Mayor asks GRU director to resign
Sep 10, 2021
Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe has asked Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) general manager Ed Bielarski to resign. The request comes amid a spate of departures from the […]
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Mayor asks GRU director to resign
Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe has asked Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) general manager Ed Bielarski to resign. The request comes amid a spate of departures from the […]
Update: GPD apprehends rape, kidnapping suspect
Sep 10, 2021
Update (8:27 p.m.): The Gainesville Police Department announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with both the sexual assault and kidnapping incidents that took place Friday […]
UF, Santa Fe decline BOCC request for mask mandate
Sep 10, 2021
Update (3:45 p.m.): Both UF President Kent Fuchs and Santa Fe College President Paul Broadie responded to BOCC Chair Ken Cornell on Friday saying they have no […]
Dollar General prevails over Micanopy opposition
Sep 9, 2021
Micanopy citizens lost their battle to prevent a Dollar General from being built at the intersection of SR 441 and Tuscawilla Road Thursday. The Development Review […]
State files emergency appeal to reinstate mask ban
Sep 9, 2021
The Florida school district mask mandate war continues as lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday filed an emergency appeal to stop the vacated stay a […]
Numerous local events planned to mark 9/11
Sep 9, 2021
Memorial events for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 are set to take place throughout Alachua County and North Central Florida this weekend. On Friday, the North […]
Gainesville city attorney, city clerk resign
Sep 9, 2021
Gainesville City Clerk Omichele Gainey and City Attorney Nicolle Shalley submitted emails of resignation Wednesday. Shalley said in her message that she accepted a position as […]
FBI assisting Buchholz bomb threats investigation
Sep 8, 2021
The FBI is investigating the recent wave of Buchholz High School bomb threats, which included a fourth incident Tuesday. The recent hoaxes started on Aug. 19, but this […]
Judge vacates stay, allows school mask mandates
Sep 8, 2021
Judge John C. Cooper of Florida’s 2nd Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County has granted a motion to vacate stay allowing school board mask mandates to […]
Tropical Storm Mindy hits Panhandle
Sep 8, 2021
Updated (7:45 a.m. Sept. 9): The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded and named a Gulf storm late Wednesday and began advisories for Tropical Storm Mindy as […]
GPD seeks help in fatal hit and run
Sep 8, 2021
The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) is seeking information in an Aug. 17 hit-and-run incident that led to a pedestrian’s death. At 9:20 p.m., a vehicle traveling […]
Paulson pushes SBAC to cooperate with state
Sep 7, 2021
School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) member Dr. Gunnar Paulson said it was a mistake for the district to ignore a request from the state commissioner […]
County doubles down on emergency order
Sep 7, 2021
Alachua County businesses must display signage indicating that face masks are required to be worn indoors or face citation from code enforcement. “Our code staff are […]
GNV nonstop flights to Miami return
Sep 7, 2021
Nonstop flights to Miami from Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) will return on Oct. 7 with American Airlines after the COVID-19 pandemic shut the connection down. The […]
CCSO arrests two armed teens at football game
Sep 7, 2021
Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two juveniles for possessing firearms at the Columbia High School football game on Friday. According to a Tuesday press release from […]
1 dead, 1 injured in I-75 accident
Sep 7, 2021
A freeway collision north of Lake City between a pickup truck and a semi truck resulted in one fatality and one injury Tuesday morning. According to […]
Update: Buchholz cleared after fourth bomb threat
Sep 7, 2021
Update: Alachua County Public Schools reported Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. that Buchholz has been cleared by law enforcement and nothing suspicious was found. Alachua County Public Schools […]
BOCC meets to update emergency order
Sep 6, 2021
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners will meet Tuesday to check the status of the local COVID-19 pandemic and to update the current emergency order […]
Alachua County communications team heads for Louisiana
Sep 6, 2021
The Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) Mutual Aid Radio Communications team and the Region 3 Strike Team from Jacksonville headed for Louisiana Sunday morning to help […]
GPD: Arsonist set SkyFrog Tree Service blaze
Sep 6, 2021
The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) is searching for a suspected arsonist leaving the SkyFrog Tree Service and Landscaping building on Aug. 23. The SkyFrog office started […]
COVID claims Lake City fire chief
Sep 6, 2021
Lake City Fire Chief Randy Burnham lost his battle with COVID-19 Sunday. The Lake City Fire Department announced Burnham died after battling COVID-19 since mid August. […]
Downtown Gainesville shooting leaves 1 dead
Sep 5, 2021
The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) needs the public’s help after a Sunday morning shooting left one person dead downtown. According to a GPD press release, officers […]
SBAC files court challenge to FDOH emergency rule
Sep 4, 2021
The School Board of Alachua County (SBAC) has teamed up with school boards from Broward and Orange counties to overturn a Florida Department of Health (FDOH) […]
Donors step up to meet shelter’s need
Sep 3, 2021
The Gainesville community stepped up in a big way after GRACE Marketplace sent out an August call for help as its Cafe 131 kitchen prepared to […]