Silas Morgan
Silas is a reporter for WUFT News who can be reached by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.
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Newberry in talks with Archer and High Springs about new $40M regional wastewater treatment facilityThe City of Newberry is negotiating with the cities of Archer and High Springs about joining onto its planned regional wastewater treatment facility.The…
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The Alachua County Commission unanimously voted at a special meeting Tuesday to spend $2.5 million for a new United States Department of…
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The Alachua County Commission elected a new chair and vice chair at its special meeting Tuesday before voting to use millions in federal aid on several initiatives, including a pilot program meant to help local landlords make their properties more energy efficient.
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The Alachua County Commission unanimously voted Tuesday to spend $1.25 million in federal funds on the improvement of the deteriorating water…
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A chef at the Tijuana Flats in Midtown just north of the University of Florida campus was arrested Friday afternoon on charges of possessing and…
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Nineteen-year-old Ian Gabriel Montero-Lopez, who disappeared while on trial for sexually assaulting a minor last Christmas Eve, was sentenced to life in prison in absentia on Thursday. Montero-Lopez, who was 18 at the time, met the underage victim on Snapchat the week before the assault. He pressured the victim into meeting him at her residence, where he gave the victim narcotics and sexually assaulted her. He was later arrested by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office after being identified in a photo lineup by the victim. He disappeared during the jury selection phase of his trial. He was found guilty in absentia of one count of sexual battery on a child 12-17 years of age and on one count of sexual battery with use of physical force. Law enforcement does not currently know his whereabouts. A warrant is out for his arrest.
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Sixty-three-year-old Thomas Duval Andrews was arrested by the Gainesville Police Department Tuesday evening for possessing child pornography. The investigation into Andrews began last November when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a tip from the adult video chatting app Flingster, which said one of its users was soliciting child sexual abuse material online. The tip was referred to Gainesville police. The user’s IP address was tracked to Andrews’ residence, where police seized several electronic items after serving a warrant in October.
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Rep. Kat Cammack’s re-election watch party was certainly that: a party.
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Democratic candidate Danielle Hawk is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack for Florida’s 3rd Congressional District. Here is what voters…
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Two of seven members of Gainesville's police advisory council recommended unsuccessfully that the police department's K9 unit be abolished, signaling ahead of an upcoming city commission meeting the level of community outrage over this summer's mauling of a man who lost his eye after a traffic stop.