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Leon Keer is a Dutch pop-surrealist artist and a leader in anamorphic art and created the gator mural.
Read More »New Gator Mural Graces Wall At Butler Plaza
School District Investigating After Buchholz High Teacher Uses Racial Slurs In Classroom
Robert Cecil, 56, who teaches the subject to ninth and 10th graders at the school, is seen and heard debating with the students about when it’s OK to use the N-word.
Read More »Peruvian Artist Showcases Work In Micanopy Art Exhibit With Hopes To Contribute More To Community
Self-taught Peruvian artist Benito Cerna presented a show titled “The Divine Feminine” at a local Micanopy art gallery, but he envisions much more than one exhibit.
Read More »Alachua County Woman Traces Family History to Slavery
Tatanya Peterson had to know what life was like for her ancestors who lived many years ago on James Chesnut’s plantation in Alachua County.
Read More »County Ups The Ante In Search For Art To Replace Controversial Confederate Statue
Alachua County has once again called on artists to fill the gaping hole a Confederate soldier statue left behind.
Read More »West End’s Closure Leaves Community With Questions
The West End Gold Course closed in December and left many in the area wondering what will happen with the land. Or what has happened with the land rather, as some course members didn’t know it was closed until they showed up to golf.
Read More »Alachua County Advances Truth And Reconciliation Process With Memorial For Lynching Victims
Alachua County has the highest number of reported extrajudicial lynchings in the state, followed by Orange and Marion Counties.
Read More »Alachua County To Host Truth And Reconciliation Events Remembering Lynching Victims
A memorial service for the lynching victims will begin at 6 p.m., Friday, at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church.
Read More »Newberry Becomes First Alachua County High School To Reach 100% Graduation Rate
Newberry’s 2019 class of 154 had a 100% graduation rate – the first for one of the county’s seven public high schools and higher than the statewide rate of 87%.
Read More »‘Definitely The Devil’: In New Video, Confessed Killer Describes Motive To Kill Wife, Teen Daughter
A newly revealed video from his confession to a detective shows the hands of Paul Graves Williams, 62, visibly scratched.
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