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The Alachua County Sheriff's Office has released a recording of the 911 call that Robert Dentmond made on Sunday, March 20, that led to his death.

The railroad tracks where Carrie Ritter lost her life last February are tinged with burnt sienna and smothered in gravel as they wind through an industrial slice on the north side of Ocala.

Friends of The Jam descended on City Hall Thursday night to speak against plans to demolish a stretch of businesses that includes the music venue to build a six-story apartment complex in the Innovation Square area.

Chanting “Trans Lives Matter,” about 50 high school students rallied Friday outside Vanguard High School in protest of a transgender bathroom ban imposed by the School Board.

Former city of Gainesville assistant attorney Ronald Combs has been suspended and two other Alachua County lawyers disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court.

The University of Florida is ramping up efforts in Innovation Square, hiring an international real estate company to help fill vacant lots around the Innovation Hub and a local firm to fill existing space in Ayers Plaza, which is getting a $1 million makeover.

Rain or shine, the graduating class of 2016 will leave the University of Florida this weekend. Most will attend sunset commencement ceremonies at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium while some individual colleges will have smaller ceremonies at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

Monday kicks off the noisiest 24-hour social media blitz in local history — and, organizers hope, the most generous.
With one hefty push, 47 local nonprofit groups hope to join cities across the country that have raised big bucks for do-good organizations during one-day giving campaigns.

Gators play FSU in baseball in Jacksonville at 6 p.m., but it’s only on the radio, so you can listen and be productive at the same time.