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Alachua County is considering plans to partner with the City of Newberry to construct a new meat processing facility that will serve the entire county and potentially beyond.  Alachua County officials want to reorganize the county's food supply lines to be more locally based and independent by constructing the meat processing center in Newberry. Plans for the new facility originate from concerns about the nationwide supply chain issues that have occurred since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Voters this fall will be asked to consider a $300 bond issue to help fund the fixes.

Florida is also leaning above normal in precipitation through the end of October.

Joshua Figueroa was in the hospital Wednesday and not in a courtroom to receive his sentence.

Summer camp began in Hawthorne this week, a return of programming to the rural area after a decade.