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[Feb 03rd 2012] In the wake of this week's disaster on Interstate-75, it turns out researchers knew Alachua County is a high-risk place to drive. Fog is one of many strong predictors of driver death in Florida, according to Dr. Darwin Ang and a team of resear... - read on...
[Feb 03rd 2012] Imagine math being your favorite subject in school...and you can solve complex problems in 30 seconds. That can be done if you're a mathlete. The 29th annual Math Counts Competition took place Friday. Nine schools from Alachua and surroun... - read on...
[Feb 03rd 2012] It's a new kind of "Peeping Tom".... video voyeurism. The laws in Florida have some victims and attorneys wanting changes to the law. On Wednesday Dixie County Sheriff deputies arrested arrested 45-year-old Ronald Everett after employees in an Old... - read on...
[Feb 03rd 2012] One club manager found out today that there is such a thing as too much skin...even in a nudie bar. Gainesville Police arrested Courtney Baker of Decadence Night Club, along with two female employees. According to the GPD arrest report, offi... - read on...
[Feb 03rd 2012] It was a duck dilemma. Instead of trapping and killing hundreds of Muscovy ducks living in its parks, Ocala city leaders decided to move them away. TV20 caught up to the trappers and even got an exclusive look at the duck's impressive new home. ... - read on...
[Feb 03rd 2012] Happy Friday everyone! It certainly hasn't felt winter-like the last few days. But regardless of whether you want enjoy the great outdoors...or be inside....we have some cool ideas for you this weekend. A country music legend tops our list ... - read on...
[Feb 02nd 2012] They fought in America's wars that are more most recent and most distant in memory. Two of North Central Florida's heroes-- linked forever by the memory of war... and the honor of their sacrifice. A veteran of World War II and a... - read on...
[Feb 02nd 2012] You'd think he's running for office, but Bruce Baber of north west Gainesville says he's just trying to live. "This is my livelihood, this is my way to exist and I can't make a living out of walking dogs," he said. Baber had been operating a... - read on...
[Feb 02nd 2012] After more than 30 years, one North Central Florida health leader is stepping down. Tearful supporters made it clear he would be missed. Dr. Scott Medley has been with North Florid Regional Medical Center for more than 30 years and spent the... - read on...
[Feb 02nd 2012] The last three victims have been identified in the I-75 crash, bringing the total lost to 11. The latest three are: 1. Sabryna Hughes Gilley (17) of Pensacola, Florida. 2. Michael Hughes of Pensacola, Florida 3. Lori Hughes of Pensacola, Flo... - read on...
[Feb 02nd 2012] Ocala Police are urging businesses to keep their eyes open for fake money. The department says there has recently been a spike in counterfeit crimes in the city. They say crooks are printing fake 10's, 20's, 50's and 100 dollar bills and trying t... - read on...
[Feb 01st 2012] "Who's your neighbor?" It's a question we thought most people could answer-so we did some checking. We started with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's website, searching their sex offender database... Demetric Young's house in NE Ga... - read on...
[Feb 01st 2012] George Diaz says he felt helpless dispatching the fire trucks to Sunday's deadly pile up. "Engine 19 advised that they were close to the fire, they could feel the heat, but they couldn't see it," he said. About ten operators were taking cal... - read on...
[Feb 01st 2012] If you want to donate to the I-75 fund for the victims please visit the link below: Florida's Foundation The aftermath of Sunday's events is starting to sink in as the shock wears off and people try to find the money to pay for burial service... - read on...
[Feb 01st 2012] A former Alachua County Sheriff who gave 21 years of service to the county has died. 96 year old Joe Crevasse passed away Monday night. Along with being a sheriff, Crevasse was also the first police chief at the Universit... - read on...
[Feb 01st 2012] University of Florida IFAS Alachua County Extension Office Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Address: 2800 NE 39th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32609-2658 Telephone: 352-955-2402 (Voice) TDD: 352/955-2406 (Hearing Impaire... - read on...
[Feb 01st 2012] Alachua county voters did show Newt Gingrich a lot of love- he walked away with about a hundred more votes than Mitt Romney, but Romney took the state; he won the primary with 47% of the votes, but says the battle isn't over. "As this primary u... - read on...
[Jan 31st 2012] Voters in Gainesville have made decisions about two city commission races but voting isn't over. Yvonne Hinson-Rawls won a decisive victory in the District One race with 54 percent of the vote. There's no final decision on the At-Large District On... - read on...
[Jan 31st 2012] AP Story: Despite two televised debates and a barrage of ads, Florida's big-stakes Republican primary did not translate into a record number of GOP voters heading to the polls. Mitt Romney won a winner-take all primary that state officials ... - read on...
[Jan 31st 2012] The results are in for both Gainesville city commission races. One race has a clear winner, but the other will have to go to a run-off. In the At Large race, no one candidate earned more than 50 percent of the vote, so Lauren Poe and Nathan... - read on...
[Jan 31st 2012] They're on opposite ends of the spectrum, yet united by the tragedy they both took part in because of the crashes on I-75. One is the Chair of Fine Arts at Santa Fe College and the other the Chair of Pediatric Surgery at UF. One knew a victi... - read on...
[Jan 30th 2012] You could barely see your hand in front of your face- that's what a woman said to a 911 operator early Sunday morning, minutes before the deadly pile up. Yesi Sevilla of Gainesville says it was like a bomb went off on the interstate. She was t... - read on...
[Jan 30th 2012] Before Sunday, Steven Camps had never even been in a car crash. We spoke to him at his home where he is still trying to wrap his head around what he saw on I-75 as cars crashed all around him. He says he couldn't see anything. He could only... - read on...
[Jan 30th 2012] A Marion County man is dead after a deputy used lethal force during a traffic stop. Marion County sheriff's Steve Simpson pulled over 26-year-old Michael Smith at the corner of County Roads 25 and 464-C in Ocklawaha. Investigators say Smith refus... - read on...
[Jan 30th 2012] TV20 News found out that one of the seven children arrested and charged in an Ocala school bus beating was picked up by that same bus Friday morning, according to Marion County School District officials. The seven charged with misdemeanor offenses... - read on...






