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Gainesville Sun
April 11, 2018
“I think despite the rainy weather, we had a great turnout in Newberry,” said Hersom, an associate professor in the animal sciences department at the University of Florida. “The citizens did a great job of braving the weather.” He said the turnout may have been a result of the positive messages aboutÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
April 11, 2018
James Anthony “Jimmy” Scandirito is suspected in the death of his father, a disgraced former Michigan judge. A 49-year-old man wanted for the murder of his father, a disgraced former Michigan judge, in Boca Raton was caught on Interstate 75 near Gainesville Monday. An Alachua County sheriff's deputyÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
April 11, 2018
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Gainesville Sun
April 11, 2018
Court documents show that Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Bill Cervone will seek the death penalty for a 23-year-old Gainesville man charged with killing two ... Cervone said new Florida statutes gave him just 45 days after Plummer's arraignment to decide whether to seek the state's toughest penalty.
Gainesville Sun
April 11, 2018
TALLAHASSEE — Florida senior catcher JJ Schwarz may hope to see Florida State a few more times in the Super Regionals. If that doesn't happen, Schwarz and the rest of the Gators can look back on 2018 as another season when they swept the rival Seminoles. Schwarz added a pair of big insuranceÃâà...
Miami Herald
April 11, 2018
Not a good idea for one Florida woman. Deputies say a Gainesville woman took LSD, and then stole toys and a $300 wedding ring from the house of the child she was babysitting, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office. Lorena Margarita Montealegre, 27, was under the influence of the psychedelicÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
April 11, 2018
A Gainesville sex offender was arrested Tuesday after police said he had molested a child prior his previous conviction. Cordero Quatez Boone, 26, touched the child, whose age and sex were not disclosed in the redacted report, and told the child to touch themselves “in the bathroom,” according to theÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
April 11, 2018
A Gainesville man was arrested Tuesday after police say he choked his pregnant girlfriend for at least one minute. Tevon Anthony Guidry, 21, was charged with domestic battery by strangulation and aggravated battery on a pregnant female. Guidry and the woman got into an argument after he told her toÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
April 10, 2018
The previous Gainesville record for rain during one day in April was 4.85 inches, set in April of 1949. It was 4.95 inches Monday. Monday's heavy downpours led to a record-breaking day in Gainesville. The 24-hour period brought 4.95 inches of rain to Gainesville, said Will Corless, a meteorologist at theÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
April 8, 2018
A Gainesville man accused of inappropriately touching a girl was arrested Friday night by the Alachua County Sheriff's Office. Daniel Joseph Sanetz, 46, 2329 NW 40th Place, was charged with lewd and lascivious battery of a victim age 12 to 16, according to an arrest report. The incident occurred a fewÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Gainesville mid-day Saturday for a rally and march to call for stricter gun laws. Their rally were one of about 800 such “March for Our Lives” protests and marches around the United States and elsewhere in response to the mass shooting on Feb. 14 at MarjoryÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
Gainesville-based small businesses also must find new ways to compete, such as emphasizing the value of shopping locally. As student-oriented development transforms West University Avenue and other neighborhoods around the University of Florida, our community must recommit to supporting locallyÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
Florida held its third open practice of the spring Saturday, energetically going at it in full pads for a little more than two-and-a-half hours. Here are some observations: • One of the most noticeable things was the overall play of the wide receivers. It appears they are receiving much better coaching than theyÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
The Florida senior star swam to first place — and his latest record — at the NCAA men's championships Saturday. Dressel won the men's 100-yard freestyle in 39.90 seconds, becoming the first man to break 40 seconds. “I happy with it,” Dressel said of his record time. “It's a hard meet. Coach (Gregg) TroyÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
“People want school security, right now,” said Andrea Messina, executive director of the Florida School Boards Association. ... and spend their work hours at the school, and the larger high schools — Buchholz, Eastside and Gainesville — along with the A. Quinn Jones Center, are assigned two officers.
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
The Florida junior hit an opposite field grand slam in the bottom of the first Saturday and No. 2 Florida never looked back, trouncing No. 4 Arkansas 17-2 to set up the rubber game today at noon at McKethan Stadium. “Sitting fastball. It was a good pitch,” India said. “He's a good pitcher. He just put it where IÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
After Georgia claimed a series over Florida last weekend in Athens, the No. 6-ranked UF softball team didn't waste any time getting back to its dominant ways. Florida opened a four-run lead in the first inning and never looked back in claiming the first game of the weekend series against the No. 8 TexasÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 25, 2018
On Saturday, the two joined the local March for Our Lives event in Gainesville's Bo Diddley Plaza. ... Less than a year ago, the University of Florida freshmen walked the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — the same halls 13 students and four faculty members walked when they were killed byÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 23, 2018
The Gainesville Offshore Fishing Club's monthly meeting Monday will feature Florida Sportsman Magazine host, Capt. Rick Ryals, as its speaker. The well-known Jacksonville charter captain will explain the highly specialized tricks associated with high-speed trolling for striking fish off Florida's northeastÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 4, 2018
Zaedyn Graham, 7, enjoys the fire hose as firefighter Sam Harper explains putting out fires during the annual Firefighter for a Day event at Alachua County Fire Rescue Department training facility at Lofton High School in Gainesville, Florida Saturday March 3, 2018. Kids got to learn about firefighting byÃâà...
WAVE 3
March 4, 2018
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jalen Hudson scored 22 points, Chris Chiozza broke the school's all-time assist record and Florida beat No. 23 Kentucky 80-67 on Saturday, ... Regardless, the loss won't sit well with coach John Calipari, whose team failed to match Florida's energy and effort on "Senior Day.
Gainesville Sun
March 4, 2018
The retail sector in Gainesville is growing out of the slump from the Great Recession. The monthly number of retail employees peaked in 2007 at 14,875 but fell to 13,176 by 2013. Since then, the retail employee base has rebounded, according to figures from the Florida Department of Economic OpportunityÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 4, 2018
Sprawling retail developments linked by a new bridge over Interstate 75 promise to reshape the shopping experience in Gainesville. Some of the anchor tenants ... “We see this as a place to celebrate so many things, from gradutations to (University of Florida) sports teams,” McIntosh said. “This is a place toÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 3, 2018
A Gainesville man was arrested after police say he purchased five pounds of marijuana for $12,500 and trafficked at least 28 grams of cocaine. Austin J. Marino, 30, used a cellphone to sell and purchase drugs from about Aug. 2016 to Jan. 2017, a sworn complaint affidavit filed by the Gainesville PoliceÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 3, 2018
Plummer is accused of killing Jude Onyegbulum Osuji Jr., 28, and Robert Earl Brumbaugh, 61, in the office at Summer Place Villas, and kidnapping a 19-year-old employee. The man suspected in the Feb. 13 fatal shooting of two Gainesville apartment complex employees in a dispute over eviction wasÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
The Florida Highway Patrol was dispatched to the crash at 11:13 a.m., according to its website. Alachua County Fire Rescue and Gainesville Fire Rescue also responded. GFR reported on Twitter that at least one patient had to be extricated from a vehicle. The crash occurred near the 53rd Avenue overpassÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
Kevin Enge, a Gainesville-based research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, may know as much about the Cedar Key skink as anyone. It's been found on seven islands — Cedar Key and adjoining Airport Island plus Seahorse Key, Snake Key, Scale Key, North Key andÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
Gainesville's city commissioners have grown frustrated with state lawmakers and their inaction to pass stricter gun reform laws to help prevent more mass ... The commission unanimously voted to send a letter to the Florida Legislature and draw up a resolution calling for stricter laws, including banningÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
Democrats Jason Haeseler and Shreyas Amol Kumar Jethwani have filed to run for District 21 of the Florida House. They will meet in the Aug. ... and protecting Florida waters. He said that Clemons, overall, doesn't hold the same political beliefs as those living in Gainesville and shouldn't represent the area.
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
Von “Aspen” Ruder, at the center of a community issue revolving around a large number of rabbits roaming the Stephen Foster neighborhood, pets one of the 20-plus rabbits he keeps on his property, in Gainesville Feb. 23. Ruder went before Gainesville commissioners Thursday asking for a waiver from aÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
Sean Douglas Cartee was arrested on charges of sexual battery, domestic battery by strangulation and simple battery. A 24-year-old Gainesville man was arrested early Thursday morning after police say he raped a woman at knifepoint Monday and choked the same woman so she'd “listen to him”Ãâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
Florida will be even more thin in the frontcourt when it faces Kentucky on Saturday in its regular-season finale at the O'Connell Center. Redshirt freshman forward Dontay Bassett was diagnosed with a concussion Thursday and will not play against the Wildcats. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound Bassett suffered theÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 2, 2018
The newly proposed internal grant submission rules (48 hours before external submission) to the University of Florida Office of Research is a two-edged sword. I predict it will reduce our competitive ... Let me say, I've lived on the east side of Gainesville, on and off, for years. My family and friends also liveÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 1, 2018
Dustin Thomas Alden Murphey was arrested on charges of domestic battery by strangulation and preventing communication to law enforcement. A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday after police say he began choking his wife while she slept. Dustin Thomas Alden Murphey, 28, choked the womanÃâà...
Gainesville Sun
March 1, 2018
Mac Johnson, 50, is set for sentencing May 29 at the federal building in Gainesville, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. ... avoid paying more than $1.7 million in federal income, Medicare and Social Security taxes, and more than $1 million in Florida worker compensation premiums.
Gainesville Sun
February 27, 2018
A Gainesville osteopathic physician and his ex-wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding health care benefit programs of $4.4 million through fraudulent claims. Christopher Canova, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced Monday the indictment of Erik M.
WCJB
December 31, 1999
"I want everybody to know that I feel like there is so much good support in Gainesville and that we are really on a path towards Gainesville being a really great city,” Simmons said. With tears in his eyes after seeing the unofficial results, Budd showed his support for his opponent. "I think Gail will be good forÃâà...
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