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 […]
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Local leaders tackle Citizens Field upgrades
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 […]
Wreck kills Branford woman, injures Lake City man
Dec 29, 2021
A Branford woman died and a Lake City man is in critical condition after their car hit a tree off a rural road in Hamilton County. […]
Spurgeon Cherry Pool to close for overhaul
Dec 28, 2021
The H. Spurgeon Cherry Pool will close Jan. 8 to allow for a $1.4 million renovation of the facility that will last until the summer. Peter […]
Top 10 local news stories of 2021
Dec 28, 2021
The Mainstreet Daily News staff has compiled what it sees as the top 10 local stories in a very busy news year in North Central Florida. […]
Gainesville man dies in vehicle accident
Dec 28, 2021
A Gainesville man died Sunday morning in a single-vehicle accident on NW 13th Street just north of NW 23rd Avenue. According to the Gainesville Police Department […]
Car hits, kills bicyclist in Lake City
Dec 27, 2021
A sedan traveling east on U.S. Highway 90 hit and killed a bicyclist on Monday evening. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, a small […]
Column: Buying a new car? Hurry up and wait
Dec 27, 2021
Back in May experts predicted that a combination of a strong demand for cars and a shortage of semiconductor chips might crash the market for new […]
Say goodbye to Venus and hello to Mercury
Dec 27, 2021
The manager of SF College’s Kika Silva Pla Planetarium is encouraging star gazers to be on the lookout for two celestial happenings this week. “Get outside […]
COVID-19 positivity rate doubles in Alachua County
Dec 27, 2021
It’s been one year since COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Florida, but the virus variants continue to move at a fast pace, causing the positivity rate in […]
GNV, county promote tree, electronics recycling
Dec 24, 2021
Alachua County and the City of Gainesville are promoting recycling this holiday season, but there are specific items that can be submitted. According to a city […]
Levy BOCC asks DeSantis to nix turnpike extension
Dec 22, 2021
A proposed blue line that represents a turnpike extension that would run through Levy County is sparking a strong reaction from the Levy County Board of […]
Donor gives $75k to move former slave’s home
Dec 21, 2021
When the Saltzgiver family first moved to their 10-acre country lot in Newberry 20 years ago, there was a double-wide trailer and a tiny wood house […]
Meeks and Meeks head up Levy BOCC
Dec 21, 2021
No sooner did Commissioner Lilly Rooks (District 4) of the Levy County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) nominate Vice Chair Rock Meeks (District 2) when Commissioner […]
Blood donors receive gift card over holiday season
Dec 21, 2021
LifeSouth Blood Donation Centers is encouraging locals to give blood during the holiday season as supply shortage remains. From now until Jan. 2, all donors will […]
Alachua pays off two debts, sees higher funds
Dec 21, 2021
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the City of Alachua has paid off two debt issues, one of which started in the early 2000s. Rob Bonetti, director […]
North Florida braces for new COVID surge
Dec 20, 2021
Local COVID-19 cases started rising last week, leading local health officials to believe another pandemic wave may be developing. According to UF Health Shands CEO Ed […]
West End owner racks up $36k in tree fines
Dec 20, 2021
Two dead pine trees in close vicinity to homes along the former West End Golf property were removed this week after accruing months of daily code […]
Cold front moving into Alachua, Marion counties
Dec 20, 2021
Severe thunderstorms could hit the area Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Jacksonville. The service said in a release that the chance of these […]