“Bring the Harvest Home” campaign accepts food, baby items and household goods at 10 drop-off sites this month

But First Amendment experts say speech could only be punished if it crosses the line into a threat of violence. That’s currently in question in this federal lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida.

Members of the State Board of Education grilled the vice chair of the Alachua County school board at their meeting on Thursday in the Panhandle over Facebook posts she and other board members wrote about the deaths of conservative figures, including activist Charlie Kirk.

Since DeSantis became governor, the number of executions has fluctuated, starting with a small number of executions in 2019, to having no executions between 2020 and 2022. Florida carried out six executions in 2023, one in 2024, and now in 2025, the record-breaking total.

Growing up in Gainesville’s Eastside and going to a Title I school where “a lot of my peers were victims of gun violence or perpetrators of it,” Tubbs’s personal experience inspired her to create social change.

“We couldn’t take it anymore, the constant fear that one of us could be disappeared by ICE,” Silva said in an interview translated from Portuguese. “We wanted to stay in Florida where we’ve built our life, but my kids deserve a place where they feel safe and welcome.”

The Democrat-backed bills would ban the sales of assault-style weapons or magazines that carry more than 10 bullets, require background checks to buy ammunition, limit where guns can be carried and make drivers lock away guns inside their cars.

Community members gathered at Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, to honor military service members during the county’s annual Veterans Day celebration, despite frigid temperatures.

Karen Fiore, a long-time Archer resident and vocal presence at city meetings, will be sworn in on Monday as the newest Archer city commissioner amid the city’s ongoing financial struggles. Archer had amassed $1.3 million in debt as of January. She said she has one goal in mind: to help Archer stay financially afloat.

As SNAP benefits have been put on hold, people from all walks of life are visiting area food pantries — some for the first time — to make ends meet.