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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

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Allegiant Air flight makes emergency landing at Gainesville Regional Airport

An Allegiant Air flight made an emergency landing Thursday morning in Gainesville due to a medical emergency.Flight 1304 landed at the Gainesville Regional Airport at 8:39 a.m. The plane departed from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport about two hours prior, according to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website. The original destination was headed to Punta Gorda, Florida.Gainesville Fire Rescue received a call at 8:24 a.m. and were told that a crew member was having a medical emergency. According to Gainesville Fire’s Twitter, the pilot suffered from a seizure. GFR District Chief Don Campbell declined to elaborate on the patient’s condition.


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METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Two males allegedly broke into house, stole dog

Gainesville police arrested two young men on Memorial Day for allegedly breaking into someone’s home and stealing their dog.A witness saw Kaylan Gandy, 22, and Deven Collins, 21, allegedly knocking on the front door of a house along Northwest Eighth Avenue. According to the report, they tried to turn the door knob, but it seemed to be locked.The witness stated she lost sight of Gandy and Collins when they walked around to the back of the house. While they were out of sight, she reportedly heard four “pops” that sounded like glass breaking.



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