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A mural on the Southwest 34th St. graffiti wall for the victims of the 1990 "Gainesville Ripper" murders is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 12.
METRO  |  CRIMINAL JUSTICE

‘You will never be forgotten’: Community remembers murder victims over 30 years later

Five Gainesville college students were murdered in their apartments along Archer Road in August 1990, and three of them were brutally assaulted by a man dubbed “The Gainesville Ripper.” The Florida Department of Law Enforcement caught the murderer after a nine-month-long search where he, Danny Rolling, was executed by lethal injection in 2006.


Trinity Thomas during a floor routine against Mizzou January 29, 2021. Thomas became the 12th gymnast in NCAA history to score a 10 on each event during her career, earning a perfect mark on the vault Sunday.
SPORTS  |  GYMNASTICS

Florida beats Alabama in historic meet

Hot off a 197.675-193.70 win on Friday, the Gators faced their toughest challenge head-on. Despite the Gators trailing behind in the second and third rotation, they were able to pull off a dramatic comeback of 197.000-196.925 in the final rotation on floor.



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