A sheriff's deputy fatally shot a 61-year-old man who investigators say pointed a rifle at law enforcement officers early Wednesday, ending a 12-hour standoff in north Florida.
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Registered voters in Alachua County are potentially facing voter intimidation just days into the 2020 election.
Read More »The Alachua County Commission held a virtual meeting Tuesday approving an increase in salary for both the county manager and county attorney.
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Nearly 50 years ago, Jimmy Norris was killed in Florida. Rosemary Norris-Southward was not quite 14 years old when she watched her brother walk out of their home for the last time. Forty-six years later, she said she feels closer to James “Jimmy” Norris than she has in decades.
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The legal dispute that prevented Gov. Ron DeSantis from appointing the first Jamaican-born, Black woman to the Florida Supreme Court has left the court without a Black justice for the first time in at least 37 years.
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The self-driving advanced technology currently operates with a limited capacity from the Downtown Parking Garage along Southwest Second Avenue to the 12th Street roundabout.
Read More »Local police departments are using new technologies to stay safe from the coronavirus.
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Thirteen Alachua County smoke shops are in violation of selling tobacco products to people younger than 21 and will go to court on Nov. 19.
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The Florida Supreme Court heard a second round of arguments in a challenge to a state law aimed at implementing a constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical marijuana.
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A new road that will extend Southwest 62nd Boulevard to Clark Butler Boulevard is currently scheduled to begin in the winter of 2021 and be completed in early 2023.
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