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Video UF Students Back From Haiti Talk About Quake

[Jan 19th 2010] University of Florida graduate students Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin recently returned from Haiti. The two were thought to be missing after they could not make contact with any one for days. They were their shooting a documentary for Plan... - read on...

U.S. Marshals Arrest Williston Man on Drug Charges
U.S. Marshals Arrest Williston Man on Drug Charges

[Jan 19th 2010] The Levy County Sheriff's Office arrested Kendrick Hill of Williston on January 15 for possession of marijuana. On December 21, 2009, agents executed a search warrant at Hill's residence and recovered approximately ½ a pound of marijuana. Hi... - read on...

Bronson Man Arrested on Drug Charges
 Bronson Man Arrested on Drug Charges

[Jan 19th 2010] According to a press release from the Levi County Sheriff's Office, Drug Agent Joe Barrera arrested Jeffrey Deshaun Patterson for sale of crack cocaine and possession of cocaine within a 1000 feet of public housing authority. The Levy County S... - read on...

All Four People Confirmed Dead on Plane Leaving from Gainesville

[Jan 19th 2010] A plane leaving from Gainesville heading to Ohio crashed just outside Cleveland Monday afternoon. All four people on board the plane have been confirmed dead. Two Gainesville residents were flying the parents of an Alachua County businessman b... - read on...

Video Broadcaster Steve Babik Charged With Possession of Child Porn
 Broadcaster Steve Babik Charged With Possession of Child Porn

[Jan 19th 2010] Long-time broadcaster Steve Babik has turned himself in to Federal Authorities and has been charged with possession of child pornography. Babik and his lawyer, Larry Turner, arrived at the Federal Courthouse in Gainesville for a first ... - read on...

Wondy Pierre-Louis Turns Himself in to Police
 Wondy Pierre-Louis Turns Himself in to Police

[Jan 19th 2010] Former Gator football player Wondy Pierre Louis turned himself into Gainesville police Tuesday morning just after 2, and made his first appearance in court just after 9 am. He's facing charges of kidnapping, domestic battery by strangulation, ... - read on...

Mitsubishi MU-2 Planes Have a History of Accidents

[Jan 18th 2010] Federal investigators are investigating what caused the plane crash-- and it could be awhile before they announce their findings. But some experienced pilots here in North Central Florida say... they have an idea. The plane was a Mi... - read on...

Video Medical Spotlight 1/18/10

[Jan 18th 2010] Plenty of people make New Year's Resolutions. Plenty of people may be thinking about breaking them by about...now. Margarita Torres, a registered dietician at North Florida Regional Medical Center, tells David Snyder how to re-energize those ... - read on...

Video Martin Luther King Celebrations

[Jan 18th 2010] Residents of North Central Florida remembered the man with a dream on this Martin Luther King holiday. Many festivities took place in downtown Gainesville. One of those at the Bo Diddly Plaza. Community leaders and organizers held it's annua... - read on...

Winning Lottery Ticket Sold In North Central Florida

[Jan 17th 2010] Someone in North Central Florida may be $9 million richer. The winning Florida Lottery ticket was purchased from the Chiefland Winn-Dixie, which is located at 2200 N. Young Boulevard. The winning numbers were 01-04-25-27-48-49. - read on...

Georgia Man, 26, Dies In I-75 Crash In Alachua County

[Jan 17th 2010] A Georgia man died just south of Gainesville Saturday night after he was ejected from the car he was riding in. Romelio Lopez, 26, was traveling south on 1-75 near Micanopy when he rear-ended the car in front of him, and then hit the median. ... - read on...

Police: Former Gator Football Player Accused Of Choking Girlfriend

[Jan 17th 2010] Police are searching for a University of Florida football player wanted on five felony charges after he allegedly choked his girlfriend. UF Senior Cornerback Wondy Pierre-Louis is accused of kicking in the door to his girlfriend's apartment ear... - read on...

Video Local Volunteers Prepare To Leave For Haiti (Update)

[Jan 16th 2010] A group of university doctors, nurses and support staff from North Central Florida are heading to Haiti to bring some relief and calm to a country that's been rocked to it's core. Doctor Micheal Perri, dean at the college of public health ... - read on...

Early Morning Fire Destroys Gainesville Warehouse

[Jan 16th 2010] An early morning fire destroyed an industrial warehouse in Gainesville. Gainesville Fire Rescue responded to the warehouse, which is located at 2623 NW 74th place, on Saturday at approximately 7 a.m. When fire rescue arrived, official... - read on...

Family Receives New Home, Fresh Start

[Jan 16th 2010] At the beginning of the year, a Gainesville family lost everything they had after a fire destroyed their mobile home. And now a couple of weeks later, Gainesville resident Ray Latson gets to open the one door that matters the most. . .the door ... - read on...

Family Members Wait Anxiously To Hear From Loved Ones In Haiti

[Jan 16th 2010] The earthquake that sent shockwaves through the island nation has certainly changed the lives of not only those who live there, but also for the family members, including a recent Florida gator football player, waiting on word of their loved ones.... - read on...

U.S. Military Prepares To Send More Personnel, Supplies To Haiti

[Jan 16th 2010] Senator Bill Nelson, D-Fla., wants children's hospitals throughout the state to treat critically-injured children from Haiti. Nelson says he hopes to introduce a Haitian relief bill. The U.S. military shares the same sentiment. Gener... - read on...

Video Capt. Chad Reed Funeral and Visitation Information

[Jan 15th 2010] - Visitation for Capt. Chad Reed is on Saturday from 5 p.m. 8 p.m. at the Rick Gooding Funeral Home on Highway 19 in Cross City. - The funeral will be held on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Cross City, 16024 SE Highway 19. ... - read on...

Video Shooting Leads to Captain's Death and Man in Serious Condition at Shands

[Jan 15th 2010] A man is accused of targeting his sister and pregnant niece in a shooting rampage that left two people dead and two wounded, then killing a Florida sheriff's deputy in a shootout, authorities said Friday. Investigators are still worki... - read on...

State Leaders Comment On Dixie County Deputy Shooting

[Jan 15th 2010] State leaders mourned the loss of a Dixie County law enforcement officer. Long time Dixie County Sheriff's Deputy Chad Reed was shot and killed in the line of duty Thursday evening. "Last night's tragic shooting reminds us that Florida's l... - read on...

Video Family Spotlight 1/14/10

[Jan 14th 2010] Thousands of people are reaching out to help the victims of the disaster in Haiti. But--why do they do it? UF Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Julia Graber tells David Snyder what motivates people to give, or not, in the Family Spotlight. - read on...

$200M To Get Floridians Back To Work

[Jan 14th 2010] While more than 11 percent of the state is unemployed some help is on the way. Officials with Florida Works say they're helping dish out about 200 million stimulus dollars to get Floridians back to work. Officials say the money coming ... - read on...

Video UF Graduate Students In Haiti Safe

[Jan 14th 2010] There is a small bit of good news from Haiti tonight. Two University of Florida in Haiti who disappeared are alive and well. Graduate students Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin went to Haiti on Sunday. The co-director of UF's Documentar... - read on...

Video Dixie County deputy and Two Women fatally wounded In Shootout
 Dixie County deputy and Two Women fatally wounded In Shootout

[Jan 14th 2010] Capt. Chad Reed, a Dixie County deputy was fatally wounded Thursday in a shootout with a man suspected of killing two people and wounding two others earlier that day. Authorities say Capt. Reed and the suspect, John Kalisz, 55, were... - read on...

Dixie Sheriff's Captain Killed in Gunfight, Suspect Shot
Dixie Sheriff's Captain Killed in Gunfight, Suspect Shot

[Jan 14th 2010] Hernando County Sheriff's Office say a Dixie County Sheriff's Captain has been shot by a man they say shot four other people. Two women are dead, while another woman and a possibly pregnant teenager were taken to the hospital tonight. ... - read on...

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