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Third time’s not the charm. Man allegedly steals from apartment three times.

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 21, 2019

He has a $170,000 bond

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Man accused of choking, throwing mirror at wife

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 21, 2019

He has a $75,000 bond

Alina Mitchell, 62, sorts through the debris in her kitchen after a tree crashed through the roof on Friday morning.

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Alachua family’s home destroyed by Friday storm

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 20, 2019

GoFundMe campaign started to find new home

The Shell sign is scattered across the ground Friday after strong winds blew it down during a storm at the Shell gas station, 3330 SW Archer Road. Daphne Roberson, an employee at the station, said she saw the sign go down around 11 a.m. “It just all of a sudden happened,” she said. “I looked up and it was flying across the air.”

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North Florida thunderstorm affects thousands in Alachua County

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 19, 2019

Some flights were canceled or delayed

Elio Piedra, 27, a Latin DJ in Gainesville, first learned how to play the drums in Cuba when he was in the fourth grade. He moved to the U.S. in 2010, when he was 19. “For most, it’s like two pieces of wood,” he said. “But for me, it’s like extensions of my arms.”

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From Cuba to Gainesville: DJ Elio Piedra drums up Latin culture

By Christina Morales | Apr. 18, 2019

He plays more than 270 events every year

FILE - This Aug. 15, 2017, file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

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Community given chance to dump drugs safely

By Abraham Hunt | Apr. 18, 2019

The drug take-back day will take place April 27

[FILE PHOTO] Andrew Persons, a Gainesville city planner, and Wendy Thomas, the city’s director of the department of doing, present information on gnvRISE affordable housing program at the beginning of a six-hour meeting.

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City Commission accepts audit despite controversy

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 18, 2019

The Reichert House audit is to be reviewed by a third party

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Police looking for two men involved in shooting

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 18, 2019

A third man is still unidentified

People eating at The Swamp Restaurant in 2019. Gainesville's iconic restaurant will return at a new location closer to downtown in 2022.

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Florida lawmaker proposes amendment to make The Swamp Restaurant a landmark

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 18, 2019

Luxury student housing may lead to demolition

A packed crowd at The Swamp Restaurant watch the Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night. There were jerseys from both teams present.

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The Swamp Restaurant and other’s fates are in limbo. Here’s what we know so far.

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 17, 2019

Luxury student housing may lead to demolition

Jasmine Robinson, 23, of Archer, is a pregnant woman who has been reported missing since Feb. 20. She was last seen on Feb. 18.

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ACSO offering $8,000 reward for information on missing pregnant woman

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 17, 2019

Jasmine Robinson was last seen in February

Gainesville resident Elizabeth Carrillo, 56, talks about recent dog attacks to three Gainesville Police officers at a neighborhood meeting Tuesday night.

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‘I want to hear you say I’m sorry’: Tempers flare at neighborhood meeting on recent dog attacks

By Josephine Fuller | Apr. 16, 2019

Neighbors spoke with officials

FILE - In this June 30, 2015, file photo, an endangered cassowary roams in the Daintree National Forest, Australia. On Friday, April 12, 2019, a cassowary, a large, flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea, killed its owner when it attacked him after he fell on his property near Gainesville, Fla. Cassowaries are similar to emus and stand up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall and weigh up to 130 pounds (59 kilograms). (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

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Man killed by cassowary may have tried to get the bird's egg

By Tien Le | Apr. 16, 2019

Florida Alligator

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New seafood restaurant to open at Celebration Pointe

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 16, 2019

It will open by summer

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Woman accused of using elderly people's credit cards without permission

By Lina Ruiz | Apr. 16, 2019

She spent about $1,600 on one card

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Man accused of crashing into a patrol car while drunk with kids in car

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 15, 2019

He has a $30,000 bond

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Man only wearing underwear accused of trying to break into car

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 15, 2019

He has a $20,000 bond

Magnolia Plantation is the bedrock of Gainesville's bed-and-breakfast district.

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Living in Gainesville: Homeowners face higher taxes and older homes (Part 4 of 4)

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 14, 2019

Alachua County has some of highest property taxes in state

[FILE PHOTO] The Spot, 16 NW 18th Ave., is one of several Midtown businesses neighboring a construction zone. Renovations are expected to last through October.

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Gainesville Grows: Where new businesses will call home

By Karina Elwood | Apr. 14, 2019

Gainesville to find balance between big city, small town

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ACSO: Man threatens ex-wife with pistol

By Katherine Wallace-Fernandez | Apr. 14, 2019

A Georgia man allegedly pointed a pistol at his ex-wife when she didn’t let him pick up their daughter, deputies said.

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