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Published May 24, 2013
Aiming to deter and catch impaired drivers at the start of the holiday weekend, the Florida Highway Patrol is preparing for a multi-county DUI Wolfpack today.
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Published May 24, 2013
Two Gainesville men were arrested Friday in connection with a home burglary in which several weapons and pieces of jewelry had been taken, according to arrest reports.
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Published May 23, 2013
A Hawthorne resident was hospitalized with serious injuries following a Wednesday afternoon accident in Bradford County.
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Published May 23, 2013
Hotter and drier is today's forecast from the National Weather Service.
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Published May 22, 2013
The typical summer weather pattern of sunny mornings and late afternoon rain seems to have set in. Expect a 50 percent chance of rain this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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Published May 22, 2013
Charges have been filed against a man who purchased a handgun off the street that later accidentally fired and killed a Lake City boy when children were playing with it.
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Published May 22, 2013
Local and state police and community briefs are featured.
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Published May 21, 2013
Today is set to be warm and muggy but not as stormy as Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
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Published May 21, 2013
A Gainesville man was arrested Monday on allegations he tried to steal a purse and did steal a bicycle during an illegal drug deal, according to an arrest report.
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Published May 21, 2013
Watching the backbreaking work being done to free the injured and retrieve the dead from flattened slabs or mountainous piles of concrete, it didn't take much imagination to think the scene was Moore, Okla.
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Published May 19, 2013
Keith Berg wrote about a “no-right-turn-on-red” light on Southwest Second Avenue at 13th Street at that drivers face if they are westbound on Second and in the right turn lane at 13th.
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Published May 19, 2013
Florida has a lot of cockfighting. In the Carolinas, it's puppy mills. Cats? How's 700 in a Madison County “sanctuary” for you?
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Published May 18, 2013
A Gainesville man was charged with robbery early Saturday morning on allegations that he stole a purse from a woman, according to an arrest report.
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Published May 18, 2013
A man with combat experience in Iraq has been reported missing and possibly suicidal, Gainesville police reported Saturday.
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Published May 18, 2013
A Gainesville man found with empty beer cans, gas cartridges and compressed air containers was arrested on a DUI charge after getting into an accident that he didn't remember, Gainesville police reported.
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