There will be a new Alachua County sheriff in 2025. Incumbent Clovis Watson told Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton this week that he’s withdrawing from next year’s campaign and will return the eight thousand dollars he raised for reelection. Watson defeated longtime sheriff Sadie Darnell in the 2020 Democratic primary …
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Take a walk back through all of the Florida storylines we covered for you this year.
Read More »Funding Disagreement Leads To Slimmer Aerial Support For Gainesville-Area Law Enforcement
Now, after more than two decades, it is run strictly by the sheriff’s office and is known as the Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit.
Read More »Florida Supreme Court Hears Darnell’s Case That Could Affect Sheriffs’ Budgets Statewide
Ironically, Darnell was voted out in August. She lost the Democratic primary to Clovis Watson Jr., a former state lawmaker. There was no Republican opponent in Tuesday night’s general election.
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All results are unofficial until county-level canvassing boards certify votes later this month.
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See our complete coverage below or use this index to jump to recaps of the races you care most about. Florida’s 3rd Congressional District State House State Senate District 5 Alachua County Bradford County Citrus County Columbia County Dixie County Gilchrist County Levy County Marion County Putnam County Suwannee County …
Read More »‘I Began To Call And Demand Answers’: A Jail Inmate’s Mother Searches For Justice In Two Cases
Jennifer Mccray Littles spends the days awaiting progress in the criminal trial against former detention officer Jerome Ulrich for charges of battery and tampering with a victim — her son, Joseph Combs.
Read More »Adult Son Of Florida Sheriff Candidate Arrested By Incumbent Sheriff’s Deputies
Clovis Watson IV, 27, of Gainesville, acknowledged that he followed and harassed his former girlfriend of two years, deputy Maddison Telle wrote in an arrest complaint.
Read More »Coronavirus Case Counts Surge At Alachua County Jail
In a week's time, case counts have near doubled at the county jail.
Read More »Florida Votes 2020: What To Expect In The Union County Primary Election
Custom guide for voters in the 2020 Union County Primary Election, Aug. 18.
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