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4 teenagers die after high speed chase involving Florida Highway Patrol
NEWBERRY, Fla. (WCJB) - Grief counselors were at Newberry High School all week after several teenagers were killed in a crash during a vehicle chase involving state troopers in Bradford County. Newberry city officials tell TV20 that all four of the teenagers, between the ages of 14 and 16, involved...
Newberry students among 4 killed in Waldo crash
The Newberry community is in mourning after two teens died from injuries sustained in a weekend crash in Waldo that had already claimed two other lives. “It is with great sadness that I share the two Newberry High School students who were in the serious car accident this past weekend have now passed away from their injuries,” Newberry High School principal James Sheppard wrote in a Tuesday message to parents. “Thank you for keeping both of these families in your thoughts during this difficult time.”
UF threatens student protesters with suspension, banishment from campus for 3 years
The University of Florida threatened pro-Palestinian student demonstrators with suspension and banishment from campus for three years if they violate a host of rules of behavior over protests that continued for a second day late Thursday. The university said employees or professors caught breaking its rules would be fired. Some...
5-year-old boy dies after being rescued from swimming pool
A child hospitalized after being rescued from a family pool several days ago has died. Ocala police officials said Alexander "Abe" Everts died at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville on Thursday. The 5-year-old boy was autistic/non-verbal, officers said. On April 17, police were dispatched to a home in the 900 block of...
Families grapple with impact of North Florida Hospital’s surgical shutdown
Ken Booth was trying to round up the family’s yellow lab, Layla, who had gotten loose on a cloudy, Saturday afternoon in January. As he scurried to corral the perennially happy pooch, Booth had a heart attack and collapsed in the street. A neighbor, who is a nurse, came...
Pair arrested after officer sees man with ski mask and gun getting in car
Abby S. Farley, 33, and Isaiah Dominick Pace, 32, were arrested late last night after an officer reportedly saw Pace get into Farley's car wearing a ski mask and carrying a gun. The post Pair arrested after officer sees man with ski mask and gun getting in car appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Man on pre-trial release for attempted homicide arrested for armed robbery
Terrex Montresso Thagard, Jr., 20, was arrested yesterday on a warrant for a January armed robbery; he was on pre-trial release for attempted homicide. The post Man on pre-trial release for attempted homicide arrested for armed robbery appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Former Walmart employee sentenced for video voyeurism
Henry Gomez, 25, has been sentenced to 60 days in jail, followed by six months of community control and 42 months of probation, after entering a plea of nolo contendere to two counts of video voyeurism. The post Former Walmart employee sentenced for video voyeurism appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Man arrested for breaking into GRU building
James Darren Walker, 43, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with burglary of an unoccupied structure after a GRU employee reported that Walker was inside a GRU building and that a window had been shattered. The post Man arrested for breaking into GRU building appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Gainesville man helps rescue kids from fiery fatal crash on I-75 in Marion County
Two people died and two kids were among three people rescued from a burning minivan on Wednesday morning following a crash on Interstate 75 in northern Marion County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Marion County Fire Rescue spokesperson James Lucas said the agency was assigned to the call at 10:11 a.m. and arrived on scene about 8 minutes later. The two people in the front seats of the minivan were pronounced dead on scene by firefighters. ...
Florida wide receiver charged with misdemeanor battery
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A football player for the University of Florida was released from jail after being arrested on a battery charge. Gator football wide receiver Brian Green Jr., 20, was arrested on Monday on the misdemeanor charge of battery (dating violence). He was arrested after an argument with his girlfriend in a parking garage became physical.
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