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.
Originally from Sudan, the 22-year-old electrical engineering junior had never been to the United States. She left behind her family, friends and everything familiar from her high school in Tanzania to start over in a new country. Buying groceries — something never too difficult at home — suddenly meant carefully reading every ingredient label because of her dietary restrictions.
Moving away for college and leaving family can be an emotional adjustment. But for some, one of the hardest goodbyes is their pets.
If you ask about local politics in Gainesville and Alachua County, many will likely describe the area as a “blue dot in a sea of red.”
Beginning a new chapter of education comes with several challenges, from picking classes to navigating an unfamiliar campus. But one of the most daunting questions for incoming students has little to do with education: How can they get around town without a car?
The ranking evaluated public institutions based on affordability, graduation rates and median earnings upon graduation, emphasizing return on investment for undergraduate students.
In June, the Florida Legislature passed the "Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes” joint resolution, a proposal to amend the state’s non-school homestead tax exemption from $50,000 to $150,000.
On Tuesday, nearly 20 Alachua County Public School teachers received calls telling them they’ve been reassigned to another school. By Thursday, the district had revoked eight of the changes.
Alachua County held its annual Disability Awareness Expo on Wednesday.
The Alachua County School Board voted on Thursday to move forward with environmental evaluations of Citizens Field. The board will also consider five alternate sites.
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