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Wawa convenience store may be coming to Gainesville
By Robert Lewis | Feb. 5, 2018A popular convenience store may be coming to Gainesville to fill your tank – and your stomach.
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Using a UF reference, judge says Florida cannot pick and choose which felons get to vote
By Amanda Rosa | Feb. 5, 2018A judge struck down Florida’s process of granting and denying voting rights to former felons while making a reference to his alma mater.
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APD arrests member of gang for shooting five people
By Robert Lewis | Feb. 4, 2018An Alachua man was arrested for a five-person shooting in the city about three weeks ago, Alachua Police said.
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Visitors experience life in the 1870s at history event
By Laiz Do Carmo | Feb. 4, 2018For the past decade, Angelica Torres and Rudy Volenec have made the five-hour drive from Miami to Gainesville to travel back in time.
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Toddlers pet reptiles, jump like frogs during city educational program
By Rachel Chang | Feb. 4, 2018Sitting in a circle, 2-year-old Evan Bickford patiently waited to pet Lt. Dan, a red rat snake.
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Local students design toys for children with disabilities
By Lauren Staff | Feb. 4, 2018Jackson Fugate helped engineer a toy Jeep to start by pressing a steering wheel button instead of a pedal for children who are bound to wheelchairs to ride.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
For first time in at least two decades, three black women running against commission incumbents
By Jessica Giles | Feb. 4, 2018Three black women will challenge two incumbents in the City of Gainesville regular election in March. Five candidates have qualified for the March 20 election, and for the first time in about two decades, all of the challengers are black women, according to city records.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ACSO: Man stabs wife and then cuts himself
By Robert Lewis | Feb. 4, 2018A Gainesville man was arrested for trying to kill his wife early Saturday, Alachua County Sheriff's Office said.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Woman who crashed into mailboxes, bank likely won’t be charged, police said
By Robert Lewis | Feb. 4, 2018A woman facing an unknown medical emergency drove a van over several mailboxes before crashing into a bank Friday morning, Gainesville Police said.
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The city is trying to redevelop East Gainesville with this $2 million complex
By Veronika Vernachio | Feb. 4, 2018A $2 million complex is being built in East Gainesville as part of an initiative to redevelop the area.
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City and county commissions debate representation on development board
By Amanda Rosa | Feb. 1, 2018City of Gainesville and Alachua County commissioners are in disagreement over a bill in the Florida House of Representatives.
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Local officials consider initiatives to boost funding for public schools
By Jessica Giles | Feb. 1, 2018Local officials are considering several ways to raise money for Alachua County Public Schools facilities.
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Alachua County Public Schools receive second round of flu shots
By Amanda Rosa | Jan. 31, 2018Alachua County Public School students will be able to receive free flu shots for the second time this school year starting Wednesday.
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Congressman Ted Yoho and wife uninjured during train crash in Virginia
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 31, 2018Congressman Ted Yoho, who represents Alachua County, was among several Republican Congress members aboard an Amtrak train that crashed Wednesday morning in Virginia, resulting in at least one death and no reported injuries, according to CNN.
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Some GRU customers saw an increase in their utility bill. Here’s why.
By Jessica Giles | Jan. 30, 2018Receiving a costly utility bill means tough choices for Sarah Dean.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Motorcyclist dies after crash on Southwest 13th Street
By Robert Lewis | Jan. 30, 2018A motorcycle and a sedan crashed on Southwest 13th Street Tuesday night, and the motorcyclist died at the hospital from injuries.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
A 15-year-old faces a murder charge for the first of two related Alachua shootings
By David Hoffman | Jan. 30, 2018An Alachua teenager was charged with murder after two shootings within a two-day span left one dead and five injured, including two children and a UF student’s nephew.
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Police: A Gainesville man thought teens messed with his car, so he pulled out a gun.
By Robert Lewis | Jan. 29, 2018A Gainesville man confronted a group of about seven teenagers on a basketball court Sunday afternoon and shot the ground near their feet, Gainesville Police said.
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UPD: Seven others charged in UF parking fraud ring
By Robert Lewis | Jan. 28, 2018Seven additional people were charged as part of a parking fraud ring that led to an arrest of a UF Transportation and Parking Services employee in March.
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Florida voters will get the chance to vote on felon voting rights in November
By Amanda Rosa | Jan. 28, 2018Jhody Polk was sentenced to eight years in prison for home invasion and theft in 2007.
