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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Many travelers found themselves stranded in airports over the weekend as one word repeatedly appeared on airport video screens—“canceled.” Airlines scrubbed more than 700 flights on […]
The omicron variant of the coronavirus went from its first appearance in South Africa in mid-November to the strain responsible for at least 73 percent of all U.S. […]
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 […]
The World Health Organization’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned on Wednesday that vaccine booster programs could prolong the COVID-19 pandemic. Tedros said the programs divert supplies […]
The U.S. Commerce Department reported on Thursday that consumer prices have risen 5.7 percent over the past year. That’s the fastest pace in 39 years. How […]
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 […]
U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation’s founding during the first year of the pandemic. New figures released Tuesday showed that the United States […]
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 […]