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12 hrs ago | Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Deputies arrest teen for armed robbery

Published: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. Alachua County Sheriff's deputies arrested a teenager they allege pulled a handgun on a man and took ...

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Related Topix: Alachua County, FL

19 hrs ago | WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Official: Fla teen sexually assaults girl in class

Authorities in Gainesville say a 14-year-old boy sexually assaulted a female classmate as other students in the special-needs classroom watched.

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Related Topix: Gainesville Metro, Alachua County, FL

Tue Jan 06, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Tests: Runoff from Koppers contains chemicals

Published: Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 10:02 p.m. Local officials are concerned that rain water running off the Koppers wood-treatment facility near N. ...

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

Mon Jan 05, 2009

Nbc-2.com

Man caught with teen back in Lee County

GAINESVILLE: A man caught in a Houston motel with a Cape Coral runaway in late November is now in the Lee County Jail.

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Related Topix: Lee County, FL, Cape Coral, FL, Fort Myers Metro, Alachua County, FL

Sun Jan 04, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Police: Sailor had molested a minor

Published: Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. A U.S. Navy sailor on leave was arrested in Gainesville early Saturday morning on charges of giving five ...

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Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Around the Region - Jan. 3

Published: Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 12:56 a.m. POLICE BEAT Fire leaves house badly damaged The first residential fire of 2009 in Gainesville occurred ...

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Related Topix: Gilchrist County, FL, Fort White, FL, Crawfordville, FL, Wakulla County, FL

Sat Jan 03, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Twin boys left alone; mom, dad charged

Published: Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, January 2, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. A Gainesville couple was arrested on child neglect charges Thursday night for reportedly leaving their twin ...

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Fri Jan 02, 2009

WJXT

Deputies: Mother, Son Killed In Murder-Suicide

A mother and son are dead after an apparent murder suicide Tuesday evening. Nancy Ann Calhoun, 64, and Jimmy Trueluck, 36, were found shot in their Newberry home by a family member.

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Related Topix: Newberry, FL, Gainesville Metro, Alachua County, FL

Thu Jan 01, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Seminary Lane residents voice worries

Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 11:40 p.m. Genora Denis likens the decision to close down the subsidized Seminary Lane Apartments, where she has ...

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Related Topix: Gainesville Metro

Wed Dec 31, 2008

The Ledger

Alachua County Conservation Trust Adds Two New Sites

Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 6:50 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 6:50 p.m. GAINESVILLE Two pieces of southwest Alachua County land that have been host to endangered whooping ...

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Related Topix: Alachua County, FL, Gainesville Metro, Alachua, FL, Micanopy, FL

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Overnight incident at apartment complex leads to arrest

Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 7:54 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 7:54 a.m. Gainesville police arrested a Newberry man for armed trespassing early Wednesday after security ...

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Related Topix: Alachua County, FL

Tue Dec 30, 2008

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

'E10' gas a quiet addition at the pump

Published: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 10:34 p.m. With little fanfare, stickers started appearing at gas pumps throughout Gainesville during the summer ...

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Alachua County, FL

Mon Dec 29, 2008

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Fire sends two to Gainesville hospital

Published: Monday, December 29, 2008 at 7:35 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2008 at 7:35 a.m. Two people were taken to an area hospital after a fire at a northeast Gainesville apartment complex Sunday ...

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Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Church volunteer killed riding bike

Published: Monday, December 29, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 11:42 p.m. George Pridgen will perhaps be remembered best for his role at Trinity United Methodist Church as the ...

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Related Topix: Lake City

WOKV-AM Jacksonville

Two Men Shot in Moving Car; Teen Suspect in Custody

Two Putnam County men are recovering after being shot in a moving car. The Sheriff's office says the victims were traveling down Helmers Avenue in Interlachen when a single gunman opened fire.

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Related Topix: Putnam County, FL, Interlachen, FL, Jacksonville Metro

Sun Dec 28, 2008

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

A new light on N. Main St. goes into operation

Published: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 11:19 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 at 11:19 a.m. A new signal went into operation in north Gainesville this week.

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Sat Dec 27, 2008

Houston Chronicle

Recession crippling hospitals, too

Dr. Steven Yucht talks with emergency room patient Emogene Brown in the 80-year-old Shands AGH Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., on Friday.

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Related Topix: Gainesville Metro, Medicaid, Health, Medicare, Medicine, Nursing

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Home for Sale in Gainesville, Florida

Residential Features: Tiled Floors, Cable/Satellite TV, Dish Washer, Hardwood Floors, Patio, Washer and Dryer, Ceiling Fans, Fireplace, Central A/C, Garbage Disposal, Microwave Oven, Swimming Pool Description: ...

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Related Topix: Gainesville Metro, University of Florida, Cedar Key, FL, Home Listing, Home

Fri Dec 26, 2008

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

How to get rid of your Christmas tree

Published: Friday, December 26, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 10:54 p.m. That once-fragrant and green Christmas tree is now losing needles faster than a porcupine under attack ...

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Related Topix: Alachua County, FL

Thu Dec 25, 2008

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Pawn ticket leads to man s arrest

Published: Friday, December 19, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 19, 2008 at 1:32 a.m. A pawn ticket found on a Newberry man led to his arrest in connection with a kick-in burglary earlier in ...

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Related Topix: Newberry, FL

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