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Gainesville will pick one of these six options to honor Tom Petty
By Remi Storch | Mar. 18, 2018The City of Gainesville is asking the public how to honor rock legend Tom Petty.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: UF student accessed child porn from UF printing lab
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 18, 2018A UF student was charged Friday with possessing child pornography, which investigators said he accessed once from a UF printing lab IP address, Gainesville Police said.
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GPD: Suspected shooter at Windsor Terrace apartments arrested near Southwest 20th Avenue
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 18, 2018Following a four-hour standoff with police officers, a Gainesville man was arrested for allegedly shooting at a man he knew Sunday afternoon.
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This Winn-Dixie is closing in Gainesville
By Christi-Anne Weatherly | Mar. 18, 2018Parker Kaleo goes to Winn-Dixie every other week to pick up milk because the 2002 SW 34th St. location is conveniently close to where he lives at the Ridge Apartments.
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POLITICS
Who will win the upcoming city elections? Here’s what former Alachua County politicians think
By Amanda Rosa | Mar. 18, 2018An online panel of Alachua County and Gainesville politicians and political experts predicted City Commissioners Charles Goston and Harvey Budd will be re-elected in Tuesday’s municipal election.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Southwest 20th Avenue closed as police negotiate with shooter inside Windsor Terrace apartment
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 18, 2018Updates:
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
RTS drivers are asking Gainesville city officials for change
By McKenna Beery | Mar. 16, 2018Gainesville Regional Transit System bus drivers showed up unexpectedly to the Gainesville City Commission meeting Thursday to speak about their concerns with insufficient wages, being overworked and not being respected.
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Here’s what will replace Leonardo’s
By Amanda Rosa | Mar. 15, 2018Clay Martin has been coming to Leo’s once a month since his first semester in college, Fall 2015, for his “sweet and sour” Greek slice. Topped with feta cheese, banana peppers and olives, the Greek has been Martin’s favorite slice since the beginning.
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K-12 EDUCATION
‘How long before I die?’
By Jessica Giles | Mar. 15, 2018Whenever Catherine Sarosi heard a fire alarm at school, she’d grab her things, roll her eyes and trek to her assigned location while her classmates groaned at the inconvenience.
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Wawa could open three locations in Gainesville soon
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 15, 2018Gainesville Publix locations will face a rival to their signature sub when three planned Wawa stores bring their hoagies to Gainesville.
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POLITICS
Gainesville students marched for gun reform
By David Hoffman | Mar. 14, 2018For 17 minutes, about 100 Eastside High School students, arms linked, stood silent in their school courtyard Wednesday morning. Catherine Sarosi, 18, had never heard her classmates so quiet.
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She sent Gainesville High uniforms to African kids. Now she wants to give them their own.
By Amanda Rosa | Mar. 14, 2018Rita Philips was checking her email Friday night, when she found a message in her inbox that made her cry.
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This South Florida-based restaurant is coming to Gainesville
By Sabrina Conza | Mar. 13, 2018Laura Botero is already planning to take her girlfriend to Gainesville’s Miami Grill when it opens in April.
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The PACE Center for Girls looks to expand
By Christina Morales | Mar. 13, 2018Tynesha Owens-Vurse said the staff at the PACE Center for Girls, Alachua, used to call her a butterfly.
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RTS bus with about 15 passengers crashes with SUV, both drive into ditch
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 11, 2018A bus carrying at least 15 passengers ended up in a ditch Wednesday morning at the 300 block of Northeast 39th Avenue, Gainesville Police said.
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POLITICS
Meet The Candidate: Gigi Simmons, City Commission District 1
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 11, 2018Gigi Simmons didn’t just want to be a single mother without an education. She wasn’t going to be a statistic.
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Meet The Candidate: Charles Goston, City Commission District 1
By Elliott Nasby | Mar. 11, 2018Charles Goston doesn’t care if you remember his name in ten years — so long as the effect he had in Gainesville is everlasting.
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Meet The Candidate: Tyra Edwards, City Commission District 1
By Jessica Giles | Mar. 11, 2018Tyra Edwards earned her nickname “Ty Loudd” for being a prominent voice of District 1. Now she wants to take that voice to the City Commission.
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Meet The Candidate: Harvey Budd, City Commission at-large
By Robert Lewis | Mar. 11, 2018Commissioner at large and Mayor Pro Tempore Harvey Budd is running for re-election because he feels incomplete.
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Meet The Candidate: Gail Johnson, City Commission at-large
By Amanda Rosa | Mar. 11, 2018Politics wasn’t on Gail Johnson’s radar until the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
