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Alter Ego Fitness donating equipment to YMCA
By Nicole Cruz | Apr. 5, 2018Steve Szanca received a call in March from a man saying he had some equipment to donate to the North Central Florida YMCA.
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St. Francis Pet Care to build new clinic to meet demand
By Jessica Giles | Apr. 5, 2018With 800 cats and dogs running around, St. Francis Pet Care is organized chaos.
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K-12 EDUCATION
High school students voice concerns with school safety
By Elliott Nasby | Apr. 5, 2018Brandon Shavers knows what loss feels like after his friend took her life a year ago.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD arrests man after he fled a traffic stop a week ago
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 4, 2018An Archer man was arrested Tuesday, a week after he drove away from a traffic stop and told officers he used a razor blade to cut crack cocaine, Gainesville Police said.
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Sen. Keith Perry tells UF students he’ll work to add on-campus early voting polls
By Romy Ellenbogen | Apr. 4, 2018State Sen. Keith Perry (District 8, Republican) said he will make it his job to bring early voting locations to colleges and universities as he and other local politicians debated how to get college students to vote early.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: 10 shots fired in apartment complex, no fatalities
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 3, 2018Gainesville Police are investigating an attempted homicide between a boyfriend and girlfriend that took place on Sunday.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD partners with company to answer mental health calls
By Jessica Giles | Apr. 3, 2018A new partnership between Gainesville Police Department and Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, a health care provider, will change how police responds to calls involving a mental health crisis.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD to review, change policy on handling non-citizens
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 3, 2018The Gainesville Police Department released a statement Tuesday morning saying it will work to revise its policy for dealing with non-citizens.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: Guatemalan national kicked girlfriend, kept her from leaving apartment
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 2, 2018Gainesville Police is investigating the immigration status of the Guatemalan nationals involved in an arrest Sunday.
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POLITICS
Director of National Institutes of Health speaks at UF
By David Hoffman | Apr. 2, 2018Dr. Francis Collins remembers playing guitar and singing Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” at a dinner party in front of three U.S. Supreme Court chief justices — not long after the landmark 2015 decision to allow same-sex marriage nationwide.
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New theater coming to Gainesville
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 1, 2018A Regal Entertainment Group movie theater is opening in Gainesville at Celebration Pointe and offering preview screenings to benefit charities ahead of its grand opening.
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Exhibit opens to show what sexual assault survivors wore during attack
By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 1, 2018The simple black dress pinned onto a board caught Erin Andres’ eye as she made her way around the artwork displayed at the Civic Media Center, located at 433 S. Main St., on Friday night.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
UF student accused of drunk driving in the wrong direction
By Meryl Kornfield | Apr. 1, 2018A UF student was charged with drunk driving early Friday after she was accused of driving in the wrong direction, Gainesville Police said.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Man detained by police after possible hostage situation
By Amanda Rosa | Apr. 1, 2018A man was arrested Sunday afternoon after police responded to a domestic violence and possible hostage situation, Gainesville Police said.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police investigate after woman shot in leg
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 29, 2018Gainesville Police are looking for a shooter after officers found a woman shot in the leg at about midnight Wednesday at an East Gainesville apartment complex.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Man walks an hour away from a hit-and-run crash
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 29, 2018A Gainesville man was charged with crashing into a motorcyclist, who is not expected to survive his injuries, and walking away from the wreck, Gainesville Police said.
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Gainesville commissioners gather for “Rick’s Recession Tour”
By Jessica Curbelo | Mar. 28, 2018City Commissioner David Arreola remembers sitting at his college graduation ceremony surrounded by his schoolmates. They were all worried, wondering if the time and money they put into their degrees would get them jobs after.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD arrests man a day after hotel clerk assaulted
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 27, 2018A Gainesville man was arrested a Tuesday after a hotel clerk was attacked Monday morning. Gainesville Police said he left his phone at the scene.
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BUSINESS
New apartment complex on Southwest 13th announced
By Jessica Giles | Mar. 27, 2018Students could have another apartment complex to choose from come Summer 2020.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD faces understaffing, sees rise in violent crime reports
By Amanda Rosa | Mar. 27, 2018Although Heather Fitts came to Gainesville Police Department’s town hall to ask about after-school programs, she learned about a decrease in the number of officers employed and increase in violent crime reports.
