Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the removal of automated license plate readers from state roads Aug. 30. Law enforcement agencies in Florida have until Sept. 30 to remove them.
After four months of debate and concerns about risks to state funding, the Alachua County Commission passed a resolution Aug. 11 opposing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the county.
The Gainesville City Commission unanimously approved renovation plans on Thursday for the T.B. McPherson Center, a recreational complex in southeast Gainesville.
David Allen Butler, a 45-year-old Alachua man, was charged Wednesday with possession of heroin, meth and an unprescribed drug. He was also charged with reckless driving.
Richard Matthew Moore, a 34-year-old Newberry resident, was charged Tuesday for possessing child sexual abuse material.
The state of Florida executed 74-year-old Harold Gene Lucas at 6:18 p.m. Tuesday by a three-drug lethal injection. He was convicted of the 1976 murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend and the attempted murder of her two friends.
The Gainesville Housing Authority, a local organization that provides safe, affordable housing and community programs to residents, held its fourth annual Celebration of Success on Saturday.
Christopher Flintroyal, an 18-year-old Gainesville resident, was arrested Thursday for possession of child sexual abuse material.
Justin Ethridge, a 39-year-old Gainesville resident, was charged Wednesday with possesing child sexual abuse material.
The Alachua County Commission approved a residential and agricultural development at its Tuesday meeting, passing it to the state for review. The commission also requested information about alleged data sharing by Flock Safety cameras in the county.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 905, also known as the Foreign Interference Restriction Act, May of this year. The law shut down the Florida Linkage Institution Scholarships, a program that allowed international students from 11 countries to qualify for in-state tuition at Florida public schools. With it, eligible international students saw their tuition costs drop by as much as $28,000 — or more than 80%.
At the entrance of Black Lake Preserve, Alachua County Commission chair Ken Cornell cut a luscious green vine stretched across the trail to signify the park’s opening Friday morning.
As the polls close and ballots are counted, here is everything you need to know about the results of the school board election.
The Newberry Community School Board voted on Monday to expand the charter school to kindergarten through fifth grade and approved a school improvement plan.
If you’ve ever wondered how a UF student or alumnus could reminisce on living in cramped quarters, sharing a space with at least one other person and using communal bathrooms, the answer, according to 20-year-old UF data science junior Jack Mondel, is quite simple: Dorm life is what you make of it.
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