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(04/23/26 6:57pm)
Update: UF spokesperson Cynthia Roldán confirmed Thursday afternoon the message’s purpose was to notify Shands employees that the hospital’s mass casualty plan was being activated.
(04/20/26 4:00pm)
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(04/19/26 11:26pm)
Update: As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, fire containment remains the same, according to an Alachua County Instagram post. The fire by North Main Street remains 25% contained and spans just over 100 acres, and the fire on State Road 121 is 60% contained and spans 25. Impacts from smoke have already been seen as far as Levy and Marion Counties, according to the post.
(04/16/26 1:17am)
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the location of the wildfire as the Prairie Creek Preserve area. The fire is in the area of Alachua County’s Balu Forest, south of State Road 20.
(04/15/26 3:21pm)
Jackson Youmas, a store manager of a CVS, beat incumbent Dayna Williams in Alachua’s City Commission election Tuesday.
(04/13/26 1:00pm)
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(04/13/26 1:00pm)
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(03/24/26 9:24pm)
Update: Capt. Trever Henderson, a university police representative, confirmed UPD responded to the Bivens Arm Forest area around 7 p.m. Monday following a report of a suspicious person. Upon arrival, officers found a deceased person and identified him as James Brandon Czerepusko. The case is active as a suicide investigation, Henderson said.
(03/22/26 10:00pm)
En todo Gainesville, iglesias y ministerios basados en la fe están trabajando para apoyar a los residentes necesitados, ofreciendo alimentos, oración y ropa. Algunas iglesias trabajan específicamente para servir a la comunidad latina.
(03/22/26 9:52pm)
Across Gainesville, churches and faith-based ministries are working to support residents in need, offering food, prayer and clothing. Some churches specifically work to serve the Latin community.
(03/18/26 3:29pm)
With ‘90s rock and hip-hop jams playing overhead and skewered dishes sliding onto plates, the rhythm of Kushi & Co. meshes yakitori cuisine and street culture together.
(03/07/26 9:15pm)
Funding for cities and counties across the state may be impacted by a bill that would provide property tax relief to Florida homeowners.
(03/07/26 8:50pm)
Some UF students are packing swimsuits and seltzers for spring break. The Alligator is packing tents, earplugs and hydration packs.
(03/03/26 10:16pm)
A 1,120-foot-long wall running down 34th Street in west Gainesville has served as a creative landing space for decades — full of art, memorials and messages conveyed through graffiti and murals. One of those murals was devoted to honoring Gainesville rock ’n’ roll star Tom Petty.
(02/23/26 7:23pm)
Update, Feb. 25: GPD public information officer Art Forgey said the pedestrian is recovering and talking. She suffered multiple broken bones and is being monitored for any head injuries.
(02/17/26 1:54am)
Tras los tiroteos mortales de dos ciudadanos estadounidenses en Minneapolis el mes pasado, miembros de la comunidad de Minnesota están encabezando titulares por advertir a sus vecinos sobre agentes federales de inmigración mediante una red clandestina de silbatos y videos de iPhone. En Florida, que registró casi 10,000 arrestos del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) solo en la primera mitad del año pasado, los activistas están siguiendo el mismo camino.
(02/14/26 11:39pm)
In an alert posted via Facebook, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said both the Gainesville Police Department and the ACSO received calls late Saturday afternoon about an active shooter at Oaks Mall.
(02/11/26 4:54pm)
Following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis last month, Minnesota community members are making headlines for warning their neighbors about federal immigration agents through a shadow network of whistles and iPhone videos. In Florida, which saw nearly 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in the first half of last year alone, activists are following suit.
(02/08/26 8:17pm)
During a Jan. 26 meeting, the Alachua City Commission unanimously voted to close Precinct 53 at the Cleather Hathcock Community Center ahead of the April 14 municipal election.
(01/25/26 8:37pm)
Last month, Tashenia Torres went to the dentist after experiencing sharp, excruciating pain in her jaw — a result of the growth of her wisdom teeth. Still, without insurance to afford dental care, she said the clinic wasn’t much help in scheduling an extraction.