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2 weeks ago | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Molly’s Law, which originated in Marion County, puts animal abusers on a list that anyone can access to prevent them from adopting another animal. Officials with the SPCA of Ocala want to ensure that people on this list can’t move to a neighboring county and attempt to adopt an animal there. “There are 67 counties in the state of Florida. Of all 67, only about a dozen have anything similar to Molly’s Law,” said SPCA Vice President Betsy Gamberino.
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2 weeks ago | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
NEWBERRY, Fla. (WCJB) - Tim Marden and Joy Glauber started as city commissioners in Newberry. TV20 asked them about the Newberry parents’ charter school initiative to remove their students from Alachua County schools. Glanzer says she supports it. “Once that decision was made and once the state approved the actual charter, of course, I’m going to be behind it because these are our kids. So, we want to make as best as we can,” said Glanzer.
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2 weeks ago | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - After another bargaining meeting between Alachua County teachers and the board, an agreement still hasn’t been made. School board officials offered a 1.1% salary increase and later pushed that to 1.3%, and they added another offer. “They did say that they would return all elementary’s to weekly early release Wednesday. So that is what we left here tonight with,” said President of the Alachua County Education Association, Carmen Ward.
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4 weeks ago | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
One sandwich restaurant chain is donating 100% of sales to charity tonight.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
msn.com | Daja Clayton
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
weau.com | Ryan Turbeville |Daja Clayton |Emily Van de Riet
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB/Gray News) – A youth basketball coach in Florida was arrested after deputies say he sexually abused and refused to give up a child who stayed at his home for a sleepover. Carl Lombardo, 58, is also accused of offering parents $5,000 for each of their children. Lombardo was arrested Wednesday on charges of sex trafficking of a child, molestation of a child under the age of 16, production of child porn and possession of child porn. In total, he was charged with nine felonies.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Residents in Marion County tell me the animal shelter has needed more updates, space, and resources for animals. Now the county is finally making that happen. “Well, it’s going to be a state-of-the-art compared to what we have now.” said the Assistant Director of Facilities Management of Marion County, Mike Bates. “It’s very old.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
OLD TOWN, Fla. (WCJB) - The Crutchfields have been living along the Suwannee River for years and know what’s to come if there’s a storm. They park their cars where the water meets the road and take a boat to their home. “When we moved here we knew we were going to have floods.” said resident, Lynn Crutchfield. “We knew what the Suwannee would do and as we have been here we’ve learned okay what to do.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A busy road in town is still closed as repairs continue. Hatchet Creek Bridge along State Road 26 has been flooded many times before. “It’s a beautiful beautiful area and I always notice how there’s a lot of homeowners out there and some of them are right smack in that flood zone or nearby it.” said resident Deborah Darwin. However, this time, people are looking at the bridge and its safety in general.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
wcjb.com | Daja Clayton
MICANOPY, Fla. (WCJB) - The Town of Micanopy saw the decades-old gazebo fall to the ground after Hurricane Debby ripped through North Central Florida. Now residents are left picking up the pieces of what once was. “This tree that you see right here fell on top of the gazebo,” said the Mayor of Micanopy, Jiana Williams. “And then when our town maintenance worker came to remove the tree the gazebo completely toppled over.”But now this means the town can get started on renovating the space.
