The Gainesville City Commission moved forward on Thursday with the UF Health Eastside Urgent Care facility as well as several American Rescue Plan (ARPA) approvals. UF […]
Alachua County Public Schools (ACPS) and the Alachua County Education Association reached a salary package deal worth more than $10.5 million, the largest in ACPS history. […]
Former North Florida State Attorney Jeffrey Siegmeister, who represented seven counties, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges brought against him last year. Authorities arrested Siegmeister in […]
The Lake City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, discussing items from historical markers to the city manager search and a new camera system. New […]
The Gainesville City Commission will meet for its bi-monthly General Policy Committee on Thursday at 1 p.m. and discuss items from the Station 1 Fire House […]
A pickup failed to negotiate a corner and overturned near Old Town on Tuesday, killing the driver and critically injuring the passenger. According to a Florida […]
Alachua County’s syringe exchange program currently waits for funding to begin implementation at local organizations like GRACE Marketplace, UF’s Mobile Outreach Clinic and Meridian Behavioral Health […]
Tensions over Russia’s potential invasion of Ukraine are affecting the oil market and driving gas prices up throughout the United States. The national average for a gallon […]
The Florida Department of Health in Alachua County declared a health alert at Newnans Lake after a water sample taken on Monday revealed algae blooms. A […]
An early-morning fire at Kid City USA daycare center sent one person to the hospital on Tuesday. Gainesville Fire Rescue (GFR) responded to the blaze at […]
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 […]
The City of Gainesville has heard presentations and considered several options to increase broadband access through funds received from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), from […]
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 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 […]
Area COVID-19 positive cases and hospitalizations are nearing early January numbers and continue to trend downward. The omicron variant that hit the U.S. in November started […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gainesville got its first look Thursday at three potential versions of the city’s election map as part of the city’s ongoing redistricting effort. The city is […]
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 […]
The Gainesville City Commission approved moving forward with two water related projects at Thursday’s commission meeting. The first, on the consent agenda, looks to stabilize Little […]
Alachua County recently fired Facilities Director Charlie Jackson over inappropriate hiring practices, a charge Jackson denied in emails to county commissioners. According to two public-record emails […]