Gas prices rise on vaccine and stimulus optimism
Florida gas prices increased last week, as was forecast in last week’s AAA Gas Price Brief. The state average is now nearly 13 cents more than a […]
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Gas prices rise on vaccine and stimulus optimism
Florida gas prices increased last week, as was forecast in last week’s AAA Gas Price Brief. The state average is now nearly 13 cents more than a […]
Hawthorne defense playing at championship levels
It’s an often-used cliché that defense wins championships. But for Hawthorne High School, defense has been the backbone of a Hornets’ team that just advanced to […]
Former Gainesville Fire Chief honored for leadership with 2020 National Public Safety award
Former City of Gainesville Fire Chief Jeffrey Lane has been named the 2020 recipient of the Harlin R. McEwen Public Safety Broadband Communications Award by the […]
Hawthorne girls thrash Columbia; Eastside boys meet Santa Fe in a battle of undefeateds
Girls Basketball: Hawthorne 66, Columbia 40 Hawthorne football coach Cornelius Ingram took some time off from coaching the Hornets in next Thursday’s Class 1A state championship […]
Mayor Marlowe announces first annual Newberry Christmas Lights Contest
Listen up, Christmas decorating fanatics, I am proud to announce the first annual Christmas Lights Contest! Here is how it will work: over the next two […]
Updating Breaking News: Fatal hit-and-run incident in Gainesville kills UF student
The Gainesville Police Department responded to a hit-and-run incident last night at approximately 10:49 pm in the 2000 block of West University Avenue in Gainesville. According to […]
Trinity Catholic trio sign major college scholarships
It’s not uncommon to have a Division-I offensive lineman on your team, even if you are a smaller school like Trinity Catholic (Ocala). But to have […]
Alachua County Health: Don’t let your COVID-19 guard down
Alachua County Health Department Director Paul Myers said sources of new cases of COVID-19 in the county are being linked back to household transmission, family and […]
Lake City Wetlands transforms from a spray field to a birding hotspot
“It’s magic to see what happens when you add water to the landscape,” said Jacqui Sulek, chapter conservation manager for Audubon Florida. A visit to the […]
Columbia County Sheriff honors two deputies and promotes two law enforcement officers
Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter promoted two employees within its law enforcement ranks on Wednesday. Detective Josh Samson was promoted to the rank of Corporal and […]
Library District launches Winter Reading Challenge to compete with libraries nationwide
The Alachua County Library District is launching the first Winter Reading Challenge, calling on our community to read 1,000 hours from Jan. 1 through Feb. 14 […]
Santa Fe Teaching Zoo asks visitors to ‘Protect Our Flock’
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo is welcoming visitors from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day except holidays, but asks that visitors keep in mind […]
Chiefland football coach resigns; Trenton girls basketball team dominant again
Chiefland head football coach John Palmer has resigned citing health concerns. Palmer told the Gainesville Sun that he has been coaching with Sick Sinus Syndrome, a […]
Updating Breaking News: Fatal hit-and-run in Alachua County kills Gainesville man
The Florida Highway Patrol responded to a hit-and-run incident last night at approximately 8:56 pm in Alachua County. According to the FHP report, an unknown vehicle was […]
Free COVID-19 testing and flu shots available this Saturday in Gainesville
The Alachua County Health Department together with the COVID-19 Student Service Corps @ UF will provide free drive-thru COVID-19 testing and flu shots this Saturday at […]
Newberry High’s Grace Oelrich signs scholarship with Rollins College
Grace Oelrich helped lead the Newberry volleyball team to the Class 1A state championship game in November. The senior outside hitter led the Panthers (23-4) in […]
UF Law Conservation Clinic hosts water resources act and public interest discussion
Florida’s Constitution and its environmental laws reference the “public interest” repeatedly, usually with little explanation; for example, Chapter 373 of the Florida Statutes cites “public interest” […]
Charles “Chuck” Yeager dies
Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the United States Air Force brigadier general most well known for being the first person to break the sound barrier, died Monday at […]
Buchholz reschedules tonight’s game with Eastside; Trenton girls start 4-0
Yesterday the Buchholz High School athletic department announced that the following home games have been added, canceled or rescheduled due to COVID-19 or as a precaution. […]
Developer of RV resort gets green light in Newberry
The City of Newberry took another step toward promoting the sports tourism industry by approving a Special Exception application that will allow a luxury RV resort […]
Florida lawmakers to again ponder pulling the plug on red light cameras
The Center Square – According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 63 Florida cities were operating 638 red light cameras in 2018. […]
New Gainesville CRA Business Improvement Grant Program accepting applications
Gainesville business owners of establishments within the new, single-district Community Reinvestment Area are encouraged to apply for financial incentives to help improve business storefronts. The new […]
Inside the action: Spot one on pit row at the 2020 Snowball Derby
PENSACOLA, FL ‑ The roar of three dozen super late model race cars crescendos every 15 seconds or so as they round turn one at Five […]
That infamous day
Editor’s Note – This story originally appeared in WORLD in 2014. It is reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. CHARLESTON, S.C.—In 1923 Army Col. Billy Mitchell predicted Japanese […]