Pedestrian hit, killed in crosswalk
Jan 5, 2022
A pedestrian was hit and killed crossing NW 8th Avenue in Gainesville on Tuesday. According to a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) report Wednesday afternoon, officers responded […]
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Pedestrian hit, killed in crosswalk
A pedestrian was hit and killed crossing NW 8th Avenue in Gainesville on Tuesday. According to a Gainesville Police Department (GPD) report Wednesday afternoon, officers responded […]
GNV staff recommends ending grocery store project
Jan 5, 2022
After a 90-day community engagement process and the holidays, the proposed east side grocery store will return to the Gainesville City Commission at its first regular […]
Semi hits, kills Hawthorne woman
Jan 5, 2022
A tractor-trailer struck and killed a Hawthorne woman who was standing along U.S. Highway 301 in Orange Heights on Monday afternoon. According to Florida Highway Patrol […]
UF increases access to COVID-19 testing
Jan 5, 2022
UF is increasing testing availability in response to rising cases locally and nationally. In the Florida Department of Health’s weekly report released on Friday, Alachua County’s 2,072 […]
Area hospitals experience COVID patient upswing
Jan 4, 2022
Gainesville hospitals are seeing a new surge in COVID-19 positive patients as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to spread. In the Florida Department of Health’s […]
Two dozen Alachua County employees COVID positive
Jan 4, 2022
Some 25 Alachua County employees have tested positive for COVID-19, threatening to affect regular county operations. “We are approaching the point where County services (such as […]
Teens among three shot in Lake City
Jan 4, 2022
The Lake City Police Department (LCPD) is searching for suspects in a spate of gun-related incidents that injured three people, including two teenagers, in recent days. […]
Alachua County purchases 2,274 acre easement
Jan 4, 2022
Alachua County bought a 2,274-acre conservation easement through its Alachua County Forever program, bringing the total acreage to 27,952. In a press release, Alachua County said […]
Newberry to consider 272 ag acres for 1,000 homes
Jan 4, 2022
The Newberry Planning and Zoning Board will consider an application to convert 272 acres along West Newberry Road from agriculture to a planned development for 1,000 […]
Judge won’t dismiss faculty case against UF
Jan 3, 2022
A federal judge on Monday denied UF’s request to dismiss a First Amendment case involving six faculty members. Three political science professors originally filed the lawsuit, […]
ACPS releases updated COVID safety protocols
Jan 3, 2022
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) sent updated COVID safety protocols to school families as staff and students prepare for classes to resume on Tuesday. The recent […]
COVID testing wait time grows with surge
Jan 3, 2022
As COVID-19 surges in Alachua County, wait times for testing have lengthened to days, leaving some residents little choice but to travel to neighboring towns to […]
FHP seeks info in Lake City bicycle fatality
Jan 3, 2022
The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) is asking the public for information related to a fatal bicycle wreck last week in Lake City. The accident occurred around […]
Update: USCG calls off search for Michael Sedor
Jan 2, 2022
Update (7:57 p.m.) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) suspended search efforts Sunday evening for Michael Sedor one mile offshore of Cedar Key, according to a USCG […]
USCG recovers boater’s body off Cedar Key
Jan 2, 2022
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) recovered the unresponsive body of David Savioe, on Saturday morning after he went missing with another boater on Wednesday. The sunken fishing […]
Alachua County weekly COVID cases top 2,000
Dec 31, 2021
Alachua County recorded 2,072 new COVID-19 cases this week as the county’s positivity rate increased seven fold from two weeks ago. The data came as part […]
Bell family perishes in helicopter crash
Dec 31, 2021
A Bell family died in a helicopter crash west of Bronson on Thursday evening. The accident claimed the lives of Ronald Hicks, 36; his wife, Shelly […]
Local leaders tackle Citizens Field upgrades
Dec 31, 2021
Citizens Field has seen its fair share of touchdowns as home base for three of Gainesville’s high school football teams. For decades, Buchholz High School, Gainesville […]
VA tightens visitation policy amid omicron surge
Dec 30, 2021
The North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Healthcare System announced Thursday that it is tightening its visitation policies amid the omicron variant surge. “The recent arrival of the […]
Top 20 most-viewed stories of 2021
Dec 30, 2021
Following our theme of top 2021 stories, today’s list features Mainstreet’s most-viewed stories, as recorded by Google Analytics. Unlike the top local news stories that we […]
Search underway for missing boaters
Dec 30, 2021
A multi-agency search is underway for two men who went missing after a partially submerged boat was discovered seven miles offshore near Cedar Key on Wednesday […]
Alachua County plans courthouse renaming ceremony
Dec 29, 2021
Alachua County will hold a ceremony at noon on Jan. 14 to rename the county courthouse in honor of Judge Stephan Mickle, who died in January […]
Vote-by-mail ballots on way to Gainesville voters
Dec 29, 2021
Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton announced her office mailed more than 19,000 domestic vote-by-mail ballots this week for the Gainesville City Commission special runoff […]
Mainstreet’s top 2021 feature stories
Dec 29, 2021
With 2021 winding to a close, the Mainstreet Daily News staff selected what we consider the top feature stories of the year. Covering nine counties, there’s […]