Isabella Douglas

Accountability Reporter @islandpacket | @ufjschool alumna | past: @TheAlligator @FreshTakeFla @KCStar | Social Gadfly | 📧: [email protected]

[Isabella Douglas @_issadouglas]

In a growing need for transparency between UF and its students and faculty, @zjcarnell and I developed a campus crime map. Users can explore crimes on campus and access a table of all reported UF crimes by the university police department since 2016. https://t.co/15VeFWYqe8

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SLED charges former deputy who pointed gun at Hilton Head teens https://t.co/T1DgCOhsW5

[Isabella Douglas @_issadouglas]

It revealed a chaotic night, potential legal action, past neighborhood trouble from teens and a rumored gun in the boys’ possession.

Work written/reported by me & @evanjmckenna: https://t.co/1vIBh73MnA

[Isabella Douglas @_issadouglas]

A teen screamed for his mom as an off-duty sheriff’s deputy in khaki shorts and slip-on shoes pointed a gun at him. He was 1 of 4 boys restrained on the road in a HHI neighborhood Sunday — a confrontation captured in a viral video that would soon divide the quiet community.

[Isabella Douglas @_issadouglas]

But the 1-minute, 27-second clip showed only a fragment of what happened that evening. @islandpacket spoke with neighbors & family members and reviewed additional videos to reconstruct a fuller timeline of events.

[Isabella Douglas @_issadouglas]

Despite the effort it took to restrict nine books in the district last month, those titles were checked out less than 70 times over the past three years — most of them from a single high school.

Read more @islandpacket:

https://t.co/A9oq31m1FR

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School board restricts 9 books for first time under state regulation: ‘bittersweet’ https://t.co/lSdWgjGDgs

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Update on the arrests of masked protesters: apparently putting the wrong court on the tickets voided the charges, @_issadouglas reports. https://t.co/1lHSoOd2WX

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NEW: The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz. https://t.co/nFzF6h8gJp

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“This is a big step forward,” Sen. Tom Davis said. “But town council needs to plan the on-island piece to provide an aesthetically pleasing gateway, one that results in more efficient traffic flow and minimizes the impact on native-island communities.” https://t.co/W89IMxNbQt

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Wild (and legally informative) story on #NoKings protest from @_issadouglas

A visitor from California was arrested under SC anti-masking law, worries that he has to go home before his court appearance.
https://t.co/vVbQg4e8ay

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.@_issadouglas asks what it would take for South Carolina's most-in-the-nation book bans to actually be reversed. https://t.co/v2PenJXDMz

[Ted Bridis @tbridis]

Read coverage in @orlandosentinel by @UFJSchool @FreshTakeFla alum @swalker_7 about today’s landmark vote rejecting Ono as next University of Florida president https://t.co/86eE7WGyQY

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NEW: At least 30 people have been detained during an ICE raid at a construction site for off-campus student housing at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

Detainees are being held inside a white bus with barred windows. One says he has residency.

[Isabella Douglas @_issadouglas]

My latest:

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Murdaugh clerk Becky Hill lied to SC judge, warrants say. Here’s what she said https://t.co/CsiFwJUW10

[Isabella Douglas @_issadouglas]

Becky Hill, the former Colleton County clerk of court who oversaw Alex Murdaugh’s 2023 double murder trial, has been charged with two counts of misconduct in office, one count of obstruction of justice, and perjury.

Read more @thestate: https://t.co/N3C2NxFVmx

[Alissa Gary @AlissaGary1]

ICYMI: Last-minute fundraising efforts to save Limestone University didn't work — so it's closing for good. The university has an estimated $150 million economic impact on the county. Read my latest for @chronicle

https://t.co/2ps4RoGJsM

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What did Rep. Nancy Mace say at closed-door South Carolina town hall? https://t.co/C5KOI0Ms0C