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As Santa Fe College (SF) seeks to uphold its mission of expanding access to higher education, the college has recently launched the seventh cohort of its phlebotomy program, a component of its new ACB Excel initiative. According to an SF press release, “ACB Excel (Achieve, Conquer, Believe, Excel) is a...

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is the new home for Breeding Insight, a federally funded program supporting public plant breeding efforts. Breeding Insight, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, supports public breeding...

The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 13, for a staff development training. The post Supervisor of Elections Office to close from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on October 13 for staff development training appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

Gainesville’s specialty doughnut shop selection is welcoming a new addition on Saturday, Oct. 11, as Parlor Doughnuts celebrates its grand opening at 931 SW 2nd Ave. From 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the craft doughnut and coffee food truck will give out one free doughnut to customers who sign up for the Parlor Perks App....

An Ocala woman who forged signatures across nearly 200 petitions tied to a casino gaming initiative has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. On Wednesday, 26-year-old Maria Guadalupe Bautista was sentenced to four and a half years’ imprisonment. Earlier this year, a Marion County jury found her guilty on...

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Deputies say a woman in Marion County, who lost her temper in an argument, is out on bail after a day in jail. Sheriff’s officials say Carol Jeanne, 62, hopped into a car that didn’t belong to her, spat on another woman, threw a drink at her, and attacked her.

The pilot of a plane that took off from Kentucky and crashed in Florida, killing all on board, was a Kentucky native. Spencer C. Arnold, 33, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was a Bowling Green native and attended Greenwood High School, according to his obituary at flyspencer.com. “After high school, his...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A memorial site honoring Veterans in Gainesville may be removed, and some residents are not happy, especially after the removal of rainbow crosswalks. This summer, FDOT officials released a statement saying, in part artwork near roadways is a safety issue and can lead to distractions. Now,...

The Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) Authority voted Wednesday to continue its partnership with the city of Gainesville and keep garbage collection payments on the monthly utility bill. The GRU Authority directors also gave CEO Ed Bielarski a 3% merit increase as part of his annual evaluation. Bielarski will now...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) - This follows the case of 17-year-old Caden Speight, who claimed to be kidnapped in September. Speight claimed he was shot and taken by 4 Hispanic men, which was found to be untrue when officials located him in Williston. The Uvalde Foundation for Kids released a...