Midtown Apartments residents fear security breach, management denies allegations
By Mickenzie Hannon | Aug. 1, 2022Alachua County Sheriff’s Office received 132 calls to the apartment site since May 2019.
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UF student arrested on sexual assault, kidnapping charges
By Mickenzie Hannon | July 21, 2022
City split on residential zoning changes
By Mickenzie Hannon | July 18, 2022
Voting for dummies, except you’re a top five student
By Mickenzie Hannon | June 27, 2022
Police still searching for shooter in Newberry homicide
By Mickenzie Hannon | June 18, 2022More Metro
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Alleged Gainesville rapist and kidnapper deemed incompetent for trial
By Mickenzie Hannon | June 9, 2022The man accused of raping a woman at Gainesville Place Apartments and kidnapping another woman near UF campus last September will not stand trial until a judge deems him mentally competent.
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Florida artist to memorialize UF professor and replace Confederate statue
By Mickenzie Hannon | June 6, 2022A sculpture dedicated to a Gainesville activist and African American studies professor will replace a confederate soldier statue that used to sit downtown.
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Florida hit-and-run crashes increased in 2021
By Troy Myers | Feb. 4, 2022The start of hit-and-run awareness month brings concerning news: fatalities from hit-and-runs have risen in Florida since 2018. In 2021, there was about a 17% increase of total hit-and-run crashes, about an 18% increase of fatalities and a 20% increase of all serious injuries compared to 2020, the Feb. 1 FLHSMV press release said.
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Hawthorne woman killed by tractor-trailer on highway
By Troy Myers | Jan. 7, 2022A 49-year-old Hawthorne woman was hit by a tractor-trailer as she was standing by a mailbox on U.S. Route 301 near Northeast 78th Place, according to a Florida Highway Patrol press release released Wednesday.
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Gainesville sister city program pursues statue construction after initial rejection
By Antonia LaRocca | May 26, 2021Students from Gainesville and Duhok, Iraq, worked together on an art submission through a virtual exchange program.
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Gainesville ranked fifth best small metro in the country
By Isha Choksi | Nov. 25, 2013The annual College Destination Index by the American Institute for Economic Research ranked Gainesville the fifth small metro area in the country for 2013-2014.
