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Roommates don’t deserve the bad rap

By Chasity Maynard | Apr. 4, 2019

We’ve all heard the horror stories of the drug dealers, the womanizers, the slobs, the weird pet owners and the thieves. Roommates are like snowflakes; they come in all shapes and sizes. Unlike snowflakes, however, roommates get a bad rap and aren’t always viewed as special and valuable. This column is going to dispute the negative outlook most people have toward their roommate or roommates, in general. Even if you end up hating your roommate, there is no denying roommates teach you valuable lessons. They’re essential to the college experience, and everyone should have at least one roommate during their undergraduate years.

Lauren Herwitz (center), an 18-year-old UF Health Science and theater freshman and March For Our Lives Gainesville member, protests Florida Senate Bill 7030, which would allow teachers to carry firearms in case of an active shooter, Wednesday afternoon. “I’m almost in tears, this is just incredibly powerful and emotional," she said.

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‘You fight for how you want to live’: March For Our Lives Gainesville protests bill to arm teachers in Tallahassee

By Dana Cassidy | Apr. 3, 2019

The bill was not addressed and was postponed

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Man accused of breaking into his foreclosed house

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 3, 2019

He says the allegations are false.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Woman accused of driving away after telling cops her name is Tequila

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 3, 2019

She has a $25,000 bond.

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LIVE BLOG: March For Our Lives protests in state capitol

By Dana Cassidy | Apr. 3, 2019

About 20 UF students and Gainesville residents are participating

Chris Rose opposes the plastic ban and offered other options to the Alachua County Commission during its meeting on Tuesday.

METRO | CITY COUNTY COMMISSION

Alachua County Commission proposes single-use plastic ban

By Josephine Fuller | Apr. 2, 2019

It hopes to follow Gainesville’s suit

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Woman accused of drunk driving with child in car

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 2, 2019

A woman was accused of being intoxicated while swerving in and out of her lane with a child in the car Sunday.

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

GPD: Man pulls out knife on someone for touching his beer

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 2, 2019

He has a $40,000 bond

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Man accused of sexting two minors, having sex with one

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 2, 2019

He has a $1,302,000 bond

Kenneth Sassaman, an 86-year-old Korean War veteran and Gainesville resident, listens to a speaker Saturday at the Vietnam Veterans Tribute event at Veterans Memorial Park, 7400 SW 41st Place. Sassaman served in the U.S. Army in the 25th division and 27th regiment, which was known as the “Wolfhounds.” “When these Vietnam veterans came home, they were treated like dirt,” he said. “Their recognition for them is fantastic. They deserve it. More than deserve it.”

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Alachua County Vietnam veterans attend first tribute

By Josephine Fuller | Mar. 31, 2019

More than 500 veterans on motorcycles attended

Jose Hernandez, a performer from Iztacalco, Mexico, stares down the camera Saturday after performing a traditional Mashika dance during the inaugural Gainesville Native American Festival at the Alachua County Fairgrounds, 3100 NE 39th Ave. The event celebrated Native American culture with a variety of performances and vendors, and hundreds of people attended the event.

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Native American Festival comes to Gainesville for the first time

By Lina Ruiz | Mar. 31, 2019

More than 4,000 people attended the event

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Woman accused of stealing more than $150,000 from oral surgeon's office

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Mar. 31, 2019

She had a $15,000 bond

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Man accused of causing pregnant woman to fall from car

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Mar. 31, 2019

A Gainesville man was accused of dragging a pregnant woman from a car Thursday.

FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden says he does not recall kissing a Nevada political candidate on the back of her head in 2014. The allegation was made in a New York Magazine article written by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada state representative and the 2014 Democratic nominee for Nevada lieutenant governor. Flores says Biden’s behavior “made me feel uneasy, gross, and confused.”(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

METRO | POLITICS

Joe Biden, please do better.

Mar. 31, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden made Nevada state legislator Lucy Flores feel “uneasy, gross, and confused” at a campaign rally in 2014, according to an essay published by The Cut. Flores explains in her essay that Biden came up from behind her, smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head.