Law Enforcement

January 7, 2021 Law and public safety

Now, after more than two decades, it is run strictly by the sheriff’s office and is known as the Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit.

Florida Supreme Court Hears Darnell’s Case That Could Affect Sheriffs’ Budgets Statewide

November 4, 2020 Fresh Take Florida, Law and public safety

Ironically, Darnell was voted out in August. She lost the Democratic primary to Clovis Watson Jr., a former state lawmaker. There was no Republican opponent in Tuesday night’s general election.

See Who Won The 2020 North Central Florida County-Level Elections

November 3, 2020 Florida Votes

All results are unofficial until county-level canvassing boards certify votes later this month.

See Coverage Of Florida’s 2020 Primary Election Results

August 18, 2020 Florida Votes

See our complete coverage below or use this index to jump to recaps of the races you care most about. Florida’s 3rd Congressional District State House State Senate District 5 Alachua County Bradford County Citrus County Columbia County Dixie County Gilchrist County Levy County Marion County Putnam County Suwannee County …

‘I Began To Call And Demand Answers’: A Jail Inmate’s Mother Searches For Justice In Two Cases

August 3, 2020 Law and public safety, Racial equity

Jennifer Mccray Littles spends the days awaiting progress in the criminal trial against former detention officer Jerome Ulrich for charges of battery and tampering with a victim — her son, Joseph Combs.

Adult Son Of Florida Sheriff Candidate Arrested By Incumbent Sheriff’s Deputies

July 20, 2020 Florida Votes, Fresh Take Florida, Government and politics, Law and public safety

Clovis Watson IV, 27, of Gainesville, acknowledged that he followed and harassed his former girlfriend of two years, deputy Maddison Telle wrote in an arrest complaint.