CCSO arrests two armed teens at football game
Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two juveniles for possessing firearms at the Columbia High School football game on Friday. According to a Tuesday press release from […]
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CCSO arrests two armed teens at football game
Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two juveniles for possessing firearms at the Columbia High School football game on Friday. According to a Tuesday press release from […]
1 dead, 1 injured in I-75 accident
A freeway collision north of Lake City between a pickup truck and a semi truck resulted in one fatality and one injury Tuesday morning. According to […]
Update: Buchholz cleared after fourth bomb threat
Update: Alachua County Public Schools reported Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. that Buchholz has been cleared by law enforcement and nothing suspicious was found. Alachua County Public Schools […]
BOCC meets to update emergency order
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners will meet Tuesday to check the status of the local COVID-19 pandemic and to update the current emergency order […]
Alachua County communications team heads for Louisiana
The Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) Mutual Aid Radio Communications team and the Region 3 Strike Team from Jacksonville headed for Louisiana Sunday morning to help […]
GPD: Arsonist set SkyFrog Tree Service blaze
The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) is searching for a suspected arsonist leaving the SkyFrog Tree Service and Landscaping building on Aug. 23. The SkyFrog office started […]
COVID claims Lake City fire chief
Lake City Fire Chief Randy Burnham lost his battle with COVID-19 Sunday. The Lake City Fire Department announced Burnham died after battling COVID-19 since mid August. […]
Downtown Gainesville shooting leaves 1 dead
The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) needs the public’s help after a Sunday morning shooting left one person dead downtown. According to a GPD press release, officers […]
SBAC files court challenge to FDOH emergency rule
The School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) has teamed up with school boards from Broward and Orange counties to overturn a Florida Department of Health (FDOH) […]
Donors step up to meet shelter’s need
The Gainesville community stepped up in a big way after GRACE Marketplace sent out an August call for help as its Cafe 131 kitchen prepared to […]
UF researcher gets $10M to study COVID’s disparate global impact
The question kept coming up: Why are some countries in the grip of COVID-19 while others appear less affected? “It’s fundamentally curious,” said Dr. Rhoel Dinglasan, […]
City commission approves fraction of ARP funds
The Gainesville City Commission voted to approve a small portion of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds at its Thursday meeting at the request of Commissioner […]
Judge: State cannot garnish school board wages
Update (9:25 a.m. Sept. 3): Following release of the written decision, the state immediately filed an appeal Thursday evening, triggering an automatic stay to prevent the […]
FHP gears up for busy Labor Day
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) and the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) are reminding drivers to exercise caution this Labor Day weekend. […]
COVID hospitalizations declining in Gainesville
A dip that first started last week has turned into steady downhill momentum. Local hospitals report growing optimism that the worst of the COVID-19 delta variant […]
Gainesville sets special election for November
The Gainesville City Commission has set the special election to replace Commissioner Gail Johnson for Nov. 16. The City Commission approved the election and set aside […]
High Springs monoclonal site has busy first week
Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke in Fort Myers on Wednesday morning about the impact of the 21 monoclonal antibody sites around the state, reporting that more than […]
Buchholz receives third bomb threat
After operations resumed Thursday morning, a third bomb threat in three weeks–and second in 24 hours–was reported at Buchholz High School. In an emailed statement, Alachua […]
Update: Missing Lake City teen found
Update: Thursday, 2 p.m. — CCSO spokesperson Sgt. Steven Khachigan reported that Abigail Law of Lake City was safely located. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) reported a missing […]
State to garnish more salaries after court order
This week the Alachua and Broward County school boards became the first in the state to have wages garnished for implementing mask mandates, but they likely […]
Gainesville commission to tackle masking, ARP funds
The Gainesville City Commission will discuss and vote on a number of topics at its regular meeting Thursday, including the city’s Zero Waste Plan, American Rescue […]
BOCC extends mask mandate as COVID surge wanes
Health department administrator Paul Myers would not commit to announcing a peak for COVID-19 cases, but on Tuesday he told the Alachua County Board of County […]
Hawthorne cheese hits Publix shelves
In the next week, Gouda cheese from Hawthorne will land on the shelves of 245 Publix stores across Florida, including the store at 4115 NW 16th […]
FDOE garnishes school board wages
The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) commissioner announced late Monday that the state has withheld funds from Alachua and Broward County school board members, defying last […]