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GNV News Rap for Monday, Apr. 1, 2024
Topics covered in today's edition (imagine these delivered over a beat and click "View as Webpage" to see the gifs):
- Gainesville mayor's office targeted in string of vandalism events
- Gainesville city commissioners discuss possible ballot question about GRU Authority
- Gainesville leaders, appointees, discuss future of GRU Authority board
- GPD releases body camera footage of K-9 biting homeless woman
- Chef stabbed during kitchen brawl at Japanese restaurant in Gainesville
- 'Student loophole' in Florida's Live Local Act exacerbates Gainesville's financial issues
- 'Scales of Belonging' speaker series brings migrant detention camp research to Gainesville
- Attorney: Celebration Pointe bankruptcy shouldn't impact locals
- Missing boater's body found on Lake Santa Fe, one boater rescued
- How much has the University of Florida spent on research?
- Alachua County Veteran Services officials hosts Vietnam Veterans tribute
- Garyel Tubbs awarded the 2024 Drum Major for Justice Scholarship Award at MLK breakfast
- Parents raise questions over the Newberry charter school proposal
- Gainesville choir numbers down amid international lag post pandemic
- Alachua County no. 14 in traffic fatalities among Florida counties
- Lincoln High School memorial wall and celebration
- Two Gainesville non-profit groups host joint beautillion-cotillion ball
- Longtime Santa Fe College basketball coach Chris Mowry retires
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P.K. Yonge high school robotics team wins award, NASA sponsorship
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Gainesville mayor's office targeted in string of vandalism events - The Independent Florida Alligator | |
A note attached to one of the projectiles was addressed to "Mr. Ward," and expressed anger toward the city's commitments to equity and inclusion. The note allegedly contained threatening and racist language, according to a city press release.
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Gainesville city commissioners discuss possible ballot question about GRU Authority - WUFT | Gainesville city commissioners on Thursday discussed an ordinance that would affect how Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority board members are appointed. | | | |
Gainesville leaders, appointees, discuss future of GRU Authority board - The Gainesville Sun
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority board is poised to face dramatic changes to its governance and structure in the coming months, given all of its members resigned and the fact that its very existence may be placed on a ballot later this year.
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GPD releases body camera footage of K-9 biting homeless woman - Mainstreet Daily News | Incident occurred when police respond to nearby domestic disturbance. | | | |
Chef stabbed during kitchen brawl at Japanese restaurant in Gainesville - WCJB | An argument between two chefs at a Japanese restaurant in Gainesville resulted in one man in the hospital and the other behind bars on Friday. | | | |
'Student loophole' in Florida's Live Local Act exacerbates Gainesville's financial issues - WUFT | Seven self-proclaimed "luxury" student apartment complexes are getting a municipal tax break because of Florida's Live Local Act, meant for accommodations that house low-income residents. | | | |
'Scales of Belonging' speaker series brings migrant detention camp research to Gainesville - WUFT | After seven years of exploring the topics of race, detention and indigeneity, Loyola Marymount University professor and anthropologist Emma Shaw Crane brought her dissertation to academics, faculty and students across Gainesville Thursday. Crane started Thursday’s speaking tour at the A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center for “Research Justice: A Workshop on Collaboration.” | | | |
Attorney: Celebration Pointe bankruptcy shouldn't impact locals - Mainstreet Daily News | Restructuring process expected to take six to nine months. | | | |
Celebration Pointe sends letter to tenants about bankruptcy - WCJB | Tenants at Celebration Pointe are being told everything will be business as usual after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. | | | |
Missing boater's body found on Lake Santa Fe, 1 boater rescued - WCJB | One of the boaters swam to a dock and called for help. The second boater went under the water and after an hours-long search, his body was found. | | | |
Over the years: How much has the University of Florida spent on research? - The Gainesville Sun | UF had a one-year gain of $164 million in its research expenditures. | | | |
Community gathers to honor national Vietnam War Veterans Day in Gainesville - WUFT | Alachua County Veteran Services did its due diligence, preserving the memories and commitments of those who served though the 2024 Vietnam Veterans Tribute held in the Freedom Center at Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville on Friday morning. | | | |
Alachua County Veteran Services officials hosts Vietnam Veterans tribute - WCJB | It will be held at the Freedom Center at the Veteran Memorial Park in Gainesville starting at 11 am. | | | |
Eastside senior recognized for contributions to black community - WCJB | Garyel Tubbs was awarded the 2024 Drum Major for Justice Scholarship Award. | | | |
'We have the power to change lives': Inspiring words at the annual MLK Prayer Breakfast
This year marks the 56th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. On Friday, speakers at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast urged attendees to make an impact in people’s lives like King did.
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'I'll be voting against it': Parents raise questions over the Newberry charter school proposal - WCJB | Parents with the 'Save Our Schools' organization said this change would negatively impact students. | | | |
Gainesville choir numbers down amid international lag post pandemic - WUFT | Churches are still coping with a decline in choir members, four years after the pandemic. Codi Linafelter always quotes Saint Augustine to describe her admiration for Catholic practice, choir and liturgical music. She says, 'When you sing, you pray twice." | | | |
This Florida county ranked 'deadliest' for traffic fatalities. 10 others are also on this list - The Gainesville Sun | |
Volusia County, Florida is on the top of a list, but not a good one. The home of Daytona Beach is also known for its high rate of traffic fatalities.
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14. Alachua County, pop. 284,030: 283 deaths, 9.96 per 10,000 people.
- Deadliest road: U.S. 441, 35 deaths.
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Gainesville's Lincoln High School closed in 1970. A new memorial wall stirs the memories - The Gainesville Sun
The Lincoln High School Alumni Association’s memorial wall ceremony drew about 100 alumni to the Lincoln Middle School auditorium, 1001 SE 12th St., on March 27.
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Two Gainesville non-profit groups host joint beautillion-cotillion ball - WCJB | Members of Wishful Thinking and 100 Black Men of Greater Florida Gainesville banded together to throw their second annual beautillion-cotillion ball to celebrate African-American high school seniors in Alachua, Bradford, and Levy County. | | | |
Longtime Santa Fe College basketball coach Chris Mowry retires - WCJB | After dedicating 21 years to the Santa Fe College men's basketball team, coach Chris Mowry has decided to retire. | | | |
High school robotics team in Gainesville wins award, NASA sponsorship - WCJB | The school stood out for its outreach initiatives to help inspire younger students to become engineers and designers. | | | |
UF/IFAS researchers control bees with remote control, app - IFAS | Today's beekeepers have a lot on their plate. Trying to keep ahead of colony collapse, pests and economic factors, it isn't easy being in the bee business. On top of that, sometimes the bees just won't do what you want them to do. Until now, that is. | | | |
New Florida Bill Allows Guns To Start Businesses - The Onion | In an effort to achieve greater equality among a community deeply woven into the fabric of the state's culture, a new Florida bill signed into law Friday would allow guns to start businesses. "Did you know that even though they make up 55% of the U.S. population, there are zero gun CEOs in America?” | | | | | | |