Tag Archives: Alachua County

With two weeks until Election Day, local political party chairmen react to the final presidential debate this week.

The program is meant to remind Alachua County drivers that passing a stopped school bus is illegal.

With the Nov. 6 election two weeks away, three candidates are fighting for one seat in Florida's third congressional district.

Absentee ballots are due Oct. 31.

The Gainesville City Commission and Alachua County Commission celebrated United Nations Day a week early by hosting a panel discussion.

The Alachua County Public Works Department is assessing a $2.7 million proposal to widen SW 61st Street and SW 20th Avenue. The project would also add sidewalks and pedestrian crosswalks.

Jan LeDuc could have resigned herself to a retired life of leisure, but she prefers moving furniture, caulking windows, and going Dumpster diving for parts around home sites for Habitat for Humanity. She's volunteered for the organization since 1986, building houses for needy families in Alachua County, and doesn't plan on stopping anytime soon.

If you ask Alachua County gator hunter Johnny Bass how he got that scar on his forehead, you won’t get a straight answer. But he will tell you it involves gator hunting on Newnans Lake.

Eggplant is the star of school lunches throughout Florida this week. As part of National School Lunch Week, which kicked off across the nation on Monday, Alachua County is hosting events throughout the week.

After almost a month of searching for 18-year-old Christian Aguilar, human remains, found almost an hour southwest of Gainesville, were positively identified as those of the UF student.