Jan 17, 2025 · The charges stem from multiple incidents that occurred in March starting with the front glass doors of the Old Library Building being smashed by a piece of slate tile found inside the building on March 4. According to the report, a folded note was found in the lobby area that said, “Keep giving all our jobs to the blacks and hispanics.

Dec 3, 2024 · A Tuesday morning head-on collision on SW Williston Road claimed the life of I Am Country’s 106.9 FM morning show host Heather Jennings. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) release, a 30-year-old Gainesville woman was driving a sedan southbound on State Road 121 (Williston Road) just south of SW Wacahoota Road when her vehicle crossed the center line and struck Jennings’ sedan ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Gainesville residents complain of odor throughout city. C.J. Gish is the senior editor for Mainstreet Daily News. He is a Pacific Northwest transplant who grew up in Oregon and moved to Florida in 2018.

Jan 7, 2025 · Gainesville social media influencer David Humphlett (left) is back at home after being bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake (right) in Dixie County on Dec. 18.

Dec 17, 2024 · The Alachua County area may lose access to part of a $4 million federal grant after miscommunication and back-and-forth between gun violence prevention partners last week at a meeting of the Community Gun Violence Prevention Alliance.

Dec 7, 2024 · Last year’s holiday parade was the city’s first since the 1990s, an initiative headed by City Commissioner Cynthia Chestnut that drew about 90 participants. Former Florida Gators head football coach Steve Spurrier acted as grand marshal for the inaugural parade.. The 2023 parade was estimated to have brought in about 5,000 spectators, and …

Jan 8, 2025 · A space heater started a fire that destroyed a two-story residence in Waldo on Tuesday morning. According to an Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) release, units from ACFR, with assistance from the Melrose and Windsor Fire Departments, responded to the blaze at 9:06 a.m. at Kennard Street near the intersection of U.S. …

Dec 30, 2024 · What follows is a significant amount of detail about our year, but here’s a key bottom line: The editorial team produced more than 1,350 unique, bylined stories in 2024.

Jan 16, 2025 · Because of flooding issues, Alachua County bought two homes inside the Hills of Santa Fe neighborhood that borders Meadowbrook to the south. Since Tropical Storm Elsa in 2021, which closed NW 39th Avenue where the golf course is, Alachua County has installed pumps in the area and improved drainage.Still, residents are worried about the impact of …

Jan 15, 2025 · The 51-year-old Morriston man who turned in front of a motorcycle, leading to the rider’s death, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence (DUI) with serious bodily injury. According to a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) email sent Wednesday, David Greene was arrested on Monday, Jan. 13, and charged.