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Yvonne Hinson-Rawls was elected to the District 1 seat of the Gainesville City Commission on Tuesday with 1,126 votes — 54.29 percent of the total District 1 votes.

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Emergency workers heroes in Interstate 75 tragedy

By Alli Langley | Jan. 31, 2012

Shands at UF went on red alert at about 5 a.m. Sunday, shortly after poor visibility from dense smoke and fog caused crashes involving about 20 vehicles that killed 10 people.

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District 1 commissioner voted into office

By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 31, 2012

Yvonne Hinson-Rawls won the race for the Gainesville City Commission District 1 seat Tuesday night.

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Polls open Tuesday until 7 p.m.

By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 30, 2012

Today is not only election day for the Florida Republican Presidential Preference Primary, but it is also election day for two seats on the Gainesville City Commission.

The view of Interstate 75 from an Alachua County Sheriff's Office vehicle at the time of the crashes Sunday morning.

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911 call gives chilling details of I-75 accident

Jan. 30, 2012

The Alachua County Sheriff's Office released a 911 call from the Interstate 75 accident Sunday morning. The series of crashes left 10 dead and 21 hospitalized.

The charred wreckage of a semitrailer and an SUV sit on Interstate 75 Sunday afternoon.  The wreck claimed at least ten lives.

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Ten dead in series of multi-vehicle accidents on I-75

By Emily Morrow | Jan. 29, 2012

What started as a brush fire ended in one of the most deadly pile-ups in North Florida history, involving about 20 vehicles and sending 18 people to the hospital.

David Buth, 46, an Alachua County resident, dresses as Azog, a 446-year-old Orc from Moria, for the 26th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire on Saturday afternoon.

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Hoggetowne Medieval Faire draws its biggest first-day crowd

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Jan. 29, 2012

The 26th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire started this weekend and will continue from Friday to Sunday.

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Man charged with loitering, prowling

Jan. 26, 2012

A Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday night after police said he peeped through the window of a woman's apartment.

Eric and Susan Scites practice the glass harp Wednesday afternoon in preparation for the opening of the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. Eric, 49, and his wife, Susan, 47, travel the country demonstrating the instrument.

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Hoggetowne Medieval Faire readying for open

By Benjamin S. Brasch | Jan. 25, 2012

The 26th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire will take place Saturday and Sunday and Feb. 3 to Feb. 5.

Commissioner Randy Wells and assistant director of Facilities, Planning and Construction at UF Linda Dixon discuss Innovation Square on Tuesday afternoon at a special economic development meeting at City Hall.

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City, university officials discuss new district for Innovation Square

By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 24, 2012

City and university officials met Tuesday afternoon to discuss creating a new city district around Gainesville's up-and-coming Innovation Square.

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Organizations giving students free rides for early voting

By Adrianna Paidas | Jan. 23, 2012

Early voting for the Republican Presidential Preference Primary and Gainesville city elections will continue today and run until Saturday.

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Home invasion suspects on suicide watch

Jan. 23, 2012

Two suspects in the home invasion and killing of a 78-year-old Gainesville man are on suicide watch.

Best-selling author and activist Cornel West speaks Friday at Bo Diddley Community Plaza, the home base of the Occupy Gainesville movement.

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Author speaks to Occupiers

Jan. 22, 2012

A 10-foot-tall cardboard skyscraper puppet plastered with corporation logos pumped its huge arms over a chanting crowd at the Alachua County Courthouse on Friday.