How one investigative team leads the fight against child sexual abuse
By Kaysheri Haffner | 7:00amMeet the detective and investigative team behind Gainesville's child sexual abuse arrests.
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BREAKING NEWS
Gainesville Amazon facility cleared after written bomb threat
By Heather Bushman | Sep. 13, 2022Gainesville Police Department officers responded to a written message on a whiteboard in the facility, located at 2121 NW 67th Place near Northside Park off of U.S. Route 441, around 9 a.m., GPD Chief Inspector Jamie Kurnick said. The message indicated the presence of a bomb in the building.
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Police chief suspends K-9 involved in man’s mauling
By Omar Ateyah and Jackson Reyes | July 25, 2022Three days after the man who was mauled by a Gainesville Police Department K-9 was released from jail, the new police chief suspended the dog involved in the incident.
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CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Tense Senate meeting addresses abuse of power investigation
By Sandra McDonald | May 26, 2022UF Student Government senators resumed their weekly meetings Tuesday, and senators grappled over committee recommendations and ethical dilemmas.
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BREAKING NEWS
Internal investigation reveals no policy misconduct in death of former inmate’s baby
By Isabella Douglas | Dec. 1, 2021A four-month-long internal Alachua County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the birth of a newborn behind bars and her eventual death, revealed Tuesday that no misconduct took place inside the jail. However, the mother’s supporters disagree.
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CAMPUS
UF submitted documents in response to its accrediting body’s investigation
By Elena Barrera | Nov. 24, 2021UF submitted a report Tuesday to its accreditation body, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, affirming there was no external influence on its decisions to allow or deny professors to testify as expert witnesses.
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CAMPUS BREAKING NEWS
Congressional subcommittee announces investigation into UF’s academic freedom scandal
By Elena Barrera | Nov. 18, 2021Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter to UF President Kent Fuchs Thursday expressing their deep concern about the recent challenges to academic freedom at the university. The House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which is part of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will be investigating the extent UF has undermined the integrity of academic freedom, according to the letter.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
City commission votes not to fire city manager despite external investigation recommending termination
By Sophie Feinberg | Nov. 24, 2020The external investigation found that he had retaliated against an employee
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NEWS
Investigators probe cause of Moscow jet crash that killed 41
By Jim Heintz | May 6, 2019The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, Russian news media on Monday quoted the pilot as saying.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Deputies release name of man found shot to death on SW Williston Road
By Robert Lewis | Apr. 8, 2018Alachua County Sheriff’s Office released the name of the man shot and killed on Southwest Williston Road on Friday.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
One of four recent assaults found to be unrelated
By Kristan Wiggins | Sep. 11, 2014Gainesville Police and University Police announced Thursday one of the four attacks reported since Aug. 30 was unrelated to the rest.
METRO
Solar businesses emphasize safety following Best Buy fire
By Brooke Austill | Nov. 13, 2013As an investigation continues into the cause of a solar panel fire that closed Best Buy for about two hours last week, local businesses with solar panel systems are emphasizing that solar is safe.
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COLUMNS
Navy commander sold out for hookers, tickets
Nov. 7, 2013What’s the price of a secret?
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Gainesville Police identify robbery suspect, search for bar thief
By Kathryn Varn | Nov. 6, 2013Gainesville Police identified a suspect Wednesday in a recent robbery and are still looking for a man involved in a local burglary last week.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Officers confiscate marijuana, cocaine after yearlong investigation
By Kathryn Varn | Oct. 16, 2013After a yearlong narcotics investigation, the Gainesville-Alachua County Drug Task Force carried out four search warrants Wednesday evening in East Gainesville.
