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ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida convicted felon has been arrested again after he was pulled over during a traffic stop and found with fentanyl in an infant’s car seat, deputies said. What led to the arrest?. What we know:. During the late evening hours of Friday, Sept. 5,...

Archer resident and longtime sports official Terry Lee Sr. will be inducted into this year’s Florida High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame along with a distinguished class that includes the man who coached Emmit Smith in high school and a man who was known as “The Negro Quarterback” in Dade County in the...

Kenyata Markeisha Tucker, 33, has been sentenced to one year in jail, followed by four years of probation, after entering a plea of nolo contendere to reckless driving leading to serious bodily injury. The post Gainesville woman sentenced to a year in jail after pleading to reckless driving in fatal crash appeared...

Shaun Phillip Bond, 59, was arrested last night after allegedly cracking a glass door at the Publix on Main Street because he wanted to re-enter the store after it closed. The post Homeless man arrested for breaking Publix glass door as store was closing appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .

ALACHUA, Fla. (WCJB) - Hundreds of people showed up for a memorial to honor a senior at Santa Fe High School who was killed while riding his motorcycle. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say Jonathan “JP” Prior, 17, was driving southbound on State Road 121 in Union County on Friday night. He rear-ended an SUV near...

As South Florida remains a high risk for climate change, especially in the coastal communities, the University of Florida and Miami-Dade County have teamed up to resolve the massive flooding problem. In the aftermath of torrential downpours, the streets in Miami-Dade have resembled a river and flooding has spilled...

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers is asking the community to donate blood throughout September in honor of Sickle Cell Awareness Month and to support local patients living with the disease. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that is named for the thin, crescent-shaped red blood cells that face...

Florida at Miami has received a primetime kickoff on September 20.

If the temporary leader of the University of Florida does not become its formal leader, the school owes him $2 million. That’s what the UF Board of Trustees proposed in a contract yet to be approved by the Florida Board of Governors. Donald Landry, a Columbia University medical researcher and professor, was...

GHS assistant principal Dr. Mallory Becker has been named a recipient of the 2025 Yale Educator Award. The post Gainesville High assistant principal receives Yale University award for impact on student appeared first on Alachua Chronicle .