Fake message about Alachua County Public Schools posted on Instagram
The false post read that Alachua County Public Schools would switch to a digital learning environment Tuesday Screenshot of the false message on Instagram [Courtesy of Jackie Johnson]
A fake Instagram account posing as Alachua County Public Schools spread a false message late Saturday night that schools would switch to remote learning.
Over the weekend, ACPS officials were alerted to the post that stated the maximum COVID-19 case capacity had been reached, resulting in a transition to an entirely online learning environment starting Tuesday. The message was posted Saturday and reached school officials the following morning.
Man Beat Girlfriend For Switching Channel During Super Bowl, Police Say
On 2/10/21 at 6:55 AM EST
Thomas Lamar White, 55, has been charged with felony battery after the incident on Sunday.
The arrest report said White and his girlfriend started arguing after she switched the television channel away from Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday evening.
Investigators with the Alachua County Sheriff s Office said the couple fought and White began to punch the woman in the face.
Her injuries included cuts on her face and chin, a bloody nose, as well as a swollen wrist and hand.
A handwritten note addressed to Sophia Lambert lies at the intersection where she was fatally injured by a skidding car. (Haleigh Donahue/WUFT News) Home/Law and public safety/Gainesville Community Calls For “Not One More” With Programs To Address Spike In Pedestrian Safety Issues
Gainesville Community Calls For “Not One More” With Programs To Address Spike In Pedestrian Safety Issues
By Haleigh Donahue
February 9, 2021
Gainesville residents are once again concerned about pedestrian safety, after three separate traffic incidents took the lives of three University of Florida students within one year.
On Jan. 27, 2020, Denise Griffiths was struck and killed by a vehicle while using a crosswalk on East University Avenue.
Rather than unpacking orders of law enforcement equipment, wartime memorabilia, guns and knives as they have been for the past 36 years, Suzanne Miller and Olivia Cason are packing up boxes of their inventory as they prepare to retire and close the shop they’ve run since 1985.
Miller and Cason started M&C Army Surplus, 626 NW 13th St. in Gainesville, after they both worked at North Florida Regional Medical Center Miller as a registered nurse, and Cason as a bookkeeper.
One Christmas, Cason invited Miller, originally from Canada, to spend the holiday with her family and the two bonded over an interest in military equipment and history. Cason’s older brother had experience running army surplus stores, while Miller recounted that her father had been a World War II prisoner of war.