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City leaders in Fort Myers abruptly reversed course Friday after threats from Florida's governor and attorney general and voted to allow police officers in this southwest Florida city to enforce federal immigration laws.

After a seven-year hiatus, the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women hosted its 38th Community Conference on Sexual Battery and Relationship Violence at Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday.

Earlier this month, former Alachua County Sheriff Emery Gainey’s granddaughter agreed to a pre-trial intervention agreement over a felony charge of threatening to commit a mass shooting at a school.

Bart Knowles, who took over as interim police chief in June when his predecessor was promoted, said in a new interview that his goal is to keep the University of Florida’s sprawling campus in Gainesville safe so students, faculty and staff can prosper.

Four north central Florida sheriffs met in a historic building on State Road 26 on Monday to renew an agreement that commits their agencies to share law enforcement jurisdiction over Melrose, an unincorporated area approximately 17 miles east of Gainesville.

Criminal proceedings have begun against the owner of the bull terrier found abandoned and tied to a pole on Interstate 75 ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. The rescued dog was safe with a new foster family.

Police found four University of Florida students in the school president’s luxury skybox at the campus football stadium without permission, and at least two had collected souvenirs and alcohol from the suite, court records said.

University of Florida Police are investigating a wave of e-bike and e-scooter thefts across campus, with officials reporting the theft of 20 bikes and scooters in the last two weeks from outside dorms and classroom buildings.

Police arrested a Gainesville Uber driver Wednesday on a charge of sexual battery.

On Thursday, GPD released the bodycam footage of a K9 attack on a homeless woman, following an internal investigation.