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County program waives collection fees for one week

By Meagan DiPolo | June 5, 2019

The initiative will waive collection fees on traffic fees and court costs

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Hawthorne man arrested after repeatedly burglarizing home

By Rachael Schirmer | June 5, 2019

He visited the residence at least four times, according to a police report

OPINION | COLUMNS

Is our obsession with true crime ethical?

By Cassidy Hopson | June 5, 2019

For months, I remember coming home from elementary school and excitedly turning on the television each night to hear the same opening words, “Bombshell in the courtroom.”

METRO | CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Ocala woman arrested in Gainesville for stolen vehicle

By Rachael Schirmer | June 5, 2019

She gave a false name to officers during arrest

METRO

Heatwave basketball program keeps Gainesville youth active during summer

By Ashley Lazarski | June 5, 2019

The program teaches both basketball drills and life skills

Gainesville Regional Utilities general manager Edward Bielarski Jr discusses increasing electric rates with the Gainesville City Commission on Wednesday during a meeting. Gas rates will increase by 0.57 percent, wastewater by 0.42 percent and water by 0.44 percent.

METRO | CITY COUNTY COMMISSION

Gainesville city commission votes to increase GRU rate

By Rosmery Izaguirre | June 5, 2019

It was a 4-3 vote

NEWS | CAMPUS

UF Veterinary College partners with Miami-Dade County to care for neglected animals

By Charlie Daffron | June 5, 2019

As part of the program, Miami-Dade County pays UF an annual sum of $120,958.

Taylor Forte, a 21-year-old UF civil engineering senior, prepared a picnic with her fiancé, Trevor Walters, last Thursday evening. After about 30 minutes, an alligator came out of Lake Alice and consumed their entire set up

NEWS | CAMPUS

Gator takes a chomp at couple’s picnic

By Tori Whidden | June 5, 2019

UF students enjoyed a picnic by Lake Alice when an alligator interrupted

OPINION | DARTS LAURELS

Darts & Laurels: June 6, 2019

By Alligator Editorial Board | June 5, 2019

Your one class of the day is finally done. Of course, the sky is dumping water down like the ground is on fire.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Plagiarism in Student Government, part 3

By Zachariah Chou | June 5, 2019

There sure seems to be a lot of plagiarism in Student Government, eh? It’s almost as if there’s this whole entire environment filled with people who don’t care about the rules.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Dear Tyler Kendrick, I sure hope you feel bad

By Zachariah Chou | June 5, 2019

While I was re-learning grammar for the like the third time, the course I was taking made a point to distinguish between “feeling bad” and “feeling badly.”

This undated photo provided by the Broward County, Fla., Sheriff's Office shows Scot Peterson, a former Florida deputy who stood outside instead of confronting the gunman during last year's Parkland school massacre was arrested Tuesday, June 4, 2019, on 11 criminal charges related to his inaction.

METRO

Florida deputy charged for inaction during Parkland shooting

By Curt Anderson | June 4, 2019

MIAMI (AP) — The Florida deputy who knew a gunman was loose at the Parkland high school but refused to go inside to confront the assailant was arrested Tuesday on 11 criminal charges related to his inaction during the massacre that killed 17 people.