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GRACE Marketplace has taken steps to address the recent COVID-19 outbreak within the shelter.
Read More »GRACE Marketplace Continues To Address Recent COVID-19 Outbreak
Gainesville City Commission Approves First Reading Of Open Container Ordinance
The Gainesville City Commission is closer to allowing public drinking on the city’s sidewalks permanently.
Read More »Gainesville, Ocala Fire Departments Aid In Surfside Condo Collapse
Almost one week has gone by since the Surfside condo collapse in South Florida. With many people remaining unaccounted for, local fire departments are stepping in to help out.
Read More »Judge Upholds Florida’s Ban On Gun Sales To People Under 21
The 48-page ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker came more than three years after the Republican-controlled Legislature and then-Gov. Rick Scott rushed to approve the restriction following a massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.
Read More »In Line With State and National Trends, Alachua County Crime Rate Dropped in 2020
The number of arrests in Alachua County fell sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, with arrests down 29% in 2020 compared to the year prior.
Read More »The Family Backbone: Friends And Family Reflect One Year Later On The Life Of Natisha Covert
Natisha Covert was shot at a block party in Waldo amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »DeSantis Says Florida Will Help With Border Patrol
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that Florida law-enforcement officers will go to Texas and Arizona to help with border control, as Florida continues to challenge the Biden administration in federal court about immigration enforcement.
Read More »Alachua County Judge Allows Diyonne McGraw To Retain District Seat As Civil Suit Continues
Circuit Judge Donna M. Keim denied this request for an emergency injunction yesterday just in time for the scheduled board meeting that took place at 6:00 p.m.
Read More »Resolution Reached In 2019 Shooting At Butler Plaza Walmart Parking Lot
All four parties involved — Robert Duthill Jr., 21, Patrick James Abbott, 21, Austin Reed Fletcher, 21 and Khalil Reed, 25 — have now been handed sentences from the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida.
Read More »Deputies Find 13-Year-Old Delia Young’s Remains In Northwest Alachua County
Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies discovered 13-year-old Delia Young’s body Wednesday, June 2, during a large-scale search operation. The teenager was reported missing on May 16, and two relatives of Young are now arrested in connection with her homicide. Deputies began an intensive on-the-ground search in northwest Alachua County Wednesday morning. …
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