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Underenrollment and school closures have drawn heated debates, countless community input meetings and carefully drawn rezoning maps this year in Alachua County. But those issues aren’t unique to Alachua. The Florida Parent Teacher Association hosted a Zoom meeting Saturday morning to discuss the trend of school closures across the state.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Hundreds of people gathered in Gainesville on Sunday afternoon for the 13th annual ‘Walk in My Shoes,’ an event aimed at raising awareness during National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Hosted by the Lauren’s Kids Foundation, the walk highlights child sexual abuse prevention education.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A 25-acre fire is blowing smoke over northern Gainesville, prompting evacuations for some residents. Florida Forest Service officials say the fire started around 2 Sunday afternoon, and is burning in the woods near Gainesville Regional Utilities’ eastside operations center. Firefighters currently can’t say how many...

A 44-year-old Ft. Myers man was killed this morning while walking in a travel lane of U.S. Hwy 301 in Hawthorne. The post Ft. Myers man killed while walking in travel lane of U.S. Hwy 301 in Hawthorne appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ASO deputies, High Springs Police Officers, and crews from High Springs Fire Department and Alachua County Fire Rescue are responding to a call about two individuals who were found unresponsive in the water at Poe Springs Park The post Law enforcement and rescue crews respond to drowning incident at Poe Springs Park appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Justin Westbrooks was one of two confirmed deaths in the Florida plane crash

Andrew Jonathan Heise, 19, of Newberry, was arrested early this morning after a mother and daughter reported that a drunk man had assaulted them and was trying to break into their car on the UF campus. The post Newberry man arrested after women report that a man assaulted them and tried to break into their car on UF campus appeared first on Alachua Chronicle...

BELLEVIEW, Fla. (WCJB) - Marion County Fire Rescue says two people were injured in a mobile home fire in Belleview Saturday afternoon. Units responded to the 12000 block of SE 87th Terrace at 12:21 p.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls about the fire. When first responders arrived, they reported that...

With all the issues with water and constraints on its usage, we need to take a good look at the core issue. Residents are required to cut their usage, however what is the Developer doing? He continues to build knowing that there is a water shortage. Additional construction will only compound these issues. Should the county/state suspend construction for the present time? Under...

A North Carolina man refused to provide a urine sample after his erratic driving on his way to see his mother. Jason Edwin Dunaway, 55, of Charlotte, N.C., was driving a Jeep SUV with North Carolina license plates at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when he began following a Sumter County sheriff’s deputy. Dunaway followed the patrol vehicle for 20 miles, from the Marion...