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Jacen Mancil never got to take his first steps as a toddler, but that could soon change due to the efforts of a small community in Ocala.
Read More »An Accident Took A Boy’s Ability To Walk. A Community In Ocala Wants To Give It Back.
These Female-Owned Businesses In Gainesville Persevere In Spite Of Nationwide Challenges
Despite the nationwide “shecession” being observed in the last year, several female-owned firms in Alachua County continue to thrive under the circumstances, including Chase Morris.
Read More »Baby Goat Rescued From 40-Foot Sinkhole By High Springs Firefighters
The baby goat was safely pulled out of the sinkhole and reunited with its mother, uninjured.
Read More »‘A Long Time Coming’: Micanopy House of Prayer Leader Sentenced to 30 Years
Young pleaded no contest to a charge of murder and was sentenced to 30 years in Emon Harper’s case.
Read More »Three Years Later, Former Marjory Stoneman Douglas Students At UF Continue To Advocate, Heal and Remember
Feb. 14 is usually a day marked with chocolates and flowers. But for the roughly 100 attendees at the vigil organized by March For Our Lives Gainesville, it was a day of remembrance. Sunday marks three years since the tragic mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas …
Read More »Florida Wrestles With Surrendered Newborns: Bill Would Standardize ‘Baby Boxes,’ Give Mothers 30 Days To Give Away Infants Without Penalty
The bill would standardize the use of a newborn safety device, or “baby box,” at drop-off locations like hospitals, fire stations or emergency medical stations.
Read More »Florida Could Extend Period For Babies To Be Surrendered Anonymously
The changes would allow babies up to 30-days-old to be surrendered anonymously in a 'baby box' that notifies staff through an alarm.
Read More »Hank Aaron, Baseball’s One-Time Home Run King, Dies At 86
Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball's greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.
Read More »2021 MLK Day Celebration In Alachua Focuses On Ending Systemic Racism
The U.S. Capitol insurrection was still on the minds of those at the Martin Luther King Day event on Monday at the Cleather Hathcock Sr. Community Center in Alachua.
Read More »Ocala To Become First Florida City To Install Safe Haven Baby Boxes For Mothers In Crisis
Since 2000, records show 388 babies have been abandoned in Florida.
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