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Len Cabrera digs into the 2025-26 school performance data that show ACPS progress (PM3 - PM1) among the worst in the state The post Alachua County Public School performance continues to drop relative to state appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

The 9th Annual Gainesville Indoor Pickleball Showcase hosted by the Gainesville Sports Commission and presented by Touching Hearts at Home will take place August 8 & 9 The post 9th Annual Gainesville Indoor Pickleball Showcase returns to benefit ElderCare of Alachua County appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Home Depot has officially purchased the site for its new, 134,000-square-foot store in southwest Ocala, closing a $4.6 million deal for the property just days after an adjacent commercial site also changed hands. On Top of the World Communities LLC sold the 22.62-acre parcel to Home Depot USA Inc. for...

OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Florida Department of Education just gave Marion County Public Schools an overall “C” grade, despite public schools in the district garnering 46 percent more individual “A” and “B” grades than in the previous year. So how could such...

Forrest Eddleton, the City of Gainesville's former Director of Sustainable Development, resigned in lieu of termination in May after the City determined that he was using drugs or alcohol at work. The post City of Gainesville’s Director of Sustainable Development has resigned in lieu of termination for substance use a

Despite a statewide trend of high educational performance, the Marion County school district was one of the few in Florida to receive a “C” grade for 2026, ranking near the very bottom of the state across nearly all metrics. The Florida Department of Education released its 2026 school...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) — A Marion County jury found a man accused of shooting and killing another man in a Burger King parking lot guilty of murder. Jaylin Johnson was convicted Wednesday in connection with the death of Jose Valliant, 28, who was shot in the parking lot of a Burger King on East Silver Springs Boulevard in

The woman, 31, had been hiking with her best friend and boyfriend in the Little Big Econ State Forest on June 28 when they stopped for a swim.

Candice Renee Collier, 40, was arrested yesterday for allegedly driving her vehicle toward a neighbor during a dispute over a parking space. The post Gainesville woman arrested for attempting to hit neighbor with her vehicle during parking space dispute appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL (352today.com) – Alachua County’s summer fertilizer ban goes into effect today, July 1, 2026, and will remain in place through Feb. 28, 2027. The ban, in short, says fertilizers containing nitrogen or phosphorous are prohibited during this period. The Sunshine State’s summer weather pattern generally