The Alachua County School Board dismissed rumors of a school closure and addressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies at a meeting Tuesday.
The state-run facility drew in a crowd of protestors Sunday afternoon
Organizers held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the reopening of the renovated Martin Luther King Memorial Garden.
From young environmental enthusiasts to retirees, the Florida Master Naturalist Program has spent 25 years educating citizens.
On a breezy Saturday morning, Earl P. Powers Park buzzed with the sounds of people chatting, children playing and dogs barking as over 75 volunteers came to celebrate Arbor Day in Alachua County.
National immigration policy under the Trump administration has left Florida law firms overloaded and overwhelmed — including in Alachua County.
The board is responsible for overseeing more than 400,000 students across Florida’s 12 public universities.
A Gainesville woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with murder after allegedly drowning her 7-month-old.
The authority board filed complaints against the city for both the 2024 and 2025 Local Public Utilities referendums, and the 2024 case is still pending an appellate court decision. Oral arguments for the appeal in the 2024 case will be heard on Feb. 10 at the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee.
Officers believe the suspect killed an unknown civilian prior to the police shootout
The Alachua County Commission announced at Tuesday’s meeting that the state removed restrictions from a plot of county-owned land, making it a possible location for a long-awaited new animal shelter.
About 35 people gathered at Gainesville’s Albert “Ray” Massey Park at noon Sunday to protest U.S. military action in Venezuela and Immigration and Customs Enforcement across the country.
The Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization approved plans for two new crosswalks: a raised crosswalk in front of the Publix at University Village Market on Northwest Third Avenue and a regular crosswalk farther down the street by Northwest Fourth Place.
Around 75 protesters sported matching shirts and signs outside Melrose Heritage Park to oppose a proposed 270-acre event space.
Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs. Sometimes the correspondence ends after a few letters. Other times, it lasts decades.
Students from Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela share their families’ December rituals.
Here are a few organizations operating toy drives in Alachua County this year.
The state of Florida executed 58-year-old Mark Allen Geralds at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday at Florida State Prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. He was convicted of the 1989 murder of a Bay County mother.
The two started arguing and Quinn suddenly accelerated and hit Bowers with the car, throwing her onto the hood, the witness told officers. Quinn then “sped off” with the victim hanging onto the side of the car.
The first incident happened in 2019, when the church’s school ministry was traveling to Kentucky by bus on official church business, according to the sworn complaint that led to his arrest.
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