Pristine Thai

The annual ceremony, “Honoring the Departed,” memorializes individuals who passed away in Alachua County and who were unclaimed, abandoned or unknown. This year’s memorial honored 58 people who were laid to rest at Evergreen Cemetery in 2023.

Michael Waltz (R) was reelected for a fourth term as the representative for the U.S. House District 6 on Tuesday night.

Kayla Shelynn Carter, whose three-year-old son died in August 2022 while playing with his father’s unsecured firearm, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday morning.

Ledrick Lataurus Ferguson, whose three-year-old son died in August 2022 while playing with his father’s unsecured firearm, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday morning.

Newberry residents are passionate about many community issues. But no topic has been quite as contentious as the ongoing conversion of Newberry Elementary School into a charter school.