METRO
Severe storms cause power outages in west Gainesville
By Amanda Rosa | Mar. 19, 20187:25 p.m. Monday Update:
COVID-19
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SOFTBALL
Gators softball team avoids getting swept by Bulldogs on Sunday
By Mark Stine | Mar. 19, 2018The sun shined brightly in Athens, Georgia, on Sunday afternoon as Florida’s softball team came up to bat in the top of the first inning at Jack Turner Stadium.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Losing upperclassman leaders hurts Gators' prospects moving forward
By Jake Dreilinger | Mar. 18, 2018Florida coach Mike White said something at Saturday’s postgame press conference that made me realize just how far removed this team was from last season’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight run.
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
Gators hold off Vanderbilt in dramatic conference matchup
By Dylan Rudolph | Mar. 18, 2018Over a thousand swings were taken in Sunday’s match, but for Florida, it came down to just one during the last singles match of the day.
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CAMPUS
UF students are hunting for treasures around campus
By Christine Skofronick | Mar. 18, 2018Sherry Kao counted the steps from Turlington Plaza to the second floor of the University Auditorium on Feb. 20.
METRO
Gainesville will pick one of these six options to honor Tom Petty
By Remi Storch | Mar. 18, 2018The City of Gainesville is asking the public how to honor rock legend Tom Petty.
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Florida women’s golf struggles after tournament win
By Chris O'Brien | Mar. 18, 2018Last week, the Florida Gators women’s golf team won the SunTrust Gator Invitational while setting a tournament record by shooting even par. The week before, it ran away with a win at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship. This week at the Evans Derby Experience in Auburn, Alabama, however, an entirely different narrative was written.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: UF student accessed child porn from UF printing lab
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 18, 2018A UF student was charged Friday with possessing child pornography, which investigators said he accessed once from a UF printing lab IP address, Gainesville Police said.
METRO
GPD: Suspected shooter at Windsor Terrace apartments arrested near Southwest 20th Avenue
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 18, 2018Following a four-hour standoff with police officers, a Gainesville man was arrested for allegedly shooting at a man he knew Sunday afternoon.
METRO
This Winn-Dixie is closing in Gainesville
By Christi-Anne Weatherly | Mar. 18, 2018Parker Kaleo goes to Winn-Dixie every other week to pick up milk because the 2002 SW 34th St. location is conveniently close to where he lives at the Ridge Apartments.
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EDITORIALS
Start taking care of yourself. Really, do it. It’s time.
Mar. 18, 2018We all have our breaking points. We all have a threshold that, if crossed, will cause us to feel overwhelmed and defeated.
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COLUMNS
When teachers speak, we need to listen
Mar. 18, 2018Lots of news can get lost in the shuffle these days, but I hope this piece won’t. Beginning late last month and stretching past the first week of March, teachers across West Virginia went on strike to demand better salaries, benefits and a stop to charter-school expansion, among other demands.
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OTHER SPORTS TENNIS
UF women’s tennis defeats Tennessee in Knoxville
By River Wells | Mar. 18, 2018In the Gators’ match against Georgia on Friday, freshman McCartney Kessler watched the rest of her team lose after scoring the lone point for Florida. Against Tennessee on Friday, she made sure it didn’t happen a second time.
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COLUMNS
The negative mental health effect of an unwanted pregnancy is worse than that of an abortion
Mar. 18, 2018A new landmark study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shows that abortions in the U.S. are safe and have few complications. It examines the four major methods used for abortions in this country, as well as women’s care from before the procedure through follow-up care.
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COLUMNS
Are alligators more dangerous than you think?
Mar. 18, 2018In 1947, Dr. Ross Allen, founder of The Reptile Institute at Silver Springs, donated an alligator nicknamed “Albert” to the University of Florida. Before kickoff of every home football game, Albert was strapped to a leash and would lead the team onto the field. He was then kept on the sidelines for the rest of the game. A chain-link pen was even built near Century Tower to keep the gator.
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OTHER SPORTS GOLF
Gators finish sixth at Schenkel after recovering on final two days
By Sam Campisano | Mar. 18, 2018It was damage limitation mode for the No. 8 Florida men’s golf team after a brutal opening round at the Schenkel Invitational in Statesboro, Georgia.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Chiozza era comes to close with Gators’ elimination from NCAA Tournament
By Benjamin Brandt | Mar. 18, 2018The Florida men’s basketball team has unlaced its dancing shoes.
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POLITICS
Who will win the upcoming city elections? Here’s what former Alachua County politicians think
By Amanda Rosa | Mar. 18, 2018An online panel of Alachua County and Gainesville politicians and political experts predicted City Commissioners Charles Goston and Harvey Budd will be re-elected in Tuesday’s municipal election.
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OTHER SPORTS LACROSSE
Gators lacrosse team survives close call at Vanderbilt
By Tyler Nettuno | Mar. 18, 2018Florida’s lacrosse team hadn’t lost a regular season conference game since falling to Connecticut 11-10 on April 18, 2015.
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BASEBALL
Behind strong pitching, Florida’s baseball team claims SEC-opening series over South Carolina
By Ethan Bauer | Mar. 18, 2018The ball rocketed off Jacob Olson’s bat like a satellite designed for orbit.
