Scarlling Manzanarez Scott

The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners issued an order Sunday afternoon to declare a local state of emergency in Alachua County in preparation for Hurricane Milton.

After three years of hurricanes barreling up the Gulf of Mexico, battered North Florida residents may feel they are living in a new Florida Hurricane Alley. But experts say there have not been any real changes in hurricane geographic patterns.

The Alachua County Commission plans to vote Tuesday on a final budget to fund a new community park on the former West End Golf Course property.