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[Dec 14th 2011] The Gainesville Housing Authority has chosen a new executive director. Pamela Davis from the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority will take the position that was once filled by Alachua County Housing Authority Executive Director Gail Monahan... - read on...
[Dec 14th 2011] It's official...a long time Alachua County politician will leave office Thursday. The former Gainesville City Commissioner and Mayor announced his retirement back in June. December 15th will be current Alachua County Commissioner Rodney... - read on...
[Dec 14th 2011] A teacher in Marion County is pleading her case to school board members after accusations that she was drunk during class. The school district's superintendent recommended Tuesday that Lanetta Saleh be fired from her job as a fifth grade teacher ... - read on...
[Dec 14th 2011] A nationwide shortage is sweeping across the county, and university students may be the problem. the shortage of the drug Adderall doesn't shock Dr. Scott Teitelbaum of the University of Florida. The drug is prescribed to people diagnosed with a... - read on...
[Dec 14th 2011] According to the National Retail Federation shoppers spent over 54 billion dollars during Thanksgiving weekend alone, but the record spending was not enough to significantly increase sales numbers for November. People who shopped earl... - read on...
[Dec 13th 2011] It is not against the law to text while driving here in North Central Florida, but the federal government is sending a message to stop it. A horrific crash was determined today to have been caused by someone who was texting and driving. ... - read on...
[Dec 13th 2011] Alachua County officially has a new administrator... at least until next November's elections. Assistant County Manager Rick Drummond was confirmed 4 to 1 today, with Commissioner Rodney Long in dissent. Drummond will act as county ... - read on...
[Dec 13th 2011] Call it a customer satisfaction survey, for inmates. A company hired to analyze the Alachua County Jail is polling inmates and their visitors, along with employees as a part of a comprehensive study. A month into the process, people stil... - read on...
[Dec 13th 2011] It's the quest for one particle...the Higgs boson...or the God Particle. "We had one percent of this data, so we took a hundred times more data in this year," says UF Professor Darren Acosta. CERN, the European Organization for Nucl... - read on...
[Dec 13th 2011] Many non-profit organizations are feeling the pinch of the economy as less donations are coming in, and its even effecting some blood centers. Compared to last year the Florida Blood Center in Marion County is seeing a decrease in donors using t... - read on...
[Dec 13th 2011] For the past several months North Central Florida has dealt with new reports of rape in our typically safe communities. Two cases of sexual assault in the past two weeks near the University of Florida's campus has some female students worr... - read on...
[Dec 12th 2011] The latest plan to create housing for homeless veterans is a lot closer to satisfying stakeholders than the previous plan. Despite some concern expressed by Gainesville City Commissioner Scherwin Henry, the Alachua County Veterans Adviso... - read on...
[Dec 12th 2011] Issues of life and death can sometimes hang on a snap decision. Those snap decisions are sometimes made by children. It helps when those children have been prepared to make the right choice. As a result of the choice made by one girl fr... - read on...
[Dec 12th 2011] Police found fifty eight year old Wilburt Jones inside his own home murdered early Sunday morning. They say an unidentified witness called 911 after they heard someone screaming for help. When police arrived they found blood splattered across the... - read on...
[Dec 12th 2011] Delbert Mullins says without cannabis, he would probably take his own life-- and he's fighting for the right to grow it in his backyard. Pain from multiple complications with arthritis and hepatitis have given him numerous pills to take with e... - read on...
[Dec 12th 2011] Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs is holding their 2nd annual "Operation Letters to Santa." Kids from kindergarten on up can send a letter to Santa and everyone will receive a response from Santa and Rudolph. Las... - read on...
[Dec 12th 2011] Christmas carols filled the Phillips Center Auditorium as the Holiday Traditions Celebration got underway. But then the real stars of the evening shuffled onstage carrying the main attraction...a check for more than a million dollars to the Ca... - read on...
[Dec 11th 2011] "Stop the Violence" is the message Village Green Apartments residents want to spread to others living there. Saturday was a day to honor an innocent bystander who was murdered in the parking lot at the Lions Club. The father spoke to TV 20 exclusi... - read on...
[Dec 09th 2011] Former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky is out of jail on bond while accusations of child molestation still hang over him. New allegations that his wife, Dottie, knew what he was doing with young boys has put her under fire as well. ... - read on...
[Dec 09th 2011] Plaintiff's along with family and friends were eager to hear the rapper Plies, or Alegernod Washington's version of the July 2nd shooting. - read on...
[Dec 09th 2011] Plies defense attorneys accused Chris Chestnut of soliciting clients - read on...
[Dec 09th 2011] Defense Attorneys for Plies say the Witnesses are fabricating their stories - read on...
[Dec 09th 2011] Christmas came early for 17 Gainesville children...courtesy of 17 Gainesville Police Officers. The "Shop With a Cop "program meant as much to the police officers as the kids they helped. The Gainesville Police Department worked with area... - read on...
[Dec 09th 2011] Your old stuff could help them raise money. The Northwood YMCA in Gainesville is having an electronics recycling fundraiser Saturday from noon to 4 pm. Every item, like old computers, cell phones, TV's and more, will earn the YMCA mo... - read on...
[Dec 09th 2011] Like a pearl inside an oyster, some treasures are found in the smallest places. Before leaving Cedar Key for another land of sand, Ryan Lumley would break his school's shot put record. "He was so happy came jumping across the track telling m... - read on...






