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Gainesville’s first indoor trampoline park makes debut
By Mary-Lou Watkinson | Jan. 3, 2017Gainesville residents have a new place to go jump around.
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GPD: Gainesville man stabbed over $10
By Meryl Kornfield | Jan. 1, 2017A married Gainesville couple was arrested Saturday night after a botched $10 drug deal left a man with a stab wound to his chest, Gainesville Police said.
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GPD: Man drives drunk, flips car
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 31, 2016A Gainesville man flipped his car into a ditch when he was driving home drunk from a friend’s house Friday, Gainesville Police said.
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R.I.P. 2016: How to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Gainesville
By Mary-Lou Watkinson | Dec. 31, 2016Gainesville bars and businesses will bid farewell to 2016 on Saturday night and ring in the new year with champagne toasts, a ‘bubble’ drop and music from the likes of David Bowie and Prince.
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ACSO: Woman molested, robbed in Haile Plantation
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 30, 2016During a morning workout in Haile Plantation on Thursday morning, a woman was forced into a wooded area and molested by a homeless man, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
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GPD: Two men arrested for November robberies, burglaries
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 30, 2016Two Live Oaks men were arrested Thursday after video surveillance caught them on a robbing spree in November, Gainesville Police said.
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GPD: During argument, man stabs boyfriend in stomach
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 30, 2016An argument about music ended when a Gainesville man grabbed a knife and stabbed his boyfriend in the stomach Thursday, Gainesville Police said.
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Facing closure, Gainesville YMCA gets extension to raise $1.2 million
By Mary-Lou Watkinson | Dec. 29, 2016The YMCA’s Board of Directors gave a 30-day extension on Wednesday for its Gainesville chapter to continue its fundraising efforts to avoid closure.
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GPD: Former credit union employee steals from deceased
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 29, 2016A former employee of Alliance Credit Union admitted Wednesday to stealing $6,330 from a dead person’s bank account to pay for a new car, Gainesville Police said.
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ACSO: Former Kmart pharmacist steals pills
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 29, 2016For nearly half a year, a Kmart pharmacist stole about 1,400 prescription pills from the store’s pharmacy, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
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GPD: Man arrested in a speedo after harassing a woman
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 29, 2016A Gainesville man — wearing a black speedo and red compression shirt — was arrested Wednesday after trying to seduce a woman in her backyard, Gainesville Police said.
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Adults, child from Bradford County feared dead after plane crash
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 29, 2016Following a plane crash into a Tennessee mountainside Monday, two adults and a child from Bradford County, Florida, are believed to be dead, pending the identification of the bodies found at the scene.
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GPD: UF student breaks into house, found asleep with broom
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 29, 2016After a night out at Midtown on Wednesday, a UF student broke into a house and fell asleep with a broom, Gainesville Police said.
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GPD: Man steals dog, stabs owner
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 28, 2016After attempting to buy — and then stealing — a security guard’s dog Monday, an Alachua man stabbed the guard in the neck, Gainesville Police said.
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GPD: ACSO deputy drives drunk and crashes
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 23, 2016An intoxicated, off-duty Alachua County Sheriff's Office deputy hit a parked car twice, sped down University Avenue and refused field-sobriety tests early Friday morning, Gainesville Police said.
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In spite of Trump’s electoral victory, Gainesville residents not budging
By Mary-Lou Watkinson | Dec. 23, 2016After a failed attempt to persuade Florida electors to cast their ballots against Donald Trump on Monday, a dedicated group of Gainesville residents does not plan to give up on its goal of resisting the president elect’s incoming administration.
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ACSO: Seven stores caught selling alcohol, tobacco to minors
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 23, 2016After a routine check by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, seven stores were caught selling alcohol or tobacco to minors.
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Gainesville community works to save its YMCA
By Molly Vossler | Dec. 23, 2016Gainesville residents and YMCA employees have spent the last week relentlessly trying to save their community center.
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GPD: After rebuff, Gainesville man posted student’s semi-nude photos online
By Meryl Kornfield | Dec. 23, 2016After a woman resisted his romantic advances, a Gainesville man resorted to blackmail, posting semi-nude photos of the college student online and began threatening to share them with law schools that she considered attending, Gainesville Police said.
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UF professors, students react to Berlin market attack
By Katelyn Newberg | Dec. 20, 2016In the aftermath of a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, UF students and professors with ties to Germany mourned the loss of life — while urging others not to blame the attack on refugees.
