BOCC reform bill clears committee, heads to House
A bill that would allow voters to decide whether to vote by district for members of the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) cleared its […]
GPD responds to shots fired at Pavilion Apartments
Gainesville Police Department (GPD) officers responded to shots fired at the Pavilion on 62nd Apartments on Monday afternoon. A disturbance around 3 p.m. resulted in shots […]
Suwannee receives $5M for new multi-use building
Suwannee County received $5 million on Monday for a new multi-use building. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an award for nearly $11 million for infrastructure projects in […]
Alachua County EMS installs new equipment
Alachua County Fire Rescue’s EMS personnel will receive help from five new Stryker Power Load systems now installed in critical care trucks. With the systems, EMS […]
Area football players named to All State rosters
Buchholz and Hawthorne continue to pile up honors for deep playoff runs and had 11 and 10 players selected to the Class 7A and 1A All […]
Hawthorne woman dies in head-on collision
A Hawthorne woman died and a Trenton man is in critical condition following a head-on collision near Melrose on Saturday morning. According to a Florida Highway […]
Suwannee County 1983 cold case murder solved
The Suwannee Valley Unsolved (SVU) team recently closed a cold case involving a Quincey teenager murdered in September 1983. On Friday, Jason P. Futch, a director/producer […]
5.11 Tactical to set up shop in Gainesville
A new tactical store, 5.11 Tactical, is scheduled to open in Gainesville this summer, selling full apparel and gear directly to community users. Butler Enterprises announced […]
Community Calendar of Events – March 2022
If you have events you would like to submit to our calendar, please email editor@mainstreetdailynews.com Ongoing We’re Tired of Asking: Black Thursday and Civil Rights at […]
GFR responds to fire at GRU’s Deerhaven plant
Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) mobilized at 3:40 p.m. Thursday after an alert of a large commercial fire at Gainesville Regional Utilities’ (GRU) Deerhaven Powerplant. Arriving crews […]
Update: LCPD locates missing Lake City woman
Update: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. — LCPD officer Joseph Wilkerson reported that Mildred C. Brooks of Lake City was safely located. The Lake City Police Department (LCPD) issued […]
Representatives ask feds for disaster declaration
Florida politicians want a disaster declaration issued for counties in Florida that suffered record low temperatures from January 29-31, severely damaging crops. On Wednesday, 25 of […]
Soil collection ceremony scheduled in Waldo
The Waldo-Hawthorne-Campville-Rochelle Community Remembrance Project will collect soil this Saturday in Waldo that will travel for display in Montgomery, Alabama, and Alachua County. The ceremony forms […]
Alachua schools will share spring break with UF
Alachua County Public School (ACPS) students will share their spring break with the University of Florida after approval of the 2022-23 school year calendar Tuesday night. […]
Hippodrome to debut five new plays this weekend
Limited seating remains for the Hippodrome’s New Works Festival running two shows this Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Partnering with a crew of directors, actors […]
Gainesville gas prices continuing to rise
The national average price for a gallon of gas rose sharply last week to $3.48—four cents more than a week ago—while local prices grew at a […]
Fire sends 3 to hospital, displaces others
A residential fire Sunday afternoon sent three residents to the hospital and displaced the other residents of a two-story apartment complex off of SW 16th Ave. […]
Escaped prisoner leads to five-hour manhunt
A prison inmate escaped custody and led authorities on a five-hour manhunt Saturday in Lake City. According to a Lake City Police Department (LCPD) press release, […]
Fishing report: Wintertime successes abound
The surest way to find out if something happened is to write that you think it didn’t. We expected the dip into the low 20s two […]
Cricket Wireless campaign features Eastside grad
Cricket Wireless recently chose a former Eastside and Florida A&M University (FAMU) grad as one of four entrepreneurs from across the country to spotlight in its […]
Inflation soars while jobless claims drop
The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits again fell slightly to 223,000 last week, continuing a downward trend. Last week, the department also […]
LCSO arrests Chiefland man for attempted murder
Levy County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) deputies arrested a Chiefland man for attempted murder and aggravated battery following a Wednesday incident. LCSO deputies and detectives responded to […]
UF study looks at pregnancies, harmful drugs
In a review of more than 3 million pregnancies, University of Florida researchers found one in 16 women were exposed to harmful teratogenic drugs — medications […]
Eastside, GHS advance to regional semifinals
The only local boys soccer teams to survive the regional quarterfinal round played at Gainesville’s Citizens Field on Wednesday. No. 2 seed Eastside (Gainesville) opened the […]