Suwannee receives $5M for new multi-use building
Feb 21, 2022
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 […]
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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 […]
COVID cases, hospitalizations continue to plummet
Feb 21, 2022
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 EMS installs new equipment
Feb 21, 2022
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 […]
Communities unite to reconcile local lynchings
Feb 19, 2022
Circuit Judge Mikaela Nix-Walker was at a loss for words. Moments before she and her family took part in a soil collection ceremony in Waldo on […]
Hawthorne woman dies in head-on collision
Feb 19, 2022
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
Feb 19, 2022
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 ponders 3 different election maps
Feb 17, 2022
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 […]
GFR responds to fire at GRU’s Deerhaven plant
Feb 17, 2022
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 […]
Gainesville greenlights new 75-acre wetlands
Feb 17, 2022
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 terminates facilities director
Feb 17, 2022
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 […]
Chestnut officially joins GNV commission
Feb 17, 2022
Cynthia Chestnut officially rejoined the Gainesville City Commission 35 years after her first appointment at Thursday morning’s swearing in ceremony on the steps of City Hall. […]
Update: LCPD locates missing Lake City woman
Feb 17, 2022
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 […]
Update: High Springs ends boil water notice
Feb 17, 2022
Update: Saturday, 11:30 a.m.—The City of High Springs ended its boil water notice on Saturday morning. The City of High Springs issued a citywide boil water […]
FWC releases Orange Lake mortality event findings
Feb 17, 2022
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) released information regarding the death of more than two dozen reptiles found floating in Orange Lake last Thursday. “Biologists […]
GNV commission to discuss housing, redistricting
Feb 16, 2022
The Gainesville City Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday to discuss issues ranging from affordable housing to solar projects. Commissioner-elect Cynthia Chestnut will sit on […]
Representatives ask feds for disaster declaration
Feb 16, 2022
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 […]
DeSantis backs effort to trim school funding
Feb 16, 2022
State Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, got a thumbs up from Gov. Ron DeSantis in a tweet that supports Fine’s efforts to take $200 million from […]
Soil collection ceremony scheduled in Waldo
Feb 16, 2022
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 […]
High Springs approves contested event permit
Feb 16, 2022
Heart of High Springs received approval from the High Springs City Commission for its weeklong, special event permit at a workshop meeting on Tuesday night. The […]
Alachua schools will share spring break with UF
Feb 16, 2022
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. […]
CCSO, feds arrest 7 in Lake City
Feb 15, 2022
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and federal law enforcement arrested seven people on Tuesday in connection with a spate of recent shootings in Lake City. […]
3 commission seats up for election in Newberry
Feb 15, 2022
The qualifying period to run for three Newberry Commission seats opens on Monday. The seats up for election are Commissioner Group I held currently by Ricky […]
GPD still looking for teens who sparked mall chaos
Feb 15, 2022
More than a month has passed since a group of teens set off firecrackers at the Oaks Mall, sending store employees and shoppers running for cover […]
Local hospitals see ‘dramatic’ COVID case decline
Feb 14, 2022
After plateauing the past two weeks, local COVID-positive hospitalization cases are finally declining. On Monday, UF Health Shands Hospital and North Florida Regional Medical Center reported […]