In the messages, the student stated, "I will go to your school tomorrow... There is going to be a shootout," prompting immediate concern from school staff and law enforcement.
The northeast Gainesville elementary school received the grade of “D” for both the 2022-2023 and the 2023-2024 school years. Less than 4% of all Florida schools received a “D” grade in the 2023-24 school year.
Presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump don’t often agree, yet both have proposed eliminating the federal income tax on tips. Some tipped employees in Gainesville are supportive of the idea, while others remain unsure of the benefits.
Gainesville Police Department officers responded to reports of domestic aggravated assault Friday involving two siblings.
Upon arrival, the woman, who is six months pregnant, informed law enforcement that she had been assaulted by a coworker, identified as Keyly Suazo-Garcia, 39.
Moya began his career in Palm Bay, Florida, where he served as the department’s chief in 2019. He moved to Suffolk County, New York, in 2022, where he led various justice intervention efforts and launched the county's first Threat Assessment and Management team.
Competition for part-time work is stiff in a college town saturated with students. The city offers both long-time residents and students a wide variety of resources to make the process easier.
The motion would allow Alachua County Forever to fund the acquisition of land with the intentions to be conserved and other projects under ACF’s Agricultural Land Protection Strategy.
Incentivized by sugary treats, over 200 high schoolers registered to vote through drives at three ACPS high schools, including Gainesville, Eastside and Buchholz. P.K. Yonge, a developmental school at UF, also participated.
The charges arose from an investigation that began after Joel Bruce Searby, 48, engaged in inappropriate conversations with a juvenile through Snapchat.
Dixon served as fire chief since March 2021.
The one-year contract between the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry, Inc. and the City of Gainesville. would allot $1.5 million to GRACE Marketplace’s and an additional $350,000 to fund GRACE Marketplace’s supplemental emergency shelter.
The one-year contract between the Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry, Inc. and the City of Gainesville. would allot $1.5 million to GRACE Marketplace’s and an additional $350,000 to fund GRACE Marketplace’s supplemental emergency shelter.
Representatives from more than 60 local organizations gathered Thursday on the steps of Gainesville’s City Hall, demanding the city divest from weapons corporations supporting the Israeli Defense Force as the war in Gaza intensifies.
The referendum, slated to be on the November ballot, would give citizens the opportunity to decide if GRU should be controlled by the city, or by the state-appointed GRU Authority. GRU’s decision Wednesday could prevent the referendum from appearing on the ballot.
Alachua County is negotiating with UF to build a new animal shelter on a 12.6-acre section of campus. The $3 million ground lease would allow Alachua County to occupy a section of the swine unit, situated two miles southwest of UF’s main campus.
On July 9, Alachua County commissioners unanimously voted in favor of an amended investment policy. Groups supporting the Palestinian cause remain unsatisfied, denouncing the City of Gainesville for failing to follow the county's lead.
Implemented over the summer, changes to parking rates in downtown Gainesville cause concern among business owners and customers.
Loran Kenstley Cole, 57, became the first person to be executed in Florida in 2024, marking the 13th execution this year and the 106th in Florida since the United States Supreme Court’s reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.
The goal of the East Gainesville Legacy Community Engagement Project is to build low maintenance, affordable housing at the market rate on the 13-acre property owned by the county. The project is also meant to decrease poverty and promote routes that are walkable for civilians and bicyclists.
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