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Vol. 1 · No. 50 · Saturday, June 20, 2026

The Gainesville Ledger

State & National

Florida AG subpoenas MLB over religious discrimination claims tied to Pride Night

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Friday that he has issued an investigative subpoena to Major League Baseball, seeking to determine whether the league’s enforcement of its dress code during Pride Night events constitutes religious discrimination. The probe follows an incident involving San Francisco Giants players who added Bible verses to their uniforms during a Pride Night game in California.

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Sources: The Gainesville Sun · WCJB TV20

State & National

Former FWC employee files wrongful termination suit over social media post

A former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission employee from Marion County has sued the agency’s executive director, alleging her firing for a Facebook comment made after the death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk violated her constitutional free speech rights. Haley Massung, who had worked at FWC for a decade and was named duty officer of the year in 2018, was terminated over the remark. Her attorney argues the dismissal is unconstitutional, noting the lawsuit is one of multiple wrongful termination suits filed against FWC over similar firings.

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Sources: WCJB TV20

Education

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Public Safety

Gilchrist County man, 85, heads to jury trial over Stand Your Ground dog shooting

Larry Boiven, an 85-year-old Bell resident, is scheduled for a jury trial next month on aggravated animal cruelty charges after shooting a neighbor’s dog in October. Boiven contends he acted in self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, saying the dog approached him growling and that his age, legal blindness, and physical instability made him fear an attack. Video evidence reviewed by a sheriff’s deputy reportedly shows the dog backing away at the moment of the shooting, which investigators say undermines the self-defense claim.

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Sources: WCJB TV20

Gainesville teen escapes ER while handcuffed, recaptured hours later

A 16-year-old arrested on a felony warrant slipped away from the Millhopper Emergency Room on Northwest 43rd Street just after 3:40 a.m. Friday while being held for medical clearance, despite having his hands cuffed behind his back. Gainesville Police officers located and re-arrested Jomorian Green several hours after the escape, adding new charges to his existing felony warrant.

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Business

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Sports

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Environment

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Community

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State & National

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From the Magazine

SHOW PREVIEW

Pop-Punk Stacks the Bill at Signal Friday Night

Lifted Riffs, AITA, The 91’s and SWANYX at Signal. Doors 8 p.m., show 8:30, 21 and up.

By Craft Lemon

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This date in Gator history

2017

Gators beat Louisville 5-1 at CWS, stay undefeated en route to first national title

On June 20, 2017, Florida defeated Louisville 5–1 in College World Series bracket play at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, keeping the Gators unbeaten in the tournament. The win was a critical step in Florida’s run to their first-ever baseball national championship, which they clinched on June 27 by sweeping LSU in the CWS Finals. The 2017 title made Florida one of only a handful of schools to win national championships in baseball, basketball, and football.

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