DeSantis vows to ramp up antibody treatment
Jan 3, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed on Monday to protect vulnerable citizens, keep businesses and schools open and to ramp up monoclonal antibody treatment availability around the […]
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DeSantis vows to ramp up antibody treatment
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed on Monday to protect vulnerable citizens, keep businesses and schools open and to ramp up monoclonal antibody treatment availability around the […]
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 […]
Johnson & Johnson: Booster works against omicron
Dec 30, 2021
A recent study of 69,000 health workers in South Africa found a second shot of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is 85 percent effective at […]
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 […]
U.S. health officials shorten COVID isolation time
Dec 28, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says if you test positive for COVID-19, you no longer need to isolate for 10 days—five will do […]
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 […]