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Ronald Wadford is in jail and being held on a $500,000 bond.
Read More »Man Arrested On Charges Of Aggravated Stalking Of Alachua County NAACP Leader
Mobile Home Park Suffers Hurricane-Like Damage
Sunday's storm left Whitney Mobile Home Park in worse condition than Hurricane Irma, according to some of the residents.
Read More »Senior Community In Marion County Holds Hurricane Preparedness Meeting
Emergency managers for Rolling Greens, a mobile home community for seniors in Marion County, hosted the annual hurricane preparedness meeting for residents.
Read More »Anti-Confederate Protesters Disrupt Independence Day Celebration In St. Augustine
A group of protesters in St. Augustine marched for the removal of an obelisk honoring the Confederate cause.
Read More »Residents At Gainesville Homeless Shelter Ask For Crosswalk On 39th Avenue
City and county officials have tried for two years to make it so bus riders won’t have to cross the dangerous street.
Read More »Gainesville Joins Florida Cities Suing the State Over Gun Law
Several other local governments in Florida are also challenging the law.
Read More »Why Alachua County Reduced A Property’s Fines Of $1.4 Million To $1,000
The Code Enforcement Board reduced fines at Holly Heights from $1.4 million dollars to just one-thousand dollars.
Read More »‘Everybody Was On His Level’: St. Augustine Man Remembers MLK
James "Jimmy" Jackson was active in the battle for civil rights in St. Augustine.
Read More »50 Years After His Death, A Look Back at MLK’s Visit to St. Augustine
On the 50th anniversary of his assassination, we visit the home of 91-year-old Janie Price, whose house King stayed at during his 1964 visit.
Read More »Groups Raise Money For Children To See ‘Black Panther’
People around the country are raising money for kids to see the movie "Black Panther," including several non-profit groups in Alachua County.
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