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Gunshot fired at Midtown's Club Envy on Saturday
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 23, 2014Kaitlin Deglman’s birthday celebration went out with a bang.
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Gainesville advocates push for dating violence awareness
By Abigail Doupnik | Feb. 23, 2014Outshined by a month that glorifies relationships, February is also Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and locals advocates are offering advice to to raise awareness.
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Former Gators football player found with marijuana, police say
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 23, 2014Gainesville Police arrested former Gators football player Deonte Antwon Thompson early Saturday morning after officers found marijuana in the car he was riding in.
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Experimental film festival FLEXfest highlights international curators
By Jesslyn Wade | Feb. 23, 2014This year’s Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival brought six different international curators for its 10th anniversary this weekend.
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Volta owner to judge annual barista competition in Italy
By Brooke Baitinger | Feb. 23, 2014A local coffee shop owner is rising above the daily grind.
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Project Makeover: Volunteers renovate Sidney Lanier Center
By Olivia Muenter | Feb. 23, 2014More than 1,300 volunteers came together during the weekend to help renovate Sidney Lanier Center as part of the seventh annual Project Makeover, a student-run nonprofit organization that renovates one Alachua County school each year.
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Gainesville Police arrest California man with 53 pounds of marijuana
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 20, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a 72-year-old San Francisco man Wednesday after discovering he was carrying duffel bags filled with 53 pounds of marijuana.
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Matheson Museum Pleasant Street exhibit remembers area’s rich history
By Robin Andrews | Feb. 20, 2014Isaac Jones lives in the echoes of Pleasant Street’s heyday.
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Student reprimanded after tussle with Turlington preacher
By Kathryn Varn | Feb. 19, 2014University Police filed a sworn complaint charging a student with disorderly conduct after he confronted a belligerent street preacher Wednesday afternoon on Turlington Plaza.
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Body of missing FSU student found in Tallahassee building
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Feb. 18, 2014The Florida State University student who went missing two weeks ago was found dead Tuesday morning by Tallahassee Police.
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Michael Dunn trial draws Gainesville locals reactions
By Beatrice Dupuy | Feb. 18, 2014About two hours south of Gainesville, there was Trayvon Martin. About an hour north and 10 months later, there was Jordan Davis.
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UF Ph.D. student jailed in child porn discovery
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 18, 2014Gainesville Police arrested a UF Ph.D. student Tuesday morning after officers reported he accessed child pornography on his laptop.
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Gainesville reflects statewide tourism rise
By Christian Cooper | Feb. 18, 2014Last year was record-setting for Florida tourism, and some ripples have reached the Swamp.
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Number of Florida beekeepers nearly triples as bee health declines
By Kelsey Martinez | Feb. 18, 2014The buzz about the decreasing honeybee population has motivated some Floridians to invest in a new hobby.
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Lake Butler man dies, three others injured in I-75 accident
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 18, 2014A Lake Butler man died and three people were injured early Tuesday after a semitruck crashed into a pickup on Interstate 75.
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Candidates talk biomass plant, GRU rates at Black Caucus debate
By Beatrice Dupuy | Feb. 17, 2014Candidates for the March city elections discussed Gainesville’s state of affairs Monday night at the Alachua County Democratic Black Caucus debate.
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Free food alert: Firehouse subs today
By Ashley Kobza | Feb. 17, 2014Firehouse Subs is giving away free sandwiches today.
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Alabama man circling a Gainesville Hardee’s arrested for cocaine
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 17, 2014Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies arrested an Alabama man Monday morning after police said he was “tweaking” on drugs and driving in circles around a Hardee’s parking lot.
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New downtown Gainesville sculpture ‘Luna’ keeps its eyes on passersby
By Andrea Sarcos | Feb. 17, 2014Two fiddlers played music to the crowd of local artists and art enthusiasts Sunday evening during the unveiling of an art sculpture downtown.
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Man steals by way of trash chute into the Continuum apartment complex
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 16, 2014A man in a series of burglaries this weekend snuck into the Continuum apartment complex through a trash chute and stole a recycling cart, police reported.
