Rev. Gadaire honored for his basketball achievements
The late Rev. Dr. Steven Gadaire, pastor at several Gainesville churches and the first chaplain of the Alachua County jail, was inducted Saturday into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in a...
View ArticleMLB Miami 7 San Francisco 2
Justin Ruggiano smashed two homers and Nathan Eovaldi earned his first victory of the year Sunday in Miami's 7-2 spanking of San Francisco. Ruggiano delivered a solo shot in the first inning, putting...
View ArticleBig dreams big hurdles for new Florida Polytechnic University
LAKELAND -- The new Florida Polytechnic University has grand plans, starting with the main classroom building scheduled to open next year. It will have a domed glass atrium shaded by awnings that...
View ArticleBrevard County man gets assist from firefighters after falling on roof
MERRITT ISLAND -- A 25-year-old man who fell on his roof while operating a saw was rescued by Brevard County firefighters Saturday morning. The man stepped on a weak portion of the roof and sustained...
View ArticleLane Ranger Crumbling wall on NW 16th Ave. worries driver
A retaining wall along a stretch of the north side of the road east of 26th Way is in bad shape, Oliverio said in an email.';(L)arge chunks of concrete are falling off, exposing the rebar supports and...
View ArticleGRU transfer to citys general fund slated to rise next year
The amount of money flowing from Gainesville Regional Utilities to the city's general budget has continued to rise in recent years, even as the utility's revenues declined, and that trend is expected...
View ArticleCity considers $5 million pedestriancyclist safety plan
City government erected signals at the crosswalk in March, the month after an 18-year-old woman and 21-year-old man sustained broken bones when hit by a van whose driver failed to yield.With...
View ArticleKey West man arrested for allowing tick-infected dog to die
A Key West bartender was jailed over the weekend on a felony animal-cruelty charge in connection with the death of his dog Snarf, a Pomeranian.The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said that Daniel Doane,...
View ArticleHappy Hookers meet to crochet catch up at Orlando cafe
By day, they are information-systems managers, municipal workers and health-care professionals. But on Thursday nights, they leave their uptight workaday world behind, slip away to a dimly lit room off...
View ArticleSummer weather pattern expected to stay for awhile
Temperatures will stay stable, ranging from the low-70s to the low-90s each day, according to the National Weather Service.Monday be partly sunny with isolated showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m....
View ArticleSex offender charged with killing Florida girl 8
Instead of buying the snacks, Smith walked out of the store with the girl, the sheriff's office said. The girl's mother called 911 when she noticed they were ...
View ArticleExecution Set for South Florida Man Convicted of Murdering 2
Marshall Lee Gore is set to die by lethal injection this evening at Florida State Prison. He is being executed for the 1988 killing of Robyn Novick, 30, an exotic dancer whose naked body was found in a...
View ArticleUPI Sports Calendar for Monday June 24
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View ArticleLoggerhead turtles nesting status holds steady this year in Florida refuge
Kathryn Parks, volunteer and scout, talks about a female loggerhead turtle that is laying her eggs on Melbourne Beach on June 19. The loggerhead turtle weighs an estimated 250 to 275 pounds. The shell...
View ArticleSchool Districts Around Florida Balk At Paying for College
TAMPA | Pinellas school superintendent Mike Grego stood before state educators earlier this month with a simple message: You can't spend money you don't ...
View ArticleSouth Florida man charged with $2 million theft of toys www.privateofficer.com
The investigation began when nearly $900 of Lego sets vanished midday from the Toys R Us store in Boynton Beach. Before it was over, authorities would be tailing the alleged mastermind believed to have...
View ArticleMurder trial begins in earnest in Floridas Trayvon Martin case
George Zimmerman , whose fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin triggered nationwide protests last year, begins in earnest on Monday in a Florida courtroom. Opening statements from...
View ArticleHorsfield Cruises to Runaway Win in 96th Florida State Amateur Golf Championship
Sam Horsfield trounced the state's best amateur golfers on Sunday, rolling to an 11-stroke victory in the 96th Florida State Amateur Championship in ...
View ArticleFormer escort service owner set for execution
The former owner of a South Florida escort service is being executed for the 1988 killing of Robyn Novick, a 30-year-old exotic dancer whose naked body was found in a rural part of Miami-Dade County....
View ArticleFormer congressional candidate to be sentenced
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A federal judge is set to sentence a former South Florida congressional candidate on election fraud charges.Justin Lamar Sternad will face a judge on Monday. He pleaded guilty...
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